Crepe de Chine Silk Infinity Scarf dyed with Madder, with Horse Chestnut, Cotinus and Virginia Creeper Leaves [SC310]

Luxurious Crepe de Chine silk infinity scarf, created wholly with sustainable natural fibres, local plants and natural dyes. In this case, the shawl was printed by steaming, with horse chestnut, cotinus and virgina creeper leaves, and a dye cocktail of oak gall tannin and madder. [SC310].

Fabulously versatile and elegant, you can wear this glorious infinity scarf in a variety of settings and occasions.. during the day with casual clothes, or in the evening for that special night out. 

In creating this infinity scarf, the  luxurious Crepe de Chine silk was soaked in  alum solution, to accentuate the pigments' vibrance. After placing the leaves, the scarf was bundled up tightly round a copper pipe with a carrier blanket soaked in the light dye cocktail solution, which created the colourful background and penetrated the horse chestnut leaves.   

It was then steamed in my trusty aluminium fish kettle for 70 minutes to release and fix the leaf pigments and dyes. The prints and background are  light- and wash-fast.  

Due to the individual nature of the hand crafted process by which these unique scarves are made, the precise details of the scarf design and colour tone may vary slightly from this photograph.

Approx 185cm x 45cm.

Packaged in an elegant, ecofriendly By Maggie Naturally presentation box.