Wool Kasuri (Ikat) Full Bolt Japanese Kimono Fabric
Wool Kasuri (Ikat) Full Bolt Japanese Kimono Fabric
This bolt is 14” wide (the width of a traditional Japanese loom) x approx 12 yards long, and is enough to make a kimono. There is a small swatch size piece that has been cut out of the start of this bolt, see last photo.
Kasuri (Ikat) is a technique in which warp yarns, weft yarns, or both are mounted on a frame, and then bound in thread (tied to prevent dye penetration, i.e. tie dyed) and then dip-dyed. The threads are then dried and loosened, and then carefully woven on a loom to form the pattern. The variabilities in alignment yield a soft fuzziness at the edges of the motifs characteristic of the technique. Kasuri textiles are produced in silk, in a wide range of colors in ramie, in cotton, and wool, and are typically indigo-dyed.