Kasuri-jime: Binding the Kasuri Threads, Honba Oshima Tsumugi Fabric

Cotton threads are woven into the starched silk threads covering the spots that should be resisted according to the graph of the kasuri pattern. This makes what is called a “splash pattern mat” mushiro-gasuri. The portions of the silk thread covered with the cotton woven over them in will be blocked from the dye during the next process.