While roaming through one of the women’s collectives, we stumbled upon this striped ikat design and translated it into a fair trade scarf.
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Women weavers craft each piece after the silk threads have been dyed using ancient ikat techniques.
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Natural ebony dyes derived from local plants create a rich, warm black-ish tone, a perfect backdrop to the walnut ikat stripe down the length of the scarf.
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100% organic silk and crafted by our skilled women weavers, each Fair Trade Tribal Sun Scarf takes approximately one day to weave by a master weaver.
She loves playing with her son and his dog.
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An ikat stripe, rendered in walnut yellow-brown on 100% silk, creates a tribal motif that suggests a dash of the Old World.
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Ikat is an ancient resist-dyeing technique used in communities throughout Asia.
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The ikat dyeing process with natural dyes takes approximately two weeks of dyeing, drying, and dyeing again.
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