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I welcome and enjoy a variety of interpretations of Sashiko. In addition to that, let me rephrase this: the technique makes a big difference. Speed isn’t the priority, but we wouldn’t be proud of the slowness in stitching. Hand-stitching is slow (in comparison to machine), yet we enjoy the speed as well. I wouldn’t want to spend more than a day to stitch the size of this swatch. (In the video, I finished it in 2 hours – Live archive available).
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So, technique matters. Without Unshin technique (rhythmical stitching), I don’t think one can feel the true fun of Sashiko. It is NOT difficult at all to learn Unshin. Many students that I had shared proven how good they can be. It is the matter of “first step” like how to ride a bicycle: Better and easy to learn with guidance. Some may learn it by just watching what I do, but it will be most efficient to get a good support from me – you will learn what we enjoy, and also will be supporting our activities. The workshop is available online as well. I will deliver the same experience. Also, we have workshop in NJ in October, in the Central PA, and in NYC, and in Austin TX 2020. Many people enjoy the “rhythm with speed” after taking the workshop.
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一年半前！2018年3月の動画です。あれ、気持ち、声が若いかな（笑）？運針のお話、刺し子のスピードの話になって、昔の動画を探してみました。Youtubeにアーカイブを残していると、こうして見返せて良いですね。日本には運針というものが結構広く残っていて、僕の運針を全面的に宣伝しようとは恐れ多くて思わないのですが、海外では「運針」そのものがあまり残っていないのか、「手作業での針仕事は遅いからこそ良い」というような風潮があったりもします。確かにミシンに比べりゃ遅いのですが、だからといって、（技術不足で）手が遅いのを誇られても……と微妙な気持ちになるのです。特に刺し子においては、遅ければ良いなんて話はありませんから。だからこそ運針を伝えなきゃとは思うのですが、これもなかなか大変で。なにはともあれ、続けることが正解なんだろうと思います。配信始めて2年。これを10倍した時には、「運針、早く、そして上手になりたい」と思ってくれる人が増えていますように。
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動画のアーカイブ→https://youtu.be/Q2YxP1lMBiM
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2019-09-26 16:32:58
When will you be in Austin, Texas? I would love to attend your workshop there.
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刺し子も現代では装飾が一番の目的になってきているから、本来の目的(補強と修復)も運針も、知らなくても刺し子は出来るかもしれない。でも、知って出来るようになった方がより楽しめるし、好きならそれが「本来どういうものか」にも興味を持って欲しいなぁと思います。
My sashiko style has totally changed after your online workshop. It gave me not only speed but also confidence, freedom and joy of sashiko. I really appreciate to Atsushi with his 30 years experience.
Thank you for posting your videos. I just started learning about sashiko in the last few months and have been practicing it for fun and then for gifts for friends and family. Because I had only seen pictures of the patterns and stitching and a general guide on how to do the actual stitching, I wasn’t sewing it in the traditional way. But then after seeing some of your videos, I was able to start stitching in the traditional style and the stitching really started to “click” for me.