Nishijin hikizurashi kasuri is woven in the weaving district of Kyoto. The dyed warp is threaded through an unusual apparatus similar to a ladder (hashigo) that is mounted on the loom.
The warp is shifted by threading through the various levels of the ladder thus creating different patterns.
The yarn doesn't have
to be elaborately
tied or dyed. 
The shifting can result in many different patterns.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
NISHIJIN HIKIZURASHI KASURI
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