Obi help

[fairylite]

I recently purchased an obi from Ebay. It's a beautiful piece, but the problem is that it's only 12" (width) x 1 yard (length). Is it really an obi, or just a piece of it? I planned to use it for my Yukata, like so:



But how do I tie the back? It seems that all the obis I've seen has a decorative back to it, such as the butterfly knot etc.

I'm sorry if I seem a little ignorant - just got into the Japanese culture, so I can't say I know too much about the traditional clothing. Thank you!

[fugu_me]

Sounds like you've only got a section of an obi. My obi is really long...
Sorry I can't be more help

[KittySensei]

Yeah, people sell them in parts as tables runners and stuff.

My cotton yukata obi is (let me check) 3 1/2 meters long.

My good silk kimono obi is a little longer.

[kcisis]

Traditionally, obi for yukata are not tied so fancy, but kind of wrapped and tucked. But I'm pretty sure, that even so, yours would be too short, unless you are REALLY tiny. Ran across directions for this earlier today, will back track & post a link if it was one of my online sources.