Sometimes simple is best!

This striped shibori scarf was made in Japan in 2024 on one of my trips to Bryan Whitehead’s silk farmhouse. I take a group of students each year to learn Shibori, Katazome stencilling and indigo dyeing).

This was a Homework piece involving many rows of hand stitched spaced out running stitch down the length of the scarf.

The difference in intensity of the stripes in different rows comes from how tightly the stitches are pulled up and knotted. A tighter pull results in a whiter stitch and a lighter one allows more dye in.

It’s had 10 dips in Bryan’s Japanese indigo vats and a good bashing in the river afterwards to remove the loose indigo.

The scarf is a super soft Japanese cotton and feels really nice on your skin,