Silk Bandana Scarf 22 Inch Square - 100% Mulberry Silk, Hand-Rolled Edges, Navy Blue & Orange - Folk Form Peace In Mind
Silk Bandana Scarf 22 Inch Square - 100% Mulberry Silk, Hand-Rolled Edges, Navy Blue & Orange - Folk Form Peace In Mind
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A small silk wish for a new beginning.
Given before anyone knows how it will turn out.
Most meaningful gifts celebrate something already done, the promotion or the new house. This 22-inch silk bandana belongs to the other kind: it carries a wish for what is about to begin, and Vietnamese holds a lovely phrase for it.
Thanh Binh Nhu Y: peace, in the shape you hoped for. It is the gentle wish that things turn out as someone intended, offered at a beginning, before anyone knows.
A 22-inch square of mulberry silk in navy blue and orange. Sixteen momme, hemmed by hand on all four sides.
We pay the import duty, not you.
Nothing owed on arrival, nothing added at checkout. Shipping is $20, free from $90. Sent from Hanoi, most US orders land in 9 to 15 business days.
Buying this for someone else? It ships from Hanoi, so allow 9 to 15 business days to a US address, and it arrives gift boxed with your note written by hand and no price anywhere in the parcel.
Four ways to tie a 22-inch square
The bag handle Roll it narrow on the diagonal and wind it up the handle to a small bow; orange carries across a room, so this pairing looks its loveliest on a bag.
The ponytail or topknot Roll it on the diagonal, wind it twice around the elastic and knot it on top, letting the navy and orange ends fall.
The neckerchief Fold it into a triangle, roll it from the long edge, wrap it once and knot it at the side of the throat.
The wrist Wrapped twice and knotted; the orange sits beautifully beside gold jewelry.
Twenty-two inches will not wrap a head, belt a waist or cover the shoulders; it is made for the handle, the ponytail and the wrist, and our guide to which size to choose shows what the larger squares can do.
Same size, other colorways: Navy Blue and Yellow · Orange and Navy Blue
FROM THE ATELIER
A screen tends to brighten orange; in the hand it settles into a deeper, burnished tone, like late sun on old brick.
A phrase English never found
English has one near phrase, peace of mind, and commerce has claimed it for warranties, alarm systems and insurance policies, where it means someone else is carrying the worry.
Thanh binh nhu y carries no transaction at all. It is a wish an older person offers a younger one at the start of a year, or writes on a gift for a beginning: a new house, a new job, a marriage, a child.
That changes what the gift says. A dragon congratulates and a phoenix describes a person; this one hopes on her behalf, tenderly and without sentimentality.
The company navy and orange keep
Tan or cognac leather The loveliest pairing for this colorway: orange picks up the warmth in the leather while navy keeps the look grounded.
Denim Navy against blue denim looks deliberate, and the orange keeps it bright.
Camel and cream The autumn route, lovely from September through March.
Black High contrast for evening, with orange glowing clearly against the dark.
Three quiet gifts in one
Lighter silk must be pulled tight before a knot will hold; at sixteen momme, a bow on a bag handle keeps its shape all day.
A story card in the box names the motif and its meaning, so the wish is explained for you, gracefully.
Orange is a mixed color, and a thin pass over a dark ground would dull toward brown, so it is laid down with extra pigment and extra passes. Beside navy, where the eye compares the two directly, it holds its warmth.
A proof tucked in her box
A cutting from the same bolt as her square is tucked into every box, so the test is made on that small piece and the square stays whole.
| Mulberry silk | Polyester | |
| The smell | Singed hair | Acrid, like plastic |
| What is left | Soft ash that crushes between your fingers | Melts into a hard bead |
If you try it: over a sink, clear of anything that can catch, not with children in the room. A corner is enough. It is a home check, not lab proof.
Rather not hold a flame to anything? The silk is tested at the Textile Testing Center, part of the Vietnam Textile Research Institute. Outside lab, outside paperwork.
Add to bag and check it yourself →What $64 holds
This is the least expensive square we make, and the difference is size alone: the same 16 momme Grade 5A mulberry silk, the same double-sided hand printing and the same hand-rolled hem as every other square, in a smaller measure.
The edge does not shrink with the square: a small one carries proportionally more hem, and the hem is the precious hour. The motif costs as much to draw here as on a larger square. We make it in our own atelier in Hanoi, post it straight to you, and pay the US import duty.
What Thanh Binh Nhu Y means
The phrase opens into two halves, and both matter.
Thanh binh means peace and calm, a settled state, the word you might use for a quiet town or a year without trouble.
Word for word, nhu y means according to the wish. Across East Asian decorative art it is the formula for things turning out as hoped, the outcome matching the intention.
Together they mean peace in the shape you hoped for. In Vietnamese the phrase belongs to beginnings, spoken at the new year and written on gifts for a wedding or a housewarming, often from an older person to a younger one. Our guide to what the Peace in Mind motif means tells more.
Getting it there in time
If there is a date attached to this, it is worth reading before you order.
Nine to fifteen business days to a US address, counted from the day it leaves Hanoi.
For Christmas delivery in the US, we recommend ordering by November 27.
Ship it straight to them. Sending it to yourself first and forwarding it adds a week you do not need to spend. We write your note by hand and there is no price anywhere in the parcel.
If the date is fixed, write to us at Folkformint@gmail.com before you order.
Which motif should I be looking at?
Our motifs speak to different moments, and a few words on each will guide you.
For someone starting something A new house, a new job, a marriage, the start of anything: this is the one.
For an achievement already won That calls for a dragon: Dragon Dreams sets large dragons at the corners like a picture, and Dragon of Grace repeats one creature small in center symmetry.
For a person, about who she is Phoenix Dance, the empress's bird, a wish for rebirth and grace.
For how someone carried something Imperial Lotus, the flower that grows in mud and keeps none of its smell.
For two people Lotus Serenade, where a pair of mandarin ducks rests beneath one lotus.
A gift for beginnings
Reach for this one when the occasion is a beginning more than a result. Under seventy dollars, with no size to guess, and the meaning arrives on a card in the box.
A housewarming The most fitting use of the phrase, which is spoken over new homes in Vietnam, and a scarf never has to match anyone's furniture.
A new job, or a move to a new city A wish for how it goes, given while the story is still unwritten.
New year The phrase belongs to the turning of the year, lovely in January and at Lunar New Year alike.
For a success already celebrated This motif hopes more than it congratulates; for a finished achievement, Dragon Dreams is the one.
The box, the care, and the returns
In the box A rigid gift box and matching bag · the square folded in tissue · a story card naming the motif and its meaning · an illustrated styling guide · a care card · the silk cutting. Nothing left for you to wrap.
Washing Hand wash only, in cold water, using shampoo or a gentle body wash rather than laundry detergent. Detergent enzymes are designed to break down protein, and silk is a protein fiber. Never machine wash. Squeeze, never wring. Dry in shade, never in sun. Iron on the lowest silk setting while still faintly damp. Silk sheds dust on its own, so every three to five wears is plenty.
Returns Thirty days from delivery, unused and unwashed, in the original box. If the fault is ours, a flaw in the silk, a print error, a seam that failed, postage goes both ways on us and you get a replacement or a full refund. Changed your mind? Thirty days, return postage yours, and if you take store credit instead of a refund we add fifteen percent. One condition: it comes back unused, unwashed and unworn, in its original box.
Specifications
| Material | 100% Grade 5A mulberry silk |
| Color | Navy Blue and Orange |
| Motif | Thanh Binh Nhu Y · Peace In Mind |
| Meaning | Peace, in the shape you wished for |
| Weight | 16 momme |
| Size | 22 × 22 in · 55 × 55 cm |
| Hand screen-printed, double-sided | |
| Edges | Hand-rolled, hand-stitched · 220 cm |
| Testing | Textile Testing Center, Vietnam Textile Research Institute |
| Made in | Hanoi, Vietnam |
One small square of navy and orange silk,
peace in the shape you wished for.
Navy and orange mulberry silk at sixteen momme, printed through both faces and hemmed by hand in Hanoi. It arrives gift boxed with a cutting you are welcome to set on fire.
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