Sarashi is the name of the fabric that we use to make hanafukin (sashiko stitched dish cloths). It’s thin and light, evenly woven cotton fabric. To double this Sarashi fabric is the standard way to make hanfukin.

This listing is for bolts of sarashi fabric. Each roll is 10m long. If you make hanafukin (finished size: approx.34cm ×34cm) with doubled fabric, you can make 14 hanafukins from a bolt.

You can also buy the pre-cut ones:
https://etsy.me/2Y7zJba

【Why do you double it?】
It’s too thin to use as a dish towel as it is. To double it and adding sashiko stitching make a good thickness to hanafukin.

Also, doubled fabric has the advantage of being able to hide knots in between the two layers. Therefore you can make your hanafukin beautiful on both sides.


【About the size】
There are some differences depending on the maker, but the standard width of sarashi is about 34cm, 10m long.


【About the color】
When we say sarashi, it’s mostly bleach-white. But I found the natural-white and the ecru ones and have been using them as my favorites. Each of them are manufactured in Japan.

Read more about sarashi in my blog post!
https://sashikolab.com/what-is-sarashi/


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