Sora Habutai Silk Itajime Square Scarf

Fluid Sora Habutai Silk Itajime Square Scarf for women, a square in lightweight habutai silk, hand-dyed through the japanese itajime technique to build streaking diagonals of teal, magenta, and dove grey across the cloth. Hand-rolled at the edges, it can be draped as a hooded wrap over the shoulders, tied loosely at the throat, or worn as a shawl over a plain kaftan, shifting the look each time. Striking enough for an evening event yet easy enough to wear over daywear, it adds movement and color to any outfit it touches.

Textile Story

The Itajime Silk Collection has been hand-crafted in the workshop of two of India's foremost Master Craftsmen; Jabbar and Abdullah Khatri in Bhuj, Gujarat.

Shibori is a 1300 year old tie and dye technique developed in Japan involving the folding and clamping or otherwise securing of fabric prior to dyeing. Itajime is one technique of shibori which uses pieces of wood clamped together around sections of folded fabric to resist the dye in particular shapes.

Each three meter section of fabric is individually folded, clamped, tied and dyed; and this repeated several times to get layers of colours. It's a time consuming and exacting technique with bold geometric results.

Please note that every piece of fabric is clamped and dyed individually, so there are small variations in colour and pattern between pieces.