“Cultural Sustainability”. The message is simple: “Please acknowledge the storie

“Cultural Sustainability”. The message is simple: “Please acknowledge the stories & people behind the word”. No need to worry about learning itself – what I ask for is just an acknowledgement unless one is not teaching (teaching comes with responsibility, so one should be expected to have a certain level of commitment). I say “Thread Matters in Sashiko”, and I ask to support our Sashiko supplies, mainly Sashiko Threads. Sometimes, I receive upset comments about how I would encourage people to purchase new threads when they have enough “whatever” threads – accusing me of being anti sustainability. Well. Choosing a good Sashiko Thread “can” be better for the environment in the long-term. In most cases, “a wisdom” is developed after a long time of practicing it. The piece of information & practice will NOT be wisdom if it isn’t sustainable itself. When we learn (or even acknowledge) the wisdom, we do not need to jump at Instant Gratification. Wisdom often offers us “cheaper” and “more sustainable” ways to enjoy the practice.
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One example is Hitomezashi. When I work on Hitomezashi smaller than the size of ½ letter sized fabric (or area of fabric), I wouldn’t purchase any extra tools. Not “Pattern Pre-Printed Fabric”, Not “Stencil or Template” to draw the grid. What you need is just a printer, paper, a good ruler, and a good pencil. In the long term, “learning” can save a lot of time and money – there are always reasons why we use specific tools & supply with specific wisdom. What I do is pretty much sharing all of it. I hope those who received the link to “How to draw Grid” (Free for limited time) can now save money & time to purchase the grid-pre-printed fabrics. It is very easy, and extremely useful in many cases. (I decided to share this wisdom in public because I couldn’t stand for someone suffering in such easy things – preparing the grid. I am summarizing some Wisdom into one reasonable course. Wait for an update!).
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始めてしまったものは仕方がない…と、集中しなきゃいけない一目刺しを静寂の中で進めています。普段の刺し子、どれだけ集中してないんだって自分でも笑えてくるくらい一目刺しは集中できますね。集中するのはとても良いことで、リラックスもできるのですが、なんか少し物足らない。なんだろう。次回配信で良い例えができるように考えてみます。
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2022-11-22 10:20:36

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