Nowadays, Ko Yo weaving tecniques and designs are not much different from other southern Thailand han-woven fabrics. At present there are around 400 families in 1,000 locations where villagers weave with looms. Popular designs include song (two) takor; see (four) takor; hok (six) takor; paed (eight) takor and sip (ten) takor, each number describing the weave. These are heary fabrics, woven from cotton and synthetic fibres and also from synthetic fibres combined with silk for pa sin (women's skirts), blouses and dresses; lighter fabrics are used for sarongs and pa kaoma (loin cloths). Popular designs are dok ratchawat lek; dok ratchawat yai; look kaew; dok pikul lek; dok hah nung; thepanom prik thai; Scottish designs; square designs or lai kria; lai look so and kao lam that (or diamond, as featured on a playing card.)
Ko Yo hand-woven products have earned the islanders a good income, because the fabrics are beautifully coloured and have many popular designs, especially the Ratchawat, which is a typical Ko Yo fabric. Apart from the designs, the weaving techniques used by Ko Yo villagers are most interesting and worthy of close examination during your next visit to Ko Yo in Songkhla province.