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A primarily “white Hmong” village (differentiated from other Hmong subgroups only by dialect), Thai Chairon boasts thirty seven women who do traditional Hmong embroidery, but just eight who are skilled in clothwork.
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The various products made from Karen fabric all have one thing in common, they are woven by hand from cotton threads which are hand-dyed in natural colors. The Karen tribe is well-known for its skillful techniques in naturally dyeing and hand weaving cotton fabrics. Their hand-dyeing techniques use natural materials, usually different kinds of bark and leaves, sometimes even mud, to create a variety of natural colors. Since the amount of moisture in the trees varies from rainy season to dry season, the natural hand-dyeing process  often results in colors of many different shades depending on the time of year. To stabilize the colours, some may use a small amount of chemical dye.
These weavers use backstrap looms, which are unique from standard looms in that the weaver sits on the  floor and wears a strap around her back which is connected to the loom. She is able to put tension on the strings by leaning back into the strap, thereby becoming part of the loom.
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