Eight Shaft Woven Shibori

This is an example of an 8 shaft woven shibori in Chenille. It is very effective.It’s always the most wonderful surprise when I open up the dyed shibori but I get so eager that I usually start doing it when it is wet. This isn’t a good idea. As it’s MUCH easier and SAFER to do it when it is completely dry. I know this because I cut a little hole in the woven fabric in my last tencel woven shiboris which effectively destroyed the whole textile in my view. I darned up the little hole but it would be impossible to sell or give as a gift.

I also experimented with wrapping up the fringe as you can see in the photo. This meant that the fringe stayed the original colour. All sorts of wrappings could be applied to fringes to make them interesting. In a handwoven textile the fringe is an area of embellishment which factory woven textiles neglect! It’s like our special signature.