Here is where I ended up

This is a waxed sinew whatever that is. It’s the absolute best thing to use for arashi. It kind of stretches but doesn’t break and you can re use it. The wax is great for the resist

You can get it at Michael’s craft in the leather section.

I used a much thicker piece of PVC than usual.

I wrapped the fabric around the pole probably twice. It was till damp so it sort of stuck to itself. Then I started the wrapping with the sinew.

Here it is all wrapped.

Then I scrunched it all up. This is always harder to do that I remember. I usually have to go from the top and then the bottom.

here it is all scrunched

I started to paint with pewter fabric paints. They are thin like dyes but are paints. They don’t saturate the fabric as much as the dye. I still like dye though!

starting and ending with this photo.