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I didn’t know I needed this to stop my doom scrolling, so thank you. ❤ Is that hand dyed indigo fabric?

soothing, wholesome and fulfilling

Why do you leave loops in your stitching?

I just started doing Sashiko

Patchwork, and denim patchwork, is familiar. So it's understandable that people misunderstand or don't automatically grasp the depth. Thank you for your stories which help keep this special. Using mending, and using geometry, are used, discovered, shared throughout history throughout the world. Learning where they were independently learned and modified and where they were fused and shared and then changed again is fascinating, exciting, and ultimately, unknowable in its depths. Acknowledging, learning, these are important. Claiming copyrights and ownership of processes not your own is a capitalist, immoral thing that happens. It's harmful in any community. Harm, or acceptance, happen in every community everywhere. Don't allow your compassion, awareness, and joy to be subsumed, subverted, and transformed into bitterness, fear, and blindness. There are always people everywhere that won't listen. In every culture. It's maddening. But keep focusing on those who do, and those for whom their surface level introduction is a doorway to your stories. To a more meaningful practice. Understand that, just like the earlier Sashiko practicioners, not everyone can learn everything about everything. But from what you have shared, they still have the same impulses as the Japanese throughout history- which are varied. A little or a lot, people are still enriched. You yourself said Sashiko changed ... there's no way it was stagnant for thousands of years. One reason it is valuable IS the vast time it lasted. (I still need to learn how long that is) That always blows people away to find intact practices. But still... It's valuable to honor and cherish and keep history and historical practices. It is also valuable to allow them a parallel life of breathing and growing and changing and fusing. That's beautiful. In life, we are either growing or dying. There is no stasis. It's also historical and important. I think I hear you saying that when people lack even a desire to know there is history and when they pretend to know more than they do, whether honestly or dishonestly, when the richness is reduced to a quick craft of a few stitches, you feel that does not honor how important it is to you and others. That it feels dismissive and arrogant and stolen. I see you experiencing disorientation of culture shock. Buckle up, I'm afraid that can happen even to Americans moving within America, so you will probably experience it throughout your life. But I believe you can come through it. It's called shock because we do go into shock. That's not a uniquely American experience. Rudeness and arrogance by no means is the territory of white Americans. THAT is an untruth too often spread. One which dishonors, disrespects, and dismisses the truth of history, present day, and human nature. And one which limits people's worlds and communities. I share your sorrow with you for whatever has hurt you. *Rejoice when your neighbor rejoices, sorrow when your neighbor sorrows* I'll keep doing what I can to mitigate such things. You are working towards that! May you be blessed, and cared for, may you continue in creation, in productivity, in family love. Thank you for your calm efforts and enlightening talks. This really was helpful. I have had to mend before. When my kids were little I was overworked, and used fun see on patches to make our clothes feel upgraded rather than used up. Now I finally have time to learn from the world how to mend the different things my family and friends need mending. I see it as responsible. I also see it as a way to cultivate gratitude. But it does need to not take forever. I have just begun learning to embroider. It's, a lot. It has also quickly become my calm place. I pause when I begin to be pulled in too many directions and stitch instead. Just for a few moments. I am quickly seeing how long it can take to complete things. There are definitely different motives and goals with stitching. As well as different practicalities. I decided I wanted a practical outlet for my time. Mending seemed revolutionary! It of course, isn't. Thankfully! This means there is a wealth of examples to learn from! I saw Sashiko and found a channel from another Japanese immigrant. I have been ordering supplies little by little, and am taking time to learn about it. I was first drawn in by the geometric designs I already knew how to make, from Euclidean geometry. But now I get to see another culture instead. What a privilege. Expanding one's experience and knowledge of others is a blessing. I wasn't even touching Boro, because it wasn't making sense, or beauty. But I have a better understanding and definitely a better appreciation now. As far as 'colored people '. There are a wide variety of experiences and responses that people experience and cultivate. I know people who tell me "I'm so sick of people thinking they know what I am offended by! " And others who are very particular and express appreciate at my efforts to honor that. I can't know and do everything for everyone all the time. But I can be respectful and considerate and understanding. Or if I don't understand, so what... just respect anyway. I encourage everyone to do this, it's easier than you are afraid of. It does matter. Try empathy and think how you would feel. You really have done such a good job of cutting through noise with a way of understanding. You help me understand better. Again, thank you, blessings, and head high.

Another teacher I watch mentions to plan the stitching direction to use the thread efficiently. I imagine when you make thread rather than buy it you save it! That also may explain the stitching style??

That was clear! Enjoyed, I feel my knowledge has been enriched. Reminds me of mending sweaters and kid's clothes and blankets. This is meant only as a hopefully helpfuI tip: I think the word you are looking for is 'extant'. There are no extant documents, or there is no extant evidence. This means remaining in existence from before. Hopefully that is easier for you to say! You can also try occasionally saying "the common people" or "the peasants" to give your self a break from saying "ordinary". Although ordinary is a great term! I am learning Spanish,, and speaking in another language is not just about each word, but teaching your tongue not to trip over itself on long phrases. I am working on this! It's hard! Reading from a script seems like a winning solution to aid! Thank you for your efforts in this regard. Your knowledge, respect, and clarity are treasures. Thank you. Excellent work and attitude. Keep it up.

You did very well! I appreciate your efforts and look forward to watching and learning more. Thank you and good job, sincerely.

Thank you for this! You answered so many of my questions about making Zokin.....I'm going to try it soon!

Has no one told you that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Thank you for you videos! Even though my timezone is not right for me to join live, it is nice to be able to sit and stitch with you. You mentioned some people might live alone and that you wanted to create a place to stitch- I am one such person and it is appreciated :) I was preparing a big hanafukin/small furoshiki while watching, but still using unshin for these invisible stitches. I have a question that sits maybe between technical and cultural but I was wondering, as you were saying it is not the pattern that makes it sashiko but drawing the patterns is an element that gives me joy as well…. would it still be appropriate to learn some patterns from watching japanese kumiko artisans as well? (I ask because I made a triangle grid on a piece I am stitching for a loved one and decided I did not want to do fully asanoha, and remembered seeing kumiko designs mixing other shapes in with asanoha with that same triangular base). I feel like it may be fine but wanted to make sure it is not disrespectful to combine two different Japanese crafts in the inspiration?

thank you

There is a lot of cultural appropriation in the world today; the world has shrunken because of the internet. I feel some pain when Caucasians make dreadlocks in their hair without having any respect for the origins of the hairstyle😢 It definitely causes some pain. And if you say anything, what you get back is defensive retoric and disrespect.

Thank you so much for continuing to make videos, working in front of us and chatting.

I’m here because K3n reminded me. Thanks for sharing. Shashiko has me intrigued.

東京は、11月のほうが紅葉がきれいでしたよ。　 2017年から毎年日本へ行ってますが、pandemic中は、驚くほど観光客がいなくて異様なほどでした。今年の5、6月はものすごく白人の観光客が多かったです。 10月よりも11月のほうがホテル代高いし、外国人観光客もめちゃくちゃ多いと思います。 ホテル代は倍以上になりましたね。。。出費が多くて大変です。

Is it possible for you to show how to draw different patterns onto the fabric like you did with the asanoha pattern? In particular, I really wanted to try the sayagata pattern! I don't have a light box though, and I like to just measure and draw what I need rather than attempt to trace with transfer paper (which never seems to work well). Thanks for all the instructions you've been providing!

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This is interesting because I always thought Boro meant using running stitch to fix a garment. As this appears to be the stitch used. But obviously I was wrong lol.

Could this work for detailing acrylic yarn rugs?

Though I have seen examples of sashiko and boro, I didnt know anything about the history and applications for it, so I did watch a couple of your earlier vids to learn that. Cultural appropriation is a tricky subject, with sometimes shifting definitions depending on person to person. Some people have more allowance and comfort than others. From the basics I've come to understand with this art form, it appears it originated with a utilitarian, practical application, and the artistry varied, based on a person's skills, care, and perhaps even time or resorces. Given that nowadays, people have much easier access to resources, I'd consider this method like a very elegant, useful cultural technology that can be used in certain applications where such a technology would benefit it, like repair work or upcycling. It reminds me of quilting in Western societies, which I'm sure was also applied to strengthen a fabric firstly, and employed as creatively as the situation or person was able. Some older technologies can't be replaced or perfected upon- it was used, because it works, and still works today and will always work. As with traditional quilting, there will always be symbolic or cultural references that apply to each culture, and you're right, those should at least be acknowledged that they exist, even if the maker doesn't know everything about it. As an artist, if we are inspired by another artist, it's courtesy to credit the genius and efforts of that artist, yet it shouldn't stop us from making inspired art. Same with employing cultural technologies into our work. It took generations to learn the best ways to do certain things, it shouldn't be forgotten or cheapened

Nice sashiko but not fukin unless I misinterpreted fukin, isn't it supposed to be infused with a type of charcoal

Hello Mr. Futatsuya. I am an American (welcome to the USA) who was first introduced to you through Domestika. I have worked as a nurse my entire adult life and now find myself at retirement age. I am from a family that had hard times as well. I remember quilts at my grandmother’s house made of woolens cut from clothing and pieced together again with colorful embroidery or slow stitching on top of the fabric joins or seams. I am intrigued by sashiko, but have held back because I had listened to you talk about its history and want to be careful not to be disrespectful of Japanese culture at all. I am watching your own UA-cam channel today. I have come up with at least two thoughts that free my mind on this. The more people who use the art the more of it there will be and if you didn’t think we should do it, you wouldn’t be teaching it to us. I will try to be respectful of the art and its history. In fact I have wondered if I should only use it for mending. I have heard and understand what you have said about Boro. Thank you so much for bringing this art form to us.

You're doing just fine. I hope you continue making videos.

Cultural appropriation is an inappropriate and disrespectful taking or destruction of a culture for the purpose of degrading and demeaning for one's own gain, whether monetary or psychological. Cherry picking a few aspects of another culture to use or practice is not the same, though it can sometimes be seen as disrespectful depending on how it is presented. What you do here I consider as a cultural exchange. It is for the respectful purpose of teaching others about, and passing on a part of your own culture. I think the world could use much more of this type of exchange.

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I totally agree with that definition of cherry picking. Cultural appropriation has an intentional element of erasure of the upstream in order to take its place and claim ownership of the thing being appropriated. An example of cherry picking in terms of Sashiko would be only using certain patterns and disregarding the existence of the rest. Appropriation takes this a step further and says those cherry picked patterns now belong to someone else and intentionally erases the origin. Hope this gives additional helpful context 😊 Also I sent you a book recommendation on Instagram and made a pretty huge typo that I’m going to blame on my cat since she distracted me 😅

'Cherry-picking' can be a part of cultural appropriation. To cherry-pick is (usually) to take only the information which gives one the best advantage. Another example: if I argue that A-san is the best political candidate because of three good things he did, but ignore the 97 bad things he did, that is also 'cherry-picking'. It's a bit like hiding the truth, but it needs a certain context. For example, if a tourism website only talked about the good things about Japan, that's fine. The reader expects the tourism website to give only the good points. If a news website only talked about the good things about Japan, that's cherry-picking. The reader expects a fair and balanced truth. When it comes to cultural appropriation, cherry-picking would mean that someone is only choosing the most fun or interesting parts of a culture for themselves, without trying to understand the real story of a people, or understanding that they won't ever be of solely that culture. This is especially upsetting to witness when the culture that's being cherry-picked is a culture that has been/is being oppressed by the culture doing the cherry-picking. For example, when US Americans cherry-pick the culture of the Navajo. So, in short, cultural appropriation is about taking a culture that does not want to be shared OR misusing any culture out of carelessness or for one's own gain. Cherry-picking is where you mis-represent ANY kind of information. I hope that helps!

I'll use knots on projects where the back doesn't show, but I can stitch reversible tea towels without using a single knot. There is something satisfying about other people not being able to tell where the different pieces of thread start and end. I would also avoid knots if they would be rubbing against my skin.

Your stitches are beautifully even. Great video, thanks.

Thank you for bringing your experience to this sometimes touchy topic. I wish I could see your scarf stretched out. It looks quite beautiful.

I am very excited to discover this channel! I've been learning embroidery because I want to make beautiful seeing, but I haven't been able to figure out what to do with what I'm making. Finding a beautiful form of embroidery that I can use to repair prolong the life of fabric is so exciting for me!

Is it okay to sew these on machine?

Thank you for showing how to hold needle and thimble correctly. So much better now. Was struggling.

Been watching you since the pandemic. Thursdays I’m always happy to catch you live when I can.

Thank you so much for the video, I really enjoyed it! :)

Boa noite esse vídeo e bom de mais

thank you for your nuance!

I want to learn Sashiko techniques because it looks lovely and I want to protect my worn-out clothes so I don't support the harmful fast fashion industry as much. I will try to be mindful of how i respond if someone likes my mends because if I just learned a traditional skill from another country from youtube, then I feel like I don't truly know that skill well enough to be truly proud about my mending. I'm new to your channel, and haven't got a chance to watch this video fully yet, but do you have any videos on how to respectfully explain sashiko mends as an American who hasn't taken any formal classes or learned from someone first hand who learned Sashiko the traditional way? I plan to watch this video fully very soon.

yes , i am a looking, person, this is clear, i understood, thank you

thank you, you were, are clear, to understand,I did understand every word, I had no idea what Sashiko stitching was, I watch a lady do it, talk about it, my mind went, thats amazing , and maybe i could do that, as it was a long running stitch, so looked for word, so here i am , i want know more, this work is beautfull, the lines that go in pattems , wow thank you, and i look forward in seeing more of your work as well , as any talks you givev, thank , From New Zealand , Southland , see , from a wee , wee place , way over the sea , you came to me , a wee , wee place , in this day can age , we are no different , but two souls, loveing the same thing, maybe , because of this wee stitching, we can find a away to bring the world together, than , pulling us all apart, God Bless

Thank you for your message of inclusivity and kindness. I don't have a lot of money,bI can't afford even a second hand sewing machine. Recently my favorite pair of jeans I've had for over a decade ripped, and everywhere I searched online people said to just throw them away. I knew there had to be a solution, and that is how I came to find out about sashiko. My clothes mean a lot to me not because they are worth a lot of money (they're not) but because they've been through a lot of things with me. Each stitch holds a memory for me, even if I have forgotten. In fact, I buy my clothes second hand so there are many memories that don't even belong to me in them as well. I've always liked to hand stitch in a visible way, I always used dental floss. Nobody taught me how to sew, it came about from necessity just like you said. I was instantly drawn to sashiko when I saw it because the white thread reminded me so much of how I learned when I was a young teenager. Now I am 34. I haven't had the money to get proper sashiko thread, but I realize now that that's not what it's about. I've been so hesitant to start sashiko because I've been so afraid of doing it wrong. You've helped me understand that with my intention of wanting to mend a very favorite piece of clothing with what little I have, I'm actually very much in line with its original creation. Thank you. I think I'll start now.

I had used what we call “burp cloths” when you have an infant to protect your clothing while feeding a bottle, as a cleaning rag afterward in order to give the fabric another life. I believe that is what you’re saying a dish cloth might end up being in its new life in your home. Instead of using a new roll of paper towels all the time. It’s being non-wasteful.

I was going to make double sided reusable cloths with bed sheets that got ripped. Now I'm going to make Zonkin!

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Do we knot the thread at the beginning and end??

Hello from New Mexico!