The fabric I have taken for shibori is voile. It is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 100% cotton or cotton blends including linen or polyester.

For the dying technique, I folded the cloth vertically and used thread and rubberbands to tie the cloth. The edges of the cloth were tied in a small knot by rubberbands and its middle portion was tied with the thread. The cloth was twisted and wrapped diagonally around a hip-curve scale, then bound. That would give a diagonal pattern to my cloth.

What made me more curious about shibori was that you never know what exact print you will get after the dying process. It always surprises you with the prints you would never even imagine. Ufcourse the quality of cloth and the tools used in it plays a major role but even the errors caused by them creates such beautiful patterns.

Then came the stitching part. It came out to be a fresh and beautiful pattern. I immediately thought of making a poncho out of it.

Something looked incomplete in it.  So I decided to add some stitch lines. My purpose was now to convert it into a semi stitched poncho. Keeping the sleeve length in mind, I stitched the left sleeve in such a way that it gathers itself a little bit and forms puffiness over the shoulder. While in the right sleeve, I left it half open purposely by giving just few stitches in the armhole so that it gives a drooping form.