Miura shibori
Miura shibori is also known as looped binding. It involves taking a hooked needle and
plucking sections of the cloth. Then a thread is looped around each section twice. The thread
is not knotted; tension is the only thing that holds the sections in place. The resulting dyed
cloth is a water-like design. Because no knot is used, miura shibori is very easy to bind and
unbind. Therefore, this technique is very often used.
Kumo shibori
Kumo shibori is a pleated and bound resist. This technique involves pleating sections of the
cloth very finely and evenly. Then the cloth is bound in very close sections. The result is a
very specific spider-like design. This technique is very precise to produce this specific design.
Nui shibori
Fragment of a Kimono (Kosode) with Tie-dyeing (kanoko shibori) and silk and metallic thread
embroidery, 17th century
Nui shibori includes stitched shibori. A simple running stitch is used on the cloth then pulled
tight to gather the cloth. The thread must be pulled very tight to work, and a wooden dowel
must often be used to pull it tight enough. Each thread is secured by knotting before being
dyed.
This technique allows for greater control of the pattern and greater variety of pattern, but it is
much more time consuming.
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