Itajime usually involves folding and clamping to create kaleidoscopic patterns but I prefer to inject the silk dyes directly into the silk, which gives a wonderful colour distribution.

The process requires a type of Shibori folding called “Kikko”, with the silk being pressed into equilateral triangles.

The resulting parcels are then steamed to fix the colour.

I love making make these as you never really know exactly how the pattern will look until you open the steamed parcels!

Colourway: Mixed blues, purple, black, greens and burnt orange