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Arashi Shibori with Onion Skins
Yes...this design is based on an onion.
Dyeing with onion skins starts in the kitchen! Also, ask your local grocer to save them for you.
Place onion skins in a pot and simmer for about an hour. Turn off heat and let cool overnight.
Prepare your fabric for arashi (pole wrap) Shibori. Measure the circumference of the pole you are using (I used a PVC tube). Stitch a tube in your prepared-for-dyeing fabric slightly larger than the circumference measurement of the pole. Insert pole into stitched cylinder created in the fabric, scrunching it tightly as you go. It should be a very snug fit so the scrunching stays in place. Soak prepared fabric on tube in water.
Remove onion skins from dye bath, insert soaked tube with fabric and simmer for 90 minutes.
Remove from dye bath, rinse, let dry. Remove fabric from tube, remove stitching, rinse, hand wash with a mild soap. Hang to dry and iron if needed.
My finished onion dyed silk scarf.
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