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Glimpses of a crisp blue winter sky through a heavy snow fall.
This scarf is created using sekka shibori, a specific type of itajime. Sekka literally means “snow flower” and is a traditional motif of Japanese surface design. It is a design that is often seen on a baby’s first kimono.