I can haz prezentz

Yes, I freely admit it
I'm a spoiled brat
I am now the proud owner of this cute little vintage Japanese basket with shibori-dyed silk top section
AND
2 metres of equally vintage Japanese shibori silk, presumably culled from a disassembled kimono because the tacking threads are still in there in places
each one of those tiny white shapes was made by hand tieing a knot around the silk before it was dyed ... a monumental amount of labour. Can you see the slightly crinkled texture? The silk has retained the memory of the shape it was tied into and has never been ironed flat.
no
I don't know what I'm going to do with it but for a start, I'll:

• admire it
• revere the work that went into it
• feel grateful that I have wonderful friends like Zoe and Andy from Purl's Palace who saw these and thought of me, when they could've just as easily put them in the shop.
• and to answer Lisette's question - the little shibori squares are 4 to the inch, so 1/4" including the little gap between, and even smaller on the bag which is possibly why they aren't as regular. There's a special tool used for getting a grip on such minute pieces of cloth... a very fine needle with the tip bent into a hook and the whole thing attached to a clamp. That's why there's a dot in the centre of each square - that's the bit that was snagged on the tiny hook. Unfortunately I've only ever got to use one once and have never seen one for sale here.