The world is moving towards yarns from eco friendly sources and those which are recycled and regenerated. As one researches into yarns and the various blends being developed in India, one comes across a wealth of possibilities and of course options. Though the blending is being done with cotton, there is immense potential to blend this with silk be it mulberry, tussar, eri or muga. Not only that while weaving it is possible to alternate such yarns with silk to have a blended fabric. The various blended yarns can be combined with silk be it in the warp or weft. It could be on the warp only or weft only or in a mix and match mode. One of the most innovative of entrepreneurs I have come across who is working with a host of yarns to produce some excellent fabrics is R. S. Balagurunathan (Bala) Managing Director, Anandi Enterprises. He has worked in a range of fibers, yarn and fabric involving organic cotton, project under BCI or better cotton initiative. He says, “we began in 2000 as ther...