Sumac Berries - Arashi Shibori Hand Dyed & Hand Pleated Silk Shawl/Scarf, Lightweight Silk Wrap, store Wisteria/Deep Purple

I read or heard somewhere that black berries are almost always ok to eat, white berries are almost always poisonous, and red berries can go either way. I don't know if it is true. I've never put it to the test. In my childhood there were several groves of sumac around my house. I still remember their deep purple berries. They were about the size of blueberries, shiny, smooth, and a deep blue purple, almost black. Funny what you remember from childhood, but the look of those berries have stayed with me for 60 odd years...........I always thought they were poisonous..although I think the birds liked them.

MAY BE WORN AS A SHAWL OR AS A SCARF.

This light weight shawl/scarf is made of 100% 8mm Habotai China silk and originally measured 35"x 84" scarf, but dye prep washing caused some shrinkage, pleating reduced it further.

Colors are wisteria under dye and a deep purple and hint of navy over dye.

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This shawl/scarf was under dyed, washed, dried and ironed into fourths, wrapped around a pipe, bound in circles to the pipe with fishing line, and compressed into "pleats." The pleats were over-dyed and the scarf was washed and allowed to dry on the pipe to set the pleats. The scarf was rewashed and re-pleated which created the cross-hatch pattern which will be retained if it needs to be re-pleated in the future.

TO RETAIN THE PLEATS KEEP IT DRY. Do not wear in the rain or when humidity is over 80%.

When dirty you can try professional dry cleaning to retain pleats, but I do not advise store it because something will be wet in the process and part of the scarf will be unpleated. I advise washing it, ironing it (into halves/quarters even) and enjoying the visual texture/color of the scarf. When you are ready to repleat it, I will be happy to tell you how to repleat it, or after washing, you can return it to me for repleating (my repleating charge is $10.00, $5.00 of which is used to reship it to you in a box - just convo me).

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