Embroidered Shawls of Punjab

Punjab?s traditional embroidery is the famous phulkari and Amritsar and Ludhiana are the two places of Punjab which have a huge market for woolen garments. Other than the popular phulkari, several kinds of embroidery stitches are done on shawls, cardigans, scarves, table covers, cushion, bedspreads and covers. Another very useful item made is called khes which is made of coarse yarn.