Dali Sandbag
The sandbag is made from three types of large-scale fabric, with blue yarn in the fabric dyed using traditional indigo dyeing by the skilled women of Dali. The filling inside the sandbag consists of silkworm sand, which carries a natural and refreshing fragrance.
Size: 10 cm (diameter)
Filling: Organic Silkworm Droppings
Care instructions: Please take it to a professional care shop for maintenance, and be sure to prevent mold and insect damage.
"Tiao Hua" was once a common weaving technique in Dali, often seen in the old fabrics of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups in Guizhou. During the Tiao Hua process, a needle of similar thickness to a knitting needle is used to hook the weft threads, counting numbers—"one thread, three threads, one by one"—precisely picking through the vertical warp threads, eventually forming embroidery-like patterns. Therefore, Tiao Hua is also known as "counting threads," and the elder women would say, "we're stitching the fabric."
