Photo courtesy of Google imagesAnd speaking of all things crafty that have caught my in-need-of-diversion eye of late, I have discovered Sashiko over at goodness (http://goodness.typepad.com/goodness/) It is a form of Japanese embroidery, often white stitches on dark cloth it would seem. Sometimes with a pattern to follow (as above). And it looks mainly to simply be running stitch. I could do that! (she says with her usual bravado of turning something extremely complicated into something extremely simple and only realising the actual skill gap when half way through the task). I suspect it may be what I perceive to be very Japanese - that is, making something look simple when it is in fact quite complex, and the beauty of the thing lies in that perceived but not actual simplicity.
Anyway, I will give a teensy-weensy-little go and let you know how it turns out. Does anyone else do Sashiko?
Anyway, I will give a teensy-weensy-little go and let you know how it turns out. Does anyone else do Sashiko?
