A Length of Zanshi Ori: Leftover Yarn Weaving in Multi-Color

early twentieth century
74 3/4" x 13 1/2", 190 cm x 34 cm

Zanshi ori is cloth that is woven from threads either leftover from home production of yarn making, or from broken threads that were purchased from local commercial weavers. 

Usually the weft is fed with these random threads while generally the warp is regulated producing an irregular horizontal 'striping'; if home threads are used, knotted slubs can often be seen.

This length is particularly beautiful for its unusual colors, the "candy colored" stripes of its warp yarns.

The length is hand stitched from two pieces that come from the same bolt. By having these different pieces from different sections of the bolt we see very clearly the variety in the density and random patterns formed by the leftover yarns which feed the weft. 

A very good length of zanshi ori and one whose colors are so unusual and playful that this length is desirable for this quality.

Delightful.