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Shibori pattern: arashi, itajime, kanoko in three colourways

Shibori — Kanoko bound at bead scale: tiny white rings a few millimetres across in ranked rows across a deep indigo ground, each ring puckered slightly where the thread pulled the cloth and the rows running true., shibori repeat, a named resist recorded in the cloth — bound rings, pole-wrapped diagonals or clamped folded blocks — the dye deepest at the compressed edges and feathering at the creases, deep vat blue with a soft feathered crease

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Reading 1Ditsy
Reading 2Medium
Reading 3Large

Shibori is Japanese resist: cloth stitched, folded round a pole or bound over beads, then dyed indigo. These nine hold arashi's diagonal rain, itajime's folded grid, and kanoko's small bound rings. Ask for a different indigo depth and the same named technique carries it.

  • a fabric or fashion swatch
  • a home decor accent print
  • a phone wallpaper
  • a gift-wrap sheet
  • a stationery cover design

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each shibori field is a seamless repeat at A3 proportions, printing clean at A4 or scaling to fabric yardage.
Can I get a different indigo shade?
Yes — name a lighter or deeper indigo, and the same named technique renders it.
What's the difference between arashi, itajime and kanoko?
Arashi is pole-wrapped for a diagonal rain-like streak; itajime is folded and clamped between boards for a geometric grid; kanoko is bound over small beads for tiny circular rings.
Is this a real Japanese dyeing technique or an invented graphic?
Shibori is a genuine Japanese resist-dyeing family; this set draws on the specific record each named technique leaves as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of actual hand-bound cloth.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.