Beginner's Shibori Stitch and Bind with Indigo Dyeing

In this class you will learn basic shibori stitching and binding techniques before dyeing your work in the indigo vat.

Over the 3 hour workshop you’ll master the following stitching and binding skills and learn all about indigo:

– The basic kamosage knot used to secure all bound work – How to make the kumo (spiderweb), bai (seashell), and tesugi (stripes) patterns using binding – The three basic stitches – running stitch, ori nui (teeth) and maki nui (twist stitch) – How to create filled shapes (maki-age) using stitching and binding – Other patterns such as boshi (capping), karamatsu (larch) and mokume (woodgrain) will…