Thai Silk Scarf

A wavy stripe of deep honey runs down a field of gray taupe.

This scarf is from Thailand. It is silk. Silk takes dye deeply, which gives hand-woven scarves their saturated, slightly iridescent tones. Gray-taupe sides frame a wide gold-ochre band whose edges wander in a soft wave. The weave shows fine horizontal slubs and a gentle sheen. Thin, wispy fringe trails from the folded end.

The dye pot clearly had opinions about straight lines.