Wall calendar Selvedge 2025

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Selvedge 2025 calendar.

This calendar features 12 beautiful textiles and different dyeing techniques around the world.

JANUARY: Kanoko Shibori, Japan: Kanoko Shibori originated in Kyoto. The name kanoko means fawn spots, a reference to the delicate, speckled patterns reminiscent of a fawn’s back. The technique involves using silk or cotton threads to tie thousands of tiny knots into the fabric. Each knot forms a resist, preventing the dye from reaching the tied areas. The fabric is then dyed in indigo. 

FEBRUARY: Ajrakh, India: Ajrakh is a hand-block printing and resist-dye technique that came to Kutch, Gujarat, India, from Sindh in the 17th         century. Using natural ingredients and a labour-intensive 16-step process of mordanting, resist printing, dyeing, printing, and drying, ajrakh is recognisable for its multi-coloured geometric patterns traditionally worn by cattle herders of the Muslim Maldari community.

MARCH: Miao Batik, China: Inspired by ancient folklore, geometric patterns and stylised motifs of animals and plants are hand drawn using beeswax applied with a tool created by tying two flat pieces of copper to a stick. Chinese indigo leaves are soaked and left to ferment for a month, integral to achieving a deep blue colour when the fabric is dyed. 

APRIL: Batik, Indonesia: Originating from the island of Java in Indonesia, batik is a resist technique. Molten wax is applied to the  whole cloth through a copper-spouted tool called a tjanting or with a copper stamp called a cap. The wax resists the dye, and further layers of wax are applied to build up multi-coloured designs before the wax is finally removed with boiling water.

MAY: Katazome, Japan: Early examples of katazome cloth date back to the Edo period. Layers of mulberry paper are soaked in the fermented juice of the persimmon fruit and laminated. Designs are then hand-cut into the strengthened paper to create the katagami stencil. A rice flour resist is pushed through the stencil with a squeegee onto the cloth; this paste is removed after dyeing. 

JUNE: Leheria, India: Traditionally used for turbans, Leharia originates in Rajasthan. Silk, or muslin, is rolled diagonally from one corner to the opposite selvedge and tied at intervals before dyeing. Leheria produces a 45-degree diagonal stripe. A diagonal check is created if re-rolled and tied in the opposite direction before overdyeing. The pattern can also change colour along a turban’s six or seven metre length.

JULY: Telia Rumal, India: Originating in the coastal weaving town of Chirala in Andhra Pradesh, the telia rumal derives its name from the Hindi for oily kerchief. This alludes to its oily feel and smell, a result of the oil, ash, and dung used to mordant the yarn. Like many ikat techniques, the telia rumal is tied, dyed, and woven as a mirrored pair. It is historically used as a head or neck scarf to protect the wearer from summer heat. 

AUGUST: Ikat, Uzbekistan: Ikat, known locally as Abrband, means to tie a cloud. It is created using a silk warp and cotton weft. Only the warp threads are dyed and visible in the warp-faced structure of the finished cloth.  The tying is done with a double warp, which gives the finished cloth its signature symmetrical pattern.   Margilan, in the Ferghana Valley, is the epicentre of ikat weaving in Uzbekistan and Central Asia.

SEPTEMBER: Àdìrẹ Eleko, Nigeria: In àdìrẹ eleko, a cassava-based starch paste is used as the resist. The technique is unique to Yorubaland in southwest Nigeria: paste is applied to the fabric through a metal stencil or freehand painting with a chicken feather or a palm leaf’s midrib instead of a brush. The cloth is divided into sections filled with geometric and stylised plant and animal motifs. 

OCTOBER: Geringsing, Indonesia: Woven in the Tenganan Pergerinsingan village in Bali, Indonesia, geringsing double ikat is the demanding technique whereby warp and weft threads are ikat-dyed independently, then precisely and accurately woven so that the motifs coincide to create the patterns. The colour is achieved by soaking the threads in a bath of kemiri, candle nut oil, and wood ash to aid the take-up of the dye.

NOVEMBER: Kasuri, Japan: Indigo-dyed double ikat originated in the 12th century in Okinawa.  To create the ate-yoko gasuri pattern, predetermined sections of the warp and weft threads are bound to form a resist where the threads will cross when woven. The threads are dyed before the bindings are removed, and the cloth is woven to reveal the distinctive, blurred pattern that is characteristic of this technique. 

DECEMBER: Thigma, India: Thigma is a form of tie-resist-dyeing practised in northern India’s Nubra Valley and Saboo region of Ladakh. The word thigma derives from the local word thitoo, which means dot. Larger panels of thigma-patterned nambu – the leading woollen textile of the region, woven from sheep wool – are used to make the sulma, a long-sleeved, full-length outer robe worn by women.

The calendar is printed on 250 gsm / 100 lb semi-gloss silk paper. We offer sturdy wire-binding with two types of hanging methods: wall calendar with hook and double-page calendar. 

Wall calendar with hook: Square (21 x 21 cm)

• One page for each month, has one cover page and one back page, printed on double sides, 7 sheets in total.
• Hook for easy hanging.
• Two pages for each month (one with the image and one with the month view), has one cover page and one back page, printed on double sides, 13 sheets in total.
• A regular spiral with no hook on top.
• A small hole is punched through all sheets within the calendar for hanging. The hole is positioned approx 1.4 cm from the edge of the calendar.
• When hanging on the wall, the calendar is unfolded so the size is doubled.

More info:

• The wire-O binder color is black, or white depending on the regional availability.
• Packaging: flat, protected packaging box, brown, or white color.
• Made on demand, no minimum orders.