This video includes a brief description of the woven shibori process: supplemental threads are woven into the cloth, then gathered, to form a resist for dyeing.
Originally a handwoven process, Catharine now collaborates with The Oriole Mill, a small Jacquard weaving mill in North Carolina, USA, to weave some of her fabrics.
Dyeing of the fabrics is done with indigo, cochineal, and other dye plants from Catharine’s garden.
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