What size do these print at?

Each pattern is drawn at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4.

Can I ask for a different stripe width?

Yes — the direction field takes a different width and the same three silk classes render it.

What's the difference between the three silk classes?

Beige silk keeps the plainest ground; crimson silk carries the deepest, most saturated stripe; guinea-fowl indigo speckles fine white lines through a dark ground.

Is this respectful of real Yoruba aso oke traditions?

The set draws on the narrow-strip weaving and named silk classes of Yoruba aso oke as a style reference for a generated pattern, not a reproduction of any specific weaver's cloth.

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/aso-oke · pattern · 3 readings

Aso oke patterns: beige silk, crimson silk, guinea-fowl indigo in three stripe scales

Aso oke — Deep indigo strips crossed by very fine white warp lines set two or three threads apart, the effect a dark speckled field like a guinea fowl's plumage, the strips sewn so the fine lines never quite align across a seam., narrow-strip handweaving in wild silk and cotton on a double-heddle loom, strips sewn edge to edge

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Reading 1Guinea fowl indigo

Reading 2Open eyelets

Reading 3Crimson bands

Aso oke is Yoruba narrow-strip cloth woven in three named classes — the beige of wild silk, the crimson of dyed waste silk, and guinea-fowl indigo speckled with fine white lines — sewn edge to edge and pierced with rows of open eyelets. These nine set all three classes in a narrow stripe, a wide stripe and an eyelet-heavy scale. Ask for a different stripe width and the same three classes carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?: Each pattern is drawn at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4.
Can I ask for a different stripe width?: Yes — the direction field takes a different width and the same three silk classes render it.
What's the difference between the three silk classes?: Beige silk keeps the plainest ground; crimson silk carries the deepest, most saturated stripe; guinea-fowl indigo speckles fine white lines through a dark ground.
Is this respectful of real Yoruba aso oke traditions?: The set draws on the narrow-strip weaving and named silk classes of Yoruba aso oke as a style reference for a generated pattern, not a reproduction of any specific weaver's cloth.

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