One of the favorite salwaar kameez of people wanting exclusive hand embroidery is the Kashmiri embroidery. This beautiful place is not only famous for its natural beauty, but is also known for the efforts its artisans put into their work. Every house in every village in Kashmir is engaged in embroidery work. If you make a  visit to any village, you will find all kinds of people engaged in the activity. People like to sit in their fields and continue with the embroidery work at all times of the day.

There are contractors who get the work done from the artisans. Different people have different specialties in their field of work. In fact, sometimes entire villages specialize in a particular variety of Kashmiri embroidery. So you can find one village in which all the artisans are doing aari work, another in which they are doing thread work, and so on.

Thread work itself may be light, or much more intricate. The intricate ones takes a lot of time, sometimes several months at a time. Surprised? It is true, as hand embroidery is very time consuming and takes lots of effort to get the pattern right.

Intricate patterns like the ‘jaal’ cover the entire cloth. Not an inch of cloth is to be seen under the elaborate embroidery. Delicate patterns are woven into the design. The overall pattern may include flowers, or animals, or even a traditional story. The design is planned in advance, and is printed on the entire cloth. The instructions to the artisan are in a language that ordinary mortals cannot understand. These patterns are decided by the contractor according to his store requirements, and the current fashion in vogue.

You can pick up the choicest of handmade embroidery items from online stores specializing in salwaar kameez and other embroidered clothes. They offer good choices and the option of picking up better stuff from the convenience of home.