Shibori experiments

[tiedyejudy]

I recently bought a book on shibori techniques, and I'm planning to spend some time experimenting with them this summer.  Here is my first shirt:

I used mokume, or woodgrain stitch, on the sleeve shown on the left and the part of the shirt shown on the right of the picture.  I used karamatsu, or concentric circles to create the round shapes that run diagonally down the body of the shirt.  I think the combination is too busy, but I'm glad I tried the stitches.  I am in the process now of creating some shirts with just the mokume stitching.     

[zeppenwolf]

Not "too busy", but I admit it might work better with all one or all t'other.  Nice palette for this shirt+technique, too.

The mokume is hot!  The whole shirt like that would be awesome.  Won't mind one bit if you post a picture showing exactly how you stitched it, (not that I'm begging, of course!)  Oh, sure, I'll go google it now, but I'm not confident about finding the thing exactly.

As far as the karamatsu, I can only see the top two, (for some reason images on this site get clipped for me alot of the time; don't know why).  The one directly in the middle looks great-- a whole shirt like that?  Very promising, I think.

The mokume reminds me of bones, somehow-- metacarpals?  I wonder about a shirt in mokume with... ah... "archeological colors"?  Heee.

[zeppenwolf]

Oh, sure, I'll go google it now, but I'm not confident about finding the thing exactly.

Ok, so I guess it really IS that simple.  Hard to believe, I guess.  Well here's some neat stuff:

http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/04/mokume.html

and she links (sorta) to :

http://shiboriorg.wordpress.com/?s=mokume

[tiedyejudy]

Yes, there is a wealth of info on the web, including some video on youtube.  Here is a picture of one I did yesterday with just mokume, and I folded the tank vertically front and back:
 
I did the stitching vertically as well, which made the woodgrain horizontal.  I like this better, design-wise.
BTW, did I mention I was using dental floss to create the stitching?  It's easier to see to remove than thread because it doesn't bond with the dye.  And it's strong enough to allow me to really pack the gathers tightly.  Try it!
 

[Jaja]

Oh, sure, I'll go google it now, but I'm not confident about finding the thing exactly.

Ok, so I guess it really IS that simple.  Hard to believe, I guess.  Well here's some neat stuff:

Yes, it's simple but it's time and work consuming.
Adire eleso is also simple...


But takes alot of stitches.

[Jaja]

Nice design, Judy. It is somewhat similiar to your "tiger" design, just granularity is finer.