Only 5 days ago, this big piece of white fabric had no stitching. This week, I had a good amount of time to talk to Keiko & other friends in Japan – about Sashiko while stitching Sashiko. I believe it is one of the original scenery of Sashiko that we would see if we could time-travel, talking and stitching. The only difference today is that we share the same moment over the Internet.
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“What is so fun to stitch so much?” – a quite frequent question. It sounds crazy to have 1 million stitches by hand, but we would do. I am trying to verbalize the answer to “what is so fun?” but I cannot come up with it yet, not even in Japanese. My answer is always, “You would understand it when you learn how we stitch”. There is something in Unshin – the rhythmical stitching in Sashiko.
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母親と話しながら刺し子をして。お会いしたことが無い皆様とお話しながら刺し子をして。僕は米国にいて、画面の向こうは日本で。イノベーションの恩恵です。過去に戻りたいんじゃないのです。過去を残しておきたいんです。「考えることを諦め検索に頼る人たち」には、一部を切り取られてしまうこともあるのですが、インターネット無き世界に戻りたいと言っている訳ではありません。
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1週間前は真っ白だった布地に、針目を敷き詰めることができました。楽しく話をしながらの刺し子なので、文字通りあっという間の刺し子です。ここに模様を作り、冬の間の間仕切りとして活躍してくれれば良いなと思っています。
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2020-10-28 08:47:59
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It is a satisfying activity on many levels, it certainly is a keeper for me.
I love your answer why you stitch. It’s perfect. You don’t need another reason. 👏🏽❤️
インターネットがあるから運針を教えていただくことができたわけです。会ったことないのにあったような不思議な感じです😊
I’repetitive, like stitching. I find it to be very relaxing and engaging. I have to concentrate enough that the rest of the world fades away. The work requires me to pay full attention and always be thinking and working through what happens next. It forces me to live only ‘in this moment’. Not being able to think or worry about anything else is very relaxing. It gives your brain and body a break so it can recover from doing too much. It’s like a cup of warm coffee or tea on a cold day. It’s healing.
Show wonderful! Diskriminering you Stich onsdag the same fabric together?
Going from blank to beautiful and seeing the process
Oh Atsushi. Yes! It is the rhythm. Things we do that are rhythmic bring us joy and peace and calm. We are drawn to these things as humans – walking, running, knitting, even sewing with a machine has the rhythm of the motor that drives the needle. The music we love is rhythmic (and doesn’t ‘feel’ right when it is out in the timing) and compels us to dance or move our bodies in rhythm. Rhythm is how we are alive. Rhythm is our breath and our heartbeat.
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I feel similarly about quilting with my grandmother. I can’t explain it, I just need to do it 💛
I LOVE this! Talking and stitching is my favorite 😻