KYOTO (3) TEXTILE CENTRE

By lunchtime, it was pouring with rain so I borrowed an umbrella from the hotel and we went by bus to Nishijin Textile Center which was definietly disappointing. It is really a large shop with some demonstrations going on. There was no exhibition of textiles. No  The photo shows a very small display of fine silk (at least 100/2) which had been dyed with natural dyes.

Someone was tying up shibori, several people were doing Yuzen but on small pieces of fabric, not the kimono lengths we saw on Monday. There was a Jacquard loom and a drawloom all ready to go but nothing happening.

This a photo of an Ai-takedai. She was a bit taken aback when I ask if it was a takedai and she did a bit of special demo for us. It seems to produce much the same sort of braid (there  is a completed piece in the right hand lower corner) as a takedai. But Rosie Price will tell me what the difference is.