Sashiko Story Vol. 1 | What is Sashiko & Any Rules in Sashiko Stitching?
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Sashiko Artisan, Atsushi, shares his passion to Sashiko by making a Video Log. This is Sashiko Story Volume. 1.
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Today's Topic is What is Sashiko and What is not Sashiko
As you may have found this video (article) by searching with a keyword of Sashiko, Japanese Sashiko Stitching is getting popular.
As a Sashiko professional, I occasionally search for the keyword of Sashiko and learn what people are talking about it. Then, I came to realize, there are a lot of discussions out there in defining Sashiko; simply what is Sashiko & What is NOT Sashiko.
In order to be part of this discussion as a Japanese, as well as a Sashiko practitioner, I would need to explain the origin of Sashiko. Then, I will share my "opinion" of What is Sashiko and What is NOT Sashiko.
Well. Long Story Short.
There is no such a thing as Right and Wrong in Sashiko in my opinion.
Origin of Sashiko
Let's talk about the origin.
Sashiko was developed in a poor, undeveloped community in Japan. Those Japanese, who mainly lived in the rural areas, didn't have enough asset to purchase the new textile. Also, those Japanese didn't have access to the fine cotton fabric to warm them up.
To overcome the situation like that, they used needle and thread. Sashiko was developed for the purpose of surviving through days, especially in winters, by repairing, mending, strengthening the fabric. It is the deep down origin of Sashiko.
Later on the history, in some regions of Japan, where they had a bit more mind economy, people enjoyed Sashiko for the decorative purpose. However, the Japanese with wealth mainly enjoyed the beautiful Kimonos, so Sashiko was for ordinary people, and there was a purpose of mending, repairing and strengthening the fabric.
Those who enjoyed Sashiko with patterns also didn't have enough skill to dye out patterns. They used the plain Indigo Fabric, simply because it was the most common fabric available, then stitched the pattern out with the purpose to make fabric stronger with white thread. This is the combination as known as the traditional Sashiko: Indigo & White thread.
Regardless of when in the history, Sashiko existed for the purpose of their life.
Therefore, when I see a handstitched culture with purpose, which can be any purpose, I would be happy to call them Sashiko. In a different culture, in a different location in the world, it may be called differently.
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I think people fail to realize that mending wasn't, originally, an art. It was utilitarian repair of items that were used in the living of one's life. One simply didn't spend weeks or months decorating repairs. When someone says "this is how you treat two lines that are crossing" or "this is the wrong way to sew the point where two lines cross", they're not talking about sashiko.
Sashiko - LIKE an art - was unique to the individual as they created their own methods and techniques and discovered what worked and what didn't - what would last and what would not. It's beautiful because there's so much life and something of a family's stories in it. It has nothing to do with perfection. Perfection may be a part of an individual's preference but that has nothing to do with sashiko. Nor with art. Both are unique to the individual. Some individuals want to only express perfection - and that is fine. But it isn't sashiko.
Thank you for your comment. You indeed got my point. I am glad that I am somewhat communicating in this society where people just listen to only what they want to listen.
To be honest, I am tired of fighting back to those who want to be someone by expressing themselves. I would like to keep sharing the wisdom because there are people like you, who can deeply consider who we are (were).
With your permission, could I please refer this comment (copy and paste somewhere on my SNS) to share my happiness?
Anything can be called "Sashiko" - yet, I do not want to twist the stories.
@@SashikoStory I would be honored. Thank you.
Thank You so much .
Very kind of you.
This is exactly how I feel !
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"If someone is freezing, you might want to stitch faster". ha ha, so true! Sometimes we forget that certain skills or techniques developed for practical reasons, and while there is beauty in our modern world of slowing down and focusing on a project, we always have to keep in mind the history of the craft itself. I had never heard of sashiko until today when a friend mentioned she was trying it out. Looks beautiful, will be trying to learn this as I continue my sewing journey. Thank you for the brief history lesson.
hi loved how you explained about sashiko... Also in India the village women in the north-western and western states do same type of running stitch called 'kantha' stitch. its beautifully done on throws, quilts, garments to reinforce and beautify the garment. Amazing how same type of traditional works from different continents have different names and looks!!
Yes, I am a big fan of Kantha. It is very similar in its way, and so interesting to see the similar hand-stitching occured almost simultaneously. Sashiko has its significance from Japanese culture, and so does Kantha from Indian Culture. Much respect.
Thank you for a great history lesson, stitching explanation and brief stitching how-to. Your English is perfect.
Thank you for watching and the comments. I will keep doing this as my lifework.
"If someone is freezing you have to stitch faster" haha! Yes of course! - additionally I would imagine speed is important if you have to tend to children and all of the other domestic needs. 💕
I am enjoying your videos so much! Thank you for sharing the cultural history of this sewing technique. Your work is beautiful!
Great information! And excellent english. I loved your culture and the technique of Sashiko
You’re a lovely person to listen to! Please don’t apologise for not being able to pronounce words - I’m in awe of your mastery of the English language and I LOVE your thinking about sashiko being about the reason for the stitches rather than the perfection of them. Thanks for your videos!
Your explanation of sashiko is the best I have heard so far. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video, Atsushi. Sashiko blends perfectly into the modern culture of recycling, which I love. But I am nearly eighty years old, and grew up in Europe, when the art of mending was both necessary and valued, and, as in Japan, the life of clothes and textiles had to be extended as long as possible. I greatly appreciate the Japanese tradition of respecting and emphasizing the esthetic of mending. Warm wishes from Israel.
Listening to you brings back so many fond memories of living in Okinawa for five years. I LOVE that you are sharing the history of Sashiko, that alone gives us a purpose in practicing the stitches. You did a GREAT job on video! So impressive to do this in English, I can’t imagine doing a video in Japanese. Thank you!!!!
America has a similar tradition called candlewicking. People traveling west, far away from cities, didn't have embroidery threads, but they did have long spools of wick for making dipped candles. It was a very strong fiber, so it was also used for strengthening and stabilizing fabric (especially blankets, quilts, pillows, and practical items where fabric was attached to cotton batting) through embroidery - though the embroidery itself often mimicked the more 'fashionable' styles, out East.
I first saw this stitches on my husband bedding 30+ yrs ago. His mother is Japanese and I always admire how tattered and beautiful it looks at the same time. I appreciate you sharing this beautiful art with us. Thank you very much!
I have been slow stitching for about a month now.
Unfortunately for my eyesight is not what it used to be. My stitches are all over the the place in slow stitching art.
But I am willing to see if i can improve on my stitch size and spacing of each stitch.
I thank you for sharing your Japanese culture of this sewing technique and learning about the respect of such a beautiful culture. GOD bless you and your artistic ability.
Thank you for the comment. By learning the form of the Sashiko we practice, eyesight isn't so important to enjoy Sashiko Stitching. The eye sight won't affect the stitches results (evenness or accuracy). For that, it would be great if you could consider learning from us by taking In-Person or Online Class via upcyclestitches.com/.
Thank you.
Thank you for this video, it makes a lot of sense. I think it's very common for craftspeople and needleworkers today to focus on rules and perfection, because today it is usually done purely for beauty or amusement: but for most of human history it was an everyday, practical piece of work that needed to be done. I think there is a parallel in the history of European patchwork, and how it has evolved into modern American quilting. For hundreds of years quilts and garments were made and repaired with small pieces of "scrap" fabric, because people needed to keep warm and fabric was expensive. It wasn't carefully planned out as a work of art, people used what they could get hold of; and the finished piece wasn't displayed on a wall, it was used every day to keep families warm and clothed.
Nowadays people do not NEED patchwork quilts to stay warm, so they can take time to work out geometrically perfect and colour-balanced designs, and produce things like American quilters do. It is still "patchwork" in a way, it is still taking inspiration from tradition, but it is almost a different art form. It is a slow, precise, planned work instead of a practical resource-saving technique. Both are beautiful, but perhaps in different ways. Modern American quilters would probably find old European quilts to be ugly, imprecise and badly planned, but they were made with different aims. I find they have more spirit, memories and humanity in them than a mathematically perfect design.
your English is just fine. In fact, your pronunciation is very good. Thank you for posting
So enjoyed you visit to my craft room. I really like learning the history of stitches from all over the world. Thanks for sharing …I hope to follow you as you show how to stitch.
Hi from Ireland. This is my first time watching Sashiko stitching in RUclips. I love sewing by hand & machine, and I keep pins of sewing techniques at Pinterest.
Thank you!
@@SashikoStory Sorry, I forgot my manners. That's so uncouth of me, as I'm typically Irish. My apology. Thank you very much for your tutorials.
Love everything you said! The story of Sashiko is cool…don’t worry I am French…your English is good! I am very anxious to start my journey with Sashiko. Thank you very much 👍
I love to watch you and listen to you. I think you do a wonderful job of illustrating your art. I do sashiko but not fast like you or fancy stitches as you can see if you check my stitching. Why I even bought the sashiko thimble but instead , don't l laugh now, I put bandages at the end of my fingers to help push. But anyhow love all your videos and listen I can only speak one language and not even the best on that. Hahaha and you do two language's.. Keep those videos coming as I love to watch your instructions. THANKS, DEBBIE
thank you so much for this video and for foregrounding that sashiko is a utilitarian practice of appreciation and care. there is so much beauty and power in that. i am so grateful to have found your channel.
you are a true artist!
no rules!
gambari masho!
Thank you !
I don't think I can express excately what I have taken from this video but thankyou for humbling sashiko by telling us it's roots it's beginign how it protected and sustained people. And so with time it evolves along with the people who used it to flourish.
Thank you for this, I have enjoyed learning about the origins of Sashiko and I will visit your website.
This reminds me of my childhood when my grandmother would unravel old jumpers that had become too worn and then after washing and drying the yarn would reuse the wool to knit another jumper. The short ends would be saved and when enough was collected, she made them into small hooked rugs for us children to sit on the floor. It seems that there are some traditions that are universal!
Yes, what I talked about is quite universal. It happened everywhere in the world.
Hi, thank you for this quick and easy to understand history. I came upon sashiko quite by accident when I purchased some long needles with my new Japanese scissors. I was curious and looked it up and found you! I scrolled through many videos and chose yours as my first introduction!
I have a terribly torn and tattered, simple quilt that I am trying to repair for my daughter and the tears are so shredded i wasn't sure how to beautify it, but this will do perfectly!
reminds me of american quilting.... the truly skilled quilters move the fabric and not the thread to bring about a more even stitch and stitch spacing and to move at a faster pace... My grandmother was a seamstress; she did couture, american quilting and sashiko as well as using a patchwork loom... I used to always ask her to teach me but she had other plans and did not want me to be a seamstress... I resent her for that... Those are very useful and practical skills for every lifestyle.
I am so happy to have found your video! It is often forgotten that most forms of craft work were developed to produce or repair, not as an art form. So many books are written paying down rules instead of explaining purpose and usefulness.
I want to learn a little about traditional Japanese sewing crafts because my half Japanese grandchild's mother does not sew, but I think he should be exposed to the crafts of both cultures of his ancestors.
Thank you for finding the channel.
I have just discovered this art and am fascinated by it. I am just learning the patterns and how to do this. Truly love this. I am going to decorate a jean jacket for my first project. I love it for mending too.
Thank you for sharing this. Your English is excellent.
Thank you so much, Atsushi, for your very informative video. It is very interesting to learn from you that sashiko was originally used to enable the Japanese people’s clothes to last longer. This is something we need to more of today, instead of throwing away our clothes. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
I thoroughly enjoyed & am grateful for your video & the intention behind it. Your English is impressive! I actually preferred that you were not super polished with music & video transitions & popup windows. It felt honest & meaningful, as opposed to slick & commercial & exhausting. I’ve just learned about sashiko & love it as much as I do some other Japanese arts & culture, from tea to poetry. A vintage clothing seller in Ojai, CA (US American man & Japanese woman) sold me a flannel shirt with decorative shashiko stitching, not in beautiful patterns but in odd spots with blue or white thread, very irregular & homemade. I think what I love so much about it is that it carries a lot of time, love, attention & intention. I can feel its energy. And I wear it everyday! Looking forward to more material from you. If you ever wish to run a video by me for English language tweaks, I’m happy to do that. I was an ESL teacher for a time, but I don’t think you need to change anything to be understood. Thanks again!
Thank you for your video! I learned a lot! Yours was the first video that came up when I searched "sashiko history". Also your English is excellent.
Thank you for the comment!.
There isn't much "Sashiko History" documents left, but I will keep sharing what I was taught throughout my life. Let me know if you have any requests!
Thank you for taking the time to explain this for us. ❤️
Wonderful Video. Thank you for the intro into this beautiful history
Thank you!
Thank you for uploading this! I can’t wait to read your stories. This made me feel much better about starting out
thank you, nike shoes are making this sashiko pattern famous. came here to understand the history. thank you for explaining this beautiful art !
I'm so glad I found your channel! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for finding us. We will continue our activities :D
This was a great video!
Very clear and informative.
Your English is fantastic.
Please keep making these videos, I love learning the history and methods as you describe them.
Your English is just fine. Great stories. I can't wait to start stitching!😊
You are a wonderful, pleasant teacher! I love learning from you!!!!!
My favorite part is when you spoke about the concept of appreciation. Loved this video! Thank you!
Congrats! you rock!!
I'm so glad I found this video. I'm excited to learn more and I'm so glad that you kept making videos! Good job.
I recently discovered Sashiko and really appreciate your video. You are awesome for sharing your history and the love of this art form.
love this video and the love you have for it :) it shows
I appreciate your perfection of recording your Historical Art❣️ oh contrair your English is very good💖
thank you, i too am stitching while listening. i have been doing running stitch since i was a small child, and it has always been in a lot of my work as an aesthetic choice. .. who knew there was just a beautiful history behind it. thank you soo much.
My pleasure.
Thank you! informative, inclusive, inspiring and helpful! Your energy and positive spirit are most appreciated!
My Pleasure!
Your English is excellent. This was very informative and made me feel more relaxed about my stitching. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this introduction to and history of Sashiko. A friend of mine from Japan showed some photos of her own Sashiko mending work, and it has inspired me to want to try to mend some things that way, but I haven't tried it yet. It was very helpful to hear your perspectives and opinions about this. By the way, to me your English seems very good, and I had no trouble at all understanding you.
Thank you for such a good podcast. I learnt so much in short time. I look forward to more stories. Harigato.
Please do not think your video was not great it absolutely is and this level of English is very high and understandable. Thank you for uploading I will watch more of your content and maybe check out your website unless it is all in Japanese my reading of Katakana is at best basic.
Thank you.
Just found your RUclips channel. I am very happy with the information in this first video and excited to see your other ones. You have a very engaging personality.
Please continue to tell stories your English is perfect and your energy is infectious thank you for sharing your talent and culture with the world … 💙from Newfoundland Canada 🇨🇦🙏🏼
Thank you!
Thank you for your presentation. I have had the privilege to live in Japan for three years. I appreciate the Sashiko stitching - it is a beautiful practice created through need to strengthen fabric. The world will learn the importance and historical significance of Sashiko from your teaching. You are our sensei. Thank you! 😊
I think you're a natural at making videos. And what you said at the beginning about using 'sashiko' as a search term to see what comes up? - that's exactly how I found you, both your website and this channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, your culture, your skills and practices. And thank you for sharing your opinions. It seems to me that you've come to them by adding your wisdom to all your other mentioned traits and that makes for very good opinions. I think I won't need to do much more searches with 'sashiko' as the keyword. I have found what I was looking for.
I truly enjoyed this.
Thank you for such an informative and interesting talk. I loved the history behind the traditional colours and the rice reference.
Thank you! This is my first exposure to shashiko and I learned a lot. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing more.
Thank you! Sorry for the late reply. I will keep making more videos about Sashiko!
Thank you for the history.A great presentation.Keep posting.
Thank you for telling the origin history. Glad to have discovered the channel.
In my culture lots of machine embroidery. I can see that the hand sashiko skills if introduced could challenge machine embroidery.
Sashiko is beautiful .🙏
Thank you!
What a delightful introduction to sashiko. Thank you. You are also charming to watch and listen to and I look forward to seeing you again. A real pleasure to watch. ❤❤❤
Thank you for the generosity in sharing your craft and the heart and history behind it. I appreciate it so much 🙏
Thank you, Sarah. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Your English is great. I appreciate you sharing and educating me about sashiko. I oak forward to more of your videoes. Thank you.
Your English is great, thank you for sharing such insight and perspective. The knowledge is appreciated!
I SO appreciate your English! Thank you. I’m new to embroidery and mending. Finding your videos very helpful.
My pleasure :D
I just found out about sashiko recently and looking up videos about it had surprisingly little info about the history/ origin of the technique so glad I found your video thank you
Great introduction to Shashiko, thank you. It’s an every day technique with practical purposes, very interesting.
Thank you for this, and yes, we say 'dress' as in formal attire, or formal costume or formal dress. ✨
The speed of sachiko stitching is so cool!!!
I find your information and instruction fascinating as far as the culture and community for the sake of survival, I completely connect with that, appreciate your efforts to impart this knowledge to the world, it makes it for me a much more fascinating hobby to undertake and to learn another country’s history, thank you .
You did a great job, so much appreciated, looking forward to more educational videos, keep ‘em coming!
This is a great video, you were every easy to understand! You did a wonderful job! Thank you for making the video in English, and for explaining sashiko, so well! I also love that you demonstrated how to do the stitching! You have a great week!😀
TY for sharing this with us.
I read a recent post of yours on Instagram and was so heart-warmed by your writing I had to come visit you here. Keep sharing your culture. You show thst world the strength of taking care above saving time. We all need such a beautiful reminder.
Your video was wonderful and well explained. Thank you! I hope you continue to make more
what a lovely, encouraging, and informative video! Thank You!
And, can I just say, how marvelous to be able to sit in Germany and watch a video made in Japan and understand everything that is said, simply because we have a lingua franka that we speak and understand well enough.
Outstanding video! Thank you for the education.
Today is the first day I discover about sashiko. And I think you did a great job explaining! I love your opinion where sashiko doesn't have an exact rule in it. It made it more universal. Whether its to mend or to decorate, it is all part of sashiko, and it made me feel so warm. I can finally bought those pretty clothes on thrift stores that has some holes in it and mend it with sashiko. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your tutorial. Do not apologise for your English. You speak very clearly and we'll. I love how you switched your camera to show the slow stitch example. It was so close and gave a good impression of what it should look like. Thank you 🙏🏻
Im so impressed with sashiko yhat iv decided to start to make an attempt . Im going to make a bag.thank u for your info.
So interesting! Thank you very much!
I applaud your bravery to work in video in your second language. I look forward to watching and reading more of your authentic Japanese wisdom on sashiko. I am definitely going to try it. It actually looks very meditative.
Although its origins were very practical.
I will try more in 2020. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I appreciate all the work and care you put into sharing this in English!
Visible mending has been a passion of mine for some time. And it's interesting that independent of knowing this technique, I adopted that same faster method to my running stitch. I called batch stitching in my head. I made all kinds of patterns using it, including a couple forms of Celtic knotwork that look very similar to some of the Sashiko patterns I've seen. Those patterns are called 'step' & 'key'. My personal method was to, make a single line using 2 layers running "batch" stitches. The first defined the design and second would fill in the spaces between the first's stitches, so it looked like I had done back stitches which take a lot longer.
My mom would laugh at my "cheating". She used back stitches most often because of how secure that is. I hate back stitches because it's very difficult, if not impossible, to back up to fix a mistake. It's a very time consuming stitch to sew and doubly so to fix mistakes.
Running stitches are fast and mistakes are much easier to fix. I found the second layer also helped mask imperfections while adding a bit of extra strength. Not as much as backstitching, but certainly sufficient enough that I never traded it for my mom's insistence of backstitching everything.
I cannot wait to learn more about Sashiko!
(Random other thing that popped in my head while watching this video was Kintsugi. Another Japanese technique of visible repairs, but for pottery using gold.)
Just discovered some of your videos and well with this outbreak I have a little more time on my hands to learn some new things! I have plenty of clothes I wanted to try mending instead of throwing away! This style of mending seems just what I’m looking for and I’ll be giving it a try.
This is such a very informative video! I’m more excited to use Sashiko after hearing your story. 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing. I love your attitude and ethos on stitching. My attitude to MY sewing is, "The end justifies the means". I look forward to learning Sashiko.
Thank you. Enjoy Sashiko!
This was great, thank you!
Thanks for the English translation of the history of this technique. On to your 2nd vid!
You are welcome.
I believe Sashiko is not the name for the technique, it is the name for the process or habit the Japanese practiced. I hope I am delivering the message :D
Thank you! This is very helpful. I am encouraged to listen to more. And your English is great!
You did a great job on this video!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! ❤
Thank you!
Thank you for these videos! I'm currently writing a Bachelor Degree thesis about zero waste, and one of the chapter is about Sashiko. I didn't know where to start from and you're really helping, understanding both the culture and the techniques. Thank you again!!!
Hope you did well on your thesis. But you dont have to look far for examples of zero waste, quilts were made for the same reason. The use of old clothes and scraps of fabric, patched together to make a blanket. Its just recently that boro and quilting became trendy, made with new fabric and turned into an art form.
Thank you for your lesson. I'm just starting to learn Sashiko and your tutorial is very helpful.
Thank you so much for my better appreciation of sashiko work
Thank you so much for your excellent video. I loved learning the origins of Sashiko and of your philosophy. I hope I can attend one of your workshops.
Thank you for finding us. There are many "origins" of Sashiko, but out goal is to share the philosophy we can apply to today's world. We decided to not to give up on us, to continue Sashiko. So whenever the time come, I am looking forward to meeting you in person.
I love your videos. Thanks!
i really appreciated this video and the history of Sashiko! thank u :)
Arigatou gozaimasu! Thank you for this RUclips series, and thank you for your web site!
Great video! I am doing more and more mending at this time and while my sewing machine is great for some things, I find hand stitching repairs to be very satisfying. I spent days repairing holes in an old sweatshirt for my (step)son that is irreplaceable. He loves how it came out and will get more years of wear out of it now. Now I have several pairs of pants he has requested I mend and I believe method you are teaching will be what I use. Thank you very much!
Thank you for your video!!! I like the way you speak, you explain things so well! You should totally do more videos!!!
Thank you.
Thank you for this excellent video! very informative and encouraging! i am very excited to learn more thank you