{"product_id":"a-full-bolt-of-indigo-dyed-shibori-geometric-pattern","title":"A Full Bolt of Indigo Dyed Shibori: Geometric Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003emid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e11 yards x 14 1\/4\", 10 m x 36 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a full bolt of indigo dyed cotton\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshibori.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is long enough to hand stitch an entire kimono or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eyukata\u003c\/em\u003e, and this bolt was intended for exactly this use.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is always wonderful to find, and to offer for sale, a entire bolt of hand dyed, vintage\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eshibori\u003c\/em\u003e, and this is a particularly good looking roll of cloth.  Of course the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eshibori\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis completely hand-done; the cotton is power loomed and the finished cloth has a wonderful texture due to the puckering of the cotton from \u003cem\u003eshibori.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, because the cotton has been dyed using countless tied areas, the selvedge edges are not at all even along the length of the bolt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pattern is interesting because it appears to be vertically oriented, parallel rows of triangles which is true, but looking at it from another point of view hexagons appear and this is significant. Hexagons, in the language of Japanese symbolic shorthand are a stand-in for tortoise shell: tortoises live a long life so this pattern conveys a wish for longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful thing to own, and an absolutely beautiful length of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eshibori.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecommended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45802712301754,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/files\/Tanmono5_13824f6f-a972-4954-ba0f-f63ee903e759.jpg?v=1777406629","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-full-bolt-of-indigo-dyed-shibori-geometric-pattern","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}