Education

Making a Sashiko Handkerchief – 'iine' kits from Olympus – いいね

いいね (iine) = Nice! And it is a nice little project. Make it in a weekend.

Daruma Yokota Sashiko Thread

Posted on The Ardent Thread on January 27, 2021 In the summer of 2019 I visited the Daruma Yokota thread dyeing factory in Kyoto, Japan. As our wholesale company, Orimono Imports, is a distributor ...

Stitching a Sashiko Fukin (hand or dish cloth) Sampler – Easy Level

Posted on The Ardent Thread on September 15, 2022 When people ask me where to start with Sashiko, I often suggest one of these fukin (foo-keen) and tell them to pick a design they will ac...