This thin blue, beige, white wrap is comfortable to wear both indoors and outdoors.
The supple and soft fabric will keep you warm on cool evenings.
The shimmer of the scarf gives it a luxurious look.
The thin yarn is quite tightly woven so the shawl is well protected from wind.
The alternating light blue and dark blue threads of the warp draw longitudinal lines on this shawl.
The shawl is 60 cm wide and 210 cm long.
The thin fabric is fine and soft to the touch.
Weavers in the Thai countryside wove this beautiful fabric for you in a few days.
They wove the scarf thread by thread on a wooden loom.
First, the yarn was dyed with dyes from plants, flowers and trees.
It is a shawl you will enjoy for years.
The fact that it was made sustainably makes you proud to wear it.
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Dyed with plants
The blue yarn was dyed with dye from the indigo plant that grows near the homes of the weavers.
The number of dye baths the yarn received determined the (light and dark blue) colour.
The dye comes from nature and this scarf was handwoven in Thailand’s Sakon Nakhon province.
Also read: Making your own indigo dye
The fact that the shawl is slightly shiny and feels fine and soft is due to rayon, the material it was made from.
The story of shawls and scarves
The scarf is woven by women in rural Thailand who could well use your support.
The farmers have only one harvest a year and the extra income from selling fabrics is welcome.
Read more about this in: ‘How are our hand-woven scarves made?’
Looking at this fabric in detail only increases your appreciation for this fine piece of craftsmanship.
You’re going to enjoy wearing this shawl even more.
And you will enjoy it for years to come.
A few characteristics of thin shawl
super soft
soft and shiny
Coloured with dye from nature
woven by hand
