I am aware that I am taking risks. There are a lot easier ways to “expand Sashiko business” for money & fame. However, Sashiko is more than a (temporary) business to me. Therefore, I need to take risks to get chestnuts out of the fire… I just sometimes realize how…
Ever since I became a stay-at-home dad, the weekends are the time to NOT to have the needles. Especially now, she goes to day care during the week days, I try to spend as much time as together… The day without a needle. Yet, Sashiko is always with me. The…
In my childhood, a “gender (as a social role)” often confused me. I understood Sashiko as the woman’s work (especially in the past). I was a first born son – who was “supposed” to succeed the “ family business” in Japanese normal. Naturally, I hated Sashiko as a child. Yet,…