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When someone say Sashiko is easy, when “a Sashiko master” define the answer to S

atsushijp, 2023年4月30日

When someone say Sashiko is easy, when “a Sashiko master” define the answer to Sashiko, when some publish/advertise their Sashiko as “Ultimate” or “Comprehensive”, I find a big empty space… the Sashiko I received, the Sashiko my family & friends had spent so much time on, do not exists in the Sashiko described/introduced in English. “Answers” are easy to follow, but when “Answers” are made by “foreigners (here, people who do not share the same language & culture)”, the practice itself will be limited, and worse, will be lost. I imagine it isn’t only about Sashiko – it is happening everywhere.
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In 14 days of my Japan Stay, I carefully & purposefully chose whom to visit. I wanted to learn from someone who isn’t known (or who isn’t willing to be known) in Sashiko. It is my dream to visit everyone who practices Sashiko in Japan. However, with limited time & money, the priority is those who do not have “voices” yet – the Sashiko that exist, yet not introduced in English.
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The language is a “power”. English is so strong that they can change the culture. I benefit from it, and I want to use this power to include everyone – unfortunately, the trend in Sashiko is so fast that it’s leaving someone very important behind. My mission as “Sashiko Story” is no longer about me or my mother Keiko only. It has become more than my personal record. The Sashiko you know in English is NOT wrong, but very much insufficient. I am here to fill in the empty space as much as I can by introducing “unknown”.
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刺し子をする上で、誰かの「答え」に乗っかることは、とても簡単です。実際、提示されている「答え」に従うことで刺し子の敷居が低くなるのは承知していて、刺し子を日常とする人間として、嬉しいことだなぁと思うのです。ただ、声を大きくして言わなければいけないことがあります。それは、誰かの「答え」は、他の誰かの「声」を無視しているかもしれないという可能性です。あくまで可能性。想像力の世界。でも、だからこそ、「究極の」とかっていう言葉は安易に使って欲しくないのです。ましてそれが日本語以外で、日本人以外の生徒・読者を想定しているのであれば尚更に。
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今回の日本旅行で、私の中で半透明だったお友達だった方々を、実体として頼れる友達として感じることができました。みんな素敵な、各々の刺し子を持っていらっしゃる方々です。ただ10年前は存在していなかった友達です。だから、今後の10年間でもきっと沢山のご縁を頂けるんだろうと思っています。刺し子は簡単です。ご自身の刺し子を見つけることも、きっと難しく無いはずです。是非、運針を学んでみてください。誰かの「答え」を超えた何かが見つかるようにお手伝いします。
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Comments (12)

  1. Thimble2Needle says:
    2023年4月30日 at 8:30 AM

    🙏🏼 😍

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  2. 💚Hand Knitted Amigurumi💚 says:
    2023年4月30日 at 9:34 AM

    Beautiful stiches 😍😍😍

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  3. Kristoffel Boudens says:
    2023年4月30日 at 11:23 AM

    👍👍🙌👏🔥

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  4. FincaAgoris says:
    2023年4月30日 at 1:41 PM

    Welcome back! Looking forward to more elucidating, and photos?

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  5. Anonymous says:
    2023年4月30日 at 2:35 PM

    I struggle with making these drawings. I don’t want to just trace but learn how to create the pattern on the garment. In my case, very course gi material. Do you have a reference to suggest?

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  6. Justina Baker says:
    2023年4月30日 at 7:45 PM

    Thank you for filling our English empty spaces. I hope we don’t leave anyone behind;

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  7. Terry Patterson says:
    2023年4月30日 at 10:05 PM

    ❤️

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  8. Terry Patterson says:
    2023年4月30日 at 10:05 PM

    ❤️🙌

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  9. Tomo Yoshizawa 吉澤朋|Wisdom Toolkit 主宰|Cultural Translator 文化の翻訳家 says:
    2023年5月1日 at 5:21 AM

    Love your message 🔥

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  10. Louise Nikula says:
    2023年5月1日 at 4:04 PM

    Thank you for these insightful thoughts, you give me alot to think about

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  11. Coco Le Chat says:
    2023年5月1日 at 8:42 PM

    @jackie_clayton__ @jacquelineclayton.studio

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  12. Mechelle Wright says:
    2023年5月2日 at 9:50 PM

    I just saw a post in a sashiko group that used silk threat and course grained cloth. It did not look like sashiko it worries me that this interpretation of sashiko is sanctioned .

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