I had a small group at the Sashiko workshop hosted through SCTA on 2/21, but we had a fun time working together.

This shibori is an adapted form of a technique called "Hinode Shibori". ‘Honode’ (日の出) means "sunrise", and ‘Yotsu’ (四つ) means "4". Making this Shibori name’s meaning "four sunrises".

"Gangi" means the shape of a flying bird and "Tatsumaki" means a tornado.

I had the honor to present my natural dye and Taino cultural reclamation work to the membership of the Sacramento Collective of the Textile Arts on January 17th.

I kicked off the year with an awful sinus infection that kept me out of my studio, but I did receive a wonderful exciting gift from my hubby. I have wanted to start weaving my own textiles for a while. It feels like the natural progression in my studio work, and now I have a floor loom to explore…

Moving forward again from Dan Tsunagi, the Takenhanezashi stitch is an easy variation that adds a little more pattern and an opportunity for an additional color. The name breaks down to Take (竹): Bamboo, Hane (跳ね): Jump, splash, or spring, and Zashi (刺し): Stitching (from the verb sasu, to stitch/pierce).

Moving forward from Dan Tsunagi and preparing for the Takenhanezashi stitch , I made an error half way through my 2nd direction of stitches. Where I should have alternated the sewing on each row, I mirrored one row and then continued on with alternating. Thankfully this happened at the exact halfway point, so the stitch ended up looking intentional and also beautiful. It essentially looks like the Yamagata stitch, but only one half of it.