Shibori Shenanigans
Several members of the Solent Textile Group have been running workshops over the past few months. It’s been a great way to learn about new crafts and techniques. Last week’s workshop was hosted by Chris, (the Group’s “Chair”) giving us an introduction to Shibori and indigo dyeing. Mr L asked me the evening before what Shibori was and I had to fess up that I had no idea! It is a traditional Japanese resist dyeing technique where the resist is formed by stitching, folding, binding or clamping cloth to prevent dye from reaching certain areas. I did take notes but any errors in the spelling or techniques are all my own. Chris started with an introduction and demonstration of three types of stitch pattern; nui, ori-nui and maki-nui together with two knots, quilter’s and surgeon’s, that we would use at the start and end of each line of stitching. We had been asked to bring a small piece of cotton fabric to practice so after drawing lines, we started stitch...