a short account of beautiful hand made crafts.

1. ART AND CRAFT OF
GILGIT BALTISTAN

3. WHAT IS ART AND CRAFT
• Arts and crafts describes a wide variety of
activities involving making things with one's own
hands. Arts and crafts is usually a hobby. Some
crafts (art skills) have been practised for
centuries, others are more recent inventions.

4. THING MADE IN GILGIT
• The communities of Gilgit are mostly involved in different arts and
crafts for their livelihood which are renowned worldwide. Embroided
gowns (Choghas/attire with Dori work), wallets, key chains, caps,
carpet weaving (gabbeh and rugs), stone work (sharma), wood
utensils (walnut & pinewood), woolen crafts (shawls, Namda, Pattu,
Yardage), precious and semi-precious stones and metals, and
industrial stones are the specialties of Gilgit and have promising
market in Pakistan and abroad.

7. • A piece of art - hand worked
by local women in very fine
cross stitch, Petit Point like.
the piece, has bright
colours, the floral pattern,
and extremely beautiful
embroidery, intricately.

8. WOOLEN SHAWLS HAND MADE.

9. SOCKS
• knitted from local woolen yarn are soft,
comfortable and warm for harsh winter. Different
local geomateric designs are made on socks,
Shahi jurab or royal socks are of unique design .
they are usually made as a part of groom or
bridal dress.

11. SWEATERS

12. CROCHET ITEMS
• Crochet is an amazing art and skill. Various amazing items are made with these
skills. Women of Gilgit Baltistan are naturally gifted with this skill. They make
beautiful crochet bed sheets, pillow covers, sofa covers, jackets and headbands.
Both natural and synthetic yarn is used to crochet various items.

14. HAND MADE VALLETS

15. HAND MADE CUSHION