In most Sashiko projects, we stitch on the “back (wrong/hiding) side” of the fab

In most Sashiko projects, we stitch on the “back (wrong/hiding) side” of the fabric. In the previous Reel, the AsanoHa Pattern is prepared on the “Back Side” of the fabric, and the stitches result I showed is on the “Good/Showing” side. Why do we stitch from the back side? It is because we did not want to label either side as “good” or “wrong”. It is ideal to have both sides as “showing” side (of course, we as artisans can tell which side it is).

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I want you to think why the Japanese stitched – because they didn’t have enough wealth to replace the fabric. Did they have enough fabric to cover the “wrong side” of the fabric? Most likely not. Therefore, they developed the wisdom (technique & stories) to make both sides as the “good” side – to strengthen the fabric with stitching without labeling which is the good side. It is perfectly fine to make “knots” in the beginning & ending of Sashiko stitching. However, when we make knots, it will distinguish which side is good or bad. Instead, we have “Kasane” to make it happen – one of the pieces of wisdom I teach & one reason why I strongly recommend using the Sashiko Thread we use. 

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Again, “making knots” in Sashiko is perfectly fine. However, if they think they know enough about sashiko, they should be able to know this wisdom, too. There is a huge difference between “Choose not to do it” & “Cannot do it”. Teaching comes with responsibility – otherwise, this beautiful wisdom could be lost (suppressed) by the bigger voice (here English as universal language. Sashiko is more than what is taught in English today.

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英語日本語に限らずあるのかもしれませんが、「刺し子は玉止めするの？」と言う質問を良く頂きます。結論は「刺しているものによる」です。玉止めしたら駄目だなんてことはないし、でも逆に玉止めが目立つようなものは重ねをしたら良いだけのお話。それが「玉止めするのが刺し子」という英語で勝手に作られたルールが唯一の正解として広まるのが嫌なのです。どっちでもOK。でも、教えるのであれば両方できて選べて欲しい。「やらない」と「できない」には恐ろしい程の溝があります。「できない」を基準にルールなんぞを作ったら、文化そのものが壊れてしまいます。「裏から刺すの？表から？」と言うのも同類の質問です。使い分けができるように努力して欲しいものです（ほんの少しの努力で、できるようになるので）。

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2022-10-24 01:58:24

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