The registration for the program in 2021 is closed! I’m getting lots of registrations for 24 days of sashiko program. ( About 470 registrations so far! ) So I should share what to prepare for it. No special tools or…
Sashiko’s original purpose Before explaining about sarashi, let’s talk about sashiko’s original purposes. Traditionally speaking, sashiko had been stitched on clothes to reinforce the fabric. People in cold regions stitched sashiko on their whole kimonos to make them warm, farmers…
How should we distinguish different thickness of threads? When you look for the sashiko threads, you’ll find them in different thickness. Generally speaking, if the labels say “細” it means “thin” and “太” indicates “thick”. But when we compare them…