Silk Bandana Scarf 22 Inch Square - 100% Mulberry Silk, Hand-Rolled Edges, Navy Blue & Yellow - Folk Form Peace In Mind
Silk Bandana Scarf 22 Inch Square - 100% Mulberry Silk, Hand-Rolled Edges, Navy Blue & Yellow - Folk Form Peace In Mind
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Navy and yellow silk, carrying a wish in its folds.
Peace, in the shape she hopes for.
This 22-inch silk bandana carries a Vietnamese name, Thanh Binh Nhu Y. Its opening words, thanh binh, mean peace and calm, and the closing words are the part English has never quite found a phrase for.
Nhu y means as you wished it: peace that arrives in the very shape you had in mind, something going right more than nothing going wrong. It is a wish you give to someone else, never one you claim for yourself.
A 22-inch square of mulberry silk in navy blue and yellow. 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 A narrow diagonal roll, spiraled up the handle and finished with a bow; on tan or black leather the yellow glows across the room while the navy keeps it composed.
The ponytail or topknot Wind it twice around the elastic after a diagonal roll, then knot it on top and let the yellow tips fall.
The neckerchief A triangle rolled from the long edge, wrapped once and knotted at the side of the throat, lovely over a crewneck, a v-neck or a mock neck.
The wrist Two turns and a knot, with a bracelet or in its place.
A 22-inch square is made for handles, ponytails and wrists, and a little small to wrap the head, belt a waist or cover the shoulders. Our guide to which size to choose explains what each larger square adds.
Same size, other colorways: Navy Blue and Orange · Orange and Navy Blue
FROM THE ATELIER
Yellow on navy is the pairing we reach for ourselves on autumn evenings, sunlight against a deep blue sky.
A wish English has no word for
In English, peace of mind has drifted into the language of warranties, alarm systems and insurance, where it means someone else now carries the worry.
Thanh binh nhu y holds no transaction. An older person says it to a younger one as a year begins, or writes it on something given at a beginning, a new house, a new job, a marriage, a child, and the wish is that life goes the way she hoped.
Knowing this changes what the gift says. A dragon congratulates, a phoenix describes a person, and this one hopes on her behalf, a tender thing that English finds hard to say aloud.
Navy and yellow, beautifully paired
Denim Navy on blue denim looks deliberate, and the yellow keeps it from melting into the jeans.
Camel, tan, cream The warm route: yellow picks up the camel and navy anchors it, lovely from September through March.
A white shirt Knotted small at the throat, crisp and bright, with navy carrying most of the square and yellow drawing a fine line through it.
Black or charcoal The evening version, a warm flash of yellow against the dark.
Small square, three kindnesses
Where light silk must be pulled tight, sixteen momme holds by its own weight, so a bow on a bag handle stays a bow.
A story card in the box names the motif and its wish, so the meaning is there when she opens it, with no speech required.
Yellow beside navy is a pairing for every hour, sunny by a window and warm and golden at a candlelit table.
Proof she can keep
With every square comes a cutting from its own bolt, kept for the test so the silk she wears is never touched.
| 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 →A small price, full craft
Size is the whole difference in its price: the same 16 momme Grade 5A mulberry silk, the same double-sided hand printing and the same hand-rolled hem as every square we sell.
The edge never scales down: a small square carries proportionally more hem, and the hem takes the longest hour. The motif costs as much to redraw for this square as for a length of cloth. We make it in our own atelier in Hanoi and post it straight to you, and we pay the US import duty.
The meaning of Thanh Binh Nhu Y
The phrase has two halves, and each carries weight.
Thanh binh is the everyday word for peace and calm, the word for a quiet town or an untroubled year.
Nhu y says according to the wish, a phrase long used in East Asian ornament for a hope fulfilled, the outcome matching what was intended.
Joined together, the two halves mean peace in the shape you wanted. The phrase belongs to beginnings: it is said at the new year, written on gifts for a wedding or a new home, and offered by elders to the young. Our guide to what the Peace in Mind motif means tells the rest.
That is why this is the motif for someone at a beginning: the dragons honor what a person has done, the phoenix who she is, and this one what you hope comes next.
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?
Every motif we make answers a different moment, and a few lines show which.
For someone starting something A new house, a new job, a marriage, the opening of any chapter: this is the one, its name a wish for how it all turns out.
For an achievement already finished A promotion, a milestone or a corporate gift calls for a dragon: Dragon Dreams with large dragons at the corners like a picture, or Dragon of Grace with one creature repeated small in center symmetry.
For a person, about who she is A mother, a new chapter, a recovery: Phoenix Dance, the empress's bird, carrying a wish for grace and rebirth.
For how someone carried something A teacher, a retirement, a long recovery: Imperial Lotus, the flower that rises from mud untouched.
For two people A wedding, an engagement, an anniversary: Lotus Serenade, a pair of mandarin ducks beneath a lotus.
Why a silk square from Vietnam
A fair and lovely question. The great French and Italian houses tell their own story, and ours tells one few people have heard.
Theirs comes from equestrian tack, heraldry, botanical plates and nautical rope, all of it real and theirs, and widely imitated because the look is so familiar.
Ours comes with a phrase that has no English twin, from a decorative tradition most people have never been shown, drawn in a studio in Hanoi.
In practice, she is unlikely to meet the pattern on anyone else, and when a stranger asks about it, the answer is a story, never a logo.
For the start of something
For a new chapter more than a finished one, this is the gift: under seventy dollars, no size to guess, and a card in the box that carries the wish.
A housewarming The truest fit for the phrase, which Vietnamese families speak over a new home, and a scarf never needs to match the sofa.
A new job, or a move to a new city A wish for how it all unfolds, given before anyone knows, warmer than any congratulation.
New year In Vietnamese the words arrive with the new year, so it suits January and Lunar New Year equally well.
When the success has already happened This motif looks ahead with hope; for an achievement already won, Dragon Dreams is the gift.
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 Yellow |
| 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 yellow silk,
and a wish for everything ahead.
Navy and yellow mulberry silk at sixteen momme, both faces printed and the edge rolled by hand in Hanoi. It arrives gift boxed with a cutting you are welcome to set on fire.
Add to bag · $64Hand screen-printed and finished in Hanoi, Vietnam
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