Bind a cloth, dip it in indigo, and keep what comes out
“You tie it blind with no idea what the pattern will be, and it comes out of the vat a murky green you are sure is ruined; then it turns blue in the air while you hold it.”
The Recipe
- Book the next natural-dye or shibori session at the nearest studio that runs one; take the soonest.
- Fold and bind a plain cloth or shirt tight with string, bands or pegs, without planning the pattern.
- Lower it into the indigo vat, hold it under for the time you are told, and lift it out slowly.
- Let it turn from green to blue in the open air while you hold it.
- Rinse it, cut the bindings off, and keep it.
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