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I imagine, more than hundreds of years ago, in a small village in Japan, Japanes

atsushijp,

I imagine, more than hundreds of years ago, in a small village in Japan, Japanese women got together and stitch. Were they so particular about their stitches? I don’t think so. They stitched for the purpose of “surviving”. They stitched alone sometimes and waited for the day got together. They got together to “talk about their days (pretty much complaints, I believe)” while stitching. In this shared space, over the “ordinary habit”, they developed so many beautiful patterns and Sashiko pieces. They enjoyed stitching while they enjoyed talking – not focusing on the stitching itself of how beautiful they were. The Sashiko I teach lets you talk while stitching with good speed, as the Japanese women probably did. “Stitch and Bitch (about life)”. This may be the Sashiko I adore the most, and that’s what I do over my live-streaming. ☆
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捻くれ者だからこそ紡ぐことができる言葉があります。実は「刺し子なんぞ楽しむもんじゃない」と思ってた時期もあるのです。でも、実際に刺し子を楽しむ（楽しめる）用になって思うのは、「楽しくやっている人のが一番素敵」という結果論です。恵子さんも他の運針会でご縁を頂いた方も、楽しくやってる刺し子が一番素敵です。「刺し子は楽しまなきゃいけないの？」という質問に、「楽しんだ方が楽しいよ」とアホみたいな答えを愚直に伝えていきます。
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毎度の繰り返しになりますが、きっと昔の日本人は、「あーだこーだ」言いながら針仕事を楽しんでいたと思うのです。多分、9割愚痴。愚痴を言いながら針を動かす。運針が心の安定剤になる。「興奮」とは真逆にある楽しさを伝えたいなぁと。9割愚痴。あーだこーだ。でも針は動く。どこかで見覚えないですか？そう、僕の配信と、そこにご参加頂きながら針動かしてる皆様なんです。配信だから一方通行がメインだけど、でも、きっとやってることは300年前と一緒。
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2019-09-19 17:19:12




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  8. This is stunning !!!!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! I have a small haberdashery shop in Spain , where we have knitting , crochet, sewing , … classes , and people get together to talk about their days, their families , their problems … it’s like a therapy . Get together to do something you like and being able to have that freedom to talk about anything is what they really want … Wish you were near us to teach Sashiko here 😢
    Congratulations on your amazing work 💕💕💕💕💕💕

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