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!

There is some white spotting on one end of this scarf. This happens sometimes in the steaming but I think it adds to the originality of the scarf.

Colourway: Purples, pink, dark and light blue