Morning Mist Tote Bag

This handwoven linen, known as "xiabu" (夏布) in Chinese, is one of the most ancient and ubiquitous fabrics used in China. The raw material is ramie, a linen-like cellulose fiber made from the stalks of the Chinese nettle plant and the fabrics woven from these fibers are durable, lightweight and breathable.

The process of making this kind of fabric is very time consuming, which involves harvesting the ramie, hand spinning, dyeing, coating with the rice paste, handweaving under a certain temperature and humidity level, washing, and finally hang drying. For this “Morning Mist” tote bag, they also had to dye the fibers first before weaving.

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