The days of hand rolled scarf hems may be numbered. The number of workers that have the skill and willingness to hand hem thousands of scarves is decreasing (They are getting older, and the young folks in China don't want to do it). And these days scarves can be hemmed faster and cleaner with machines.
So, we went and got a bunch of different styles of machine hemmed scarves and tested them out. As a market test, we decided to bring in the most popular style, 8mm habotai, in the most popular sizes. We encourage you silk painters and dyers to give them a try and let us know what you think. We believe this is the future, and we think you will agree. Not as quaint, but hopefully better. For now, if you still like hand hemmed, we still have them in all the fabrics and sizes!
Sewn with silk thread, of course.
Made in: CHINA (CN)
Average Customer Review
4.67
(352 Customer Reviews)
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MOST HELPFUL REVIEWS
9/27/2011
5
I recently used these scarves for a class project and they were perfect. Excellent quality took the dyes very well and stood up to my class of overactive teenagers. I would highly recommend them.
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45 of 51 users found this review helpful.
7/9/2013
3
I was excited to see the 21x76 circle scarf thinking these would make great infinity scarves which are so popular now. While they took the paint and dye fine they are just too bulky - too much material. My clients say they do not like that much scarf around their neck and chest area. Another lady who sells scarves where I do makes her own which are not as wide and she sells very well. If these were not so wide I would buy them right away. Please consider making them around 14x72.
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33 of 39 users found this review helpful.
2/5/2024
3
I ordered for the first time in September 2023 and received good quality scarves with no imperfections or loose threads. Ordered again in January 2024 and nearly all of the scarves came with irregularities in the scarf long loose threads hanging from the sides and imperfections in the silk thread that can be seen clearly after natural dyeing. I used to be a big fan of Dharma Trading Co. but sadly will not be purchasing silk here again.
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5 of 5 users found this review helpful.
9/8/2012
5
I have used them since you changed over from hand hemmed and frankly I like them better. They are easier to paint and my customers haven't even noticed a difference. Thanks
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30 of 37 users found this review helpful.
10/6/2012
5
Lovely scarves they soaked up the dye beautifully! The secure hem made it easy to stretch on my frame. It was a bit difficult to iron though because the stitching tended to gather up the edges a bit. I solved this by ironing them while damp slightly stretching the hem as I went. After ironing they stayed nice and flat without any gathering or "wobble" to the long straight edges.
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29 of 36 users found this review helpful.
MOST RECENT REVIEWS
11/23/2023
3
I have ordered 8 x 72 and 15 x 60 Machine Hemmed 8mm Habotai Scarves in past. Usually 1 out of 12 have a visible flaw which I usually end out eating the cost. This time I purchased 21" x 21" for a project that I am doing with our teen ministry. I didn't open the sleeves right away. When I did I found 5 out of 16 had visible flaws. Frustrating. Too much hassle to return and too much time has passed. Because I have no other option will be ordering some more to finish this product but will NOT be ordering the 21" x 21" ever again.
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3 of 4 users found this review helpful.
2/13/2023
3
There's a problem with the color not taking on the machined hems. Previous purchases were fine but with my last two orders the hems are mostly white. I have used several techniques of botanical dyeing trying to get the color to take on the hem but even tub dyeing didn't take fully and there was still white showing. Very frustrating.
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4 of 7 users found this review helpful.
11/26/2022
5
I ordered about 17 of these for my women's group to dye then roughly the same number for my daughter and myself. These are great scarves at a super good price. And Dharma Trading Co is so nice and pleasant to work with (I had to adjust an order on the day of shipping). Oh yeah - shipping was fast! Very pleased.
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7 of 10 users found this review helpful.
11/10/2022
5
Lovely scarves and they dye beautifully. The 11 x 60 scarves are actually only 58 long. Not sure where the other two inches went but they still work quite well.
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6 of 8 users found this review helpful.
10/28/2021
5
I purchased some 8 X 72 inch scarves and while I'm a fan of hand hemmed scarves these were well made and looked good once painted. The French seam was gave it a quality look.
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7 of 10 users found this review helpful.
1/25/2021
5
Excellent quality perfect!
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4 of 7 users found this review helpful.
11/23/2020
5
I bought six for Operation Christmas Child. I had bought red and blue outfits for the girls 10-14 and wanted scarves that could be used as head scarves that would match the outfits. I washed the scarves in hot water put them in the bathtub on a red towel sprinkled a package of dark red cherry Koolaid on two scarves at a time. I rolled it all up dried them in the drier washed them in cool water there was almost no dye loss. They look amazing - dark red and black dots in a red and white background.
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6 of 10 users found this review helpful.
8/10/2020
5
Gorgeous perfect for play and dyeing. We will definitely be ordering more.
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2 of 5 users found this review helpful.
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