Kutnu is a striped woven fabric from the southeastern city of Gaziantep in Türkiye. Given its geographical positioning, it is no surprise that many sources indicate kutnu as a weaving technique learned from Syrian weavers. The word kutnu came into the Turkish language from the Arabic word kutn, meaning "a cotton fabric". Despite what the word’s origin suggests, historically, the kutnu of Gaziantep is a weave of cotton and silk fibers. With time, the silk has been replaced with viscose, due to the lack of silk production in the area and the uprising concerns around the pricing of imported silk fibers. During earlier research stages of the studio, I came across the kutnu fabric in the ‘Textiles of the Islamic World ” book by John Gillow, which was followed by a visit to Gaziantep. There, I met Kasım Kaygın, a shop owner in the Copper Market, who has a long family history associated with kutnu-weaving. Aside from giving a TED talk on the history of kutnu, he initiated kutnu weaving classes at the Gaziantep City University to teach this technique to new generations of weavers. A collaboration with the third-generation Mekikçi Atelier followed and as a result, we created two different kutnu weaves in limited quantities, using FSC-certified viscose and surplus cotton fibers.