Dyed with indigo on soft Japanese cotton this scarf is lovely to wear.

It would be a great present for the man in your life but, to be honest, anyone could wear it!

The fabric is precisely pleated by hand sewing at marked points across the fabric at half inch intervals down both ends to form a tight and neatly folded length of material.

The edges are overstitched (known as “Whip stitch”) at intervals and with stitches of different sizes and over shorter and longer runs.

It takes many hours to stitch!

It is then dipped 10 times in Japanese indigo before being unpicked to reveal the pattern in white, in sharp contrast to the strong blue of the indigo.

I only make a few of these scarves each year as they take such a long time to create. Every one is unique as I deliberately don’t repeat the patterning and the indigo also finds its own path through the fabric.

This is a shorter scarf, designed to be wrapped and tucked, see pics.

Please note: The process of unpicking these scarves is tricky and occasionally I get a hole. I’ve mended one with a hand-stitched patch at one end (see pic). Just adds to the joy!