Handlooms
Siddipet has traditional looms, whose design is more than a century-old. Basking under the glory on par with the weavers of other places, Siddipet weave is popularly known as tie and dye weave. The uniqueness lies in the transfer of design and colouring onto warp and weft threads first and then weaves them together. The fabric used for weaving in Siddipet is cotton. Increasingly, the colours themselves are from natural sources and their blends. The count used in weaving in Siddipet handloom saree is 120 / 2. Previously the main handloom variety of Siddipet was Gollabama Saree with Butta designs, but nowadays one cannot see this variety. The weavers here survive with weaving sarees of Pochampally variety. The consumer-weaver interactions provide inputs for new designs.

Dyeing
In Siddipet dyeing is done with tie and die technique, in which the warp, weft or both are tie-dyed before weaving to create designs on the finished fabric. Great care must be taken in tying resist areas with water repellent material such as bicycle inner tubes cut into strips. The precision of the wrapping determines the clarity of the design. After wrapping, the warp threads are dyed. When finished and unwrapped, the areas under the ties have stayed the original colour. Numerous colours can be added after additional wrappings. Designs generally are worked out on graph paper. Great care is taken while putting the warp on the loom, keeping all the threads in position is necessary for the design to work. The natural movement during weaving gives designs a feathered edge which characterizes this technique.

 Weaving
Siddipet handlooms are well known for the durability of the colours used in the yarn. The mixture of colour gives the durability. Usually Siddipet handlooms are made in cotton. The count used in weaving gives the softness and hardness of the fabric.  Count means the number of threads used in the length and breadth for weaving known as warp and weft respectively. Each and every thread of the Siddipet saree is hand woven. In Siddipet frame looms are used for weaving. One warp will make 30 sarees. It will take around two days for completing the weaving of one saree. The weaver will get a remuneration of `160 from one saree. In Siddipet each weaver works from home with all the family helping in different processes. Perhaps the grandmother is winding bobbins, while the wife is marking out the design on warp threads and the husband is weaving on a loom in the main living area. Their life revolves around weaving.