Marina Silk Scarf

This olive green silk scarf is a natural beauty that gives an elevated, rustic look.  Made from two different species of silk, it's texture and luster will win your heart.    

It's name "marina" means "true or honest" in Madagascar, as its design comes from a  culturally traditional pattern.

It is 100% Madagascar silk and completely hand-crafted.  The silk yarn is hand spun with a drop spindle, hand dyed, and handwoven on a floor loom..  The women of the Lovasoa Cooperative craft each piece in their small village in the central highlands. 

This scarf is made from wild Borocera silk which is a species of silkworm only found in Madagascar, as well as cultivated mulberry silk.   

Only natural dye is used in this scarf-

• the green yarn is Borocera wild silk dyed with dingadingana leaves.  Eucalyptus leaves, salt, and ash are used to "fix" the natural dye, thus they will not run or fade. 
• the white yarn is natural undyed Mulberry silk. 
• Measures 12.5” x 70”

This beautiful piece will last a lifetime.  

Your purchase directly helps a weaver in this cooperative support her family.  It also preserves the cultural tradition of silk weaving in Madagascar.

Each piece comes with a lovely tag that tells the story of the silk and has washing instructions.

Washing instructions: Hand-wash with any kind of soap.  Lay flat to dry.  Iron while still slightly damp to give it a lovely sheen. Separately, you can steam iron it on a low-ish heat setting to refresh it from time to time without washing.  Dry cleaning is also fine.