Have you tried this Sashiko pattern before? I stitched Urokozashi

Thank you for watching!
In this video, I'll try Urokozashi which is comprised only with horizontal stitches. I originally found this pattern in books about Nagai Sashiko and Yuza Sashiko which are traditional Sashiko from Yamagata prefecture.
The idea of creating a pattern only with horizontal stitches (Yokozashi) is similar to that of Kogin but you don't count the weave when you stitch with this one. Instead, you rely on your own stitch length and skills to stitch straight and evenly.
I haven't mastered the skills yet but I wanted to share this beautiful traditional pattern!
There seem to be many different types of traditional Sashiko in different regions and I'd love to learn more!
00:00 Introduction
02:17 Stitching the pattern
07:24 The reveal time!

[@Aeneid561]

Ooooh, new pattern challenge, I love it! More please :)

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you😊❤️🪡🧵

[@creepycutiecrafty]

Such lovely dense patterns. I’d imagine they’d be useful on the hems of skirts or at the cuffs or elbows of sleeves to give greater scuff resistance and make them harder wearing. (Heh heh - I typed that just before the clips where you’d stitched the hems came on! 😂 ) By the looks of it, as the stitches age, they lose any slight unevenness there might be in the stitch lengths. It works so well - I may have to give it a go in the future

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you❤️ I was just thinking about stitching this pattern on my sleeves too for that exact reason! It takes time to stitch these patterns but the thickness is just amazing🪡😊🧵

[@creepycutiecrafty]

@@thegreenwrapper it’s well worth the time, indeed

[@sallyjoligocki5011]

This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you❤️😊🪡🧵

[@CraigsOverijse]

A lady I met in Nagoya who has studied these tecniques and writes about them explained to me that cartain plants for fiber were very difficult/impossible to grow in Japan, so it was hard/impossible to make the thicker fabrics (maybe a linen I think she said this type of fabric), so these more durable fabrics were reserved for the richest and most important people. She said this is why the normal people like the farmers used these methods because the fabric they had was thin and likely to wear out quickly. As always a very nice video thank you.

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you for sharing the story❤️ It’s so fascinating to learn the background of different Sashiko. Even after cotton came to Japan, it was hard to grow in the northern areas such as Tohoku region, I believe, due to the cold climate. Linen was one of the plants exsited from old times but it was obviously not great for keeping them warm. So Kogin, which also uses the horizontal stitches, was used to make them warmer. Kogin is from Aomori, where people really struggled to obtain cotton. From what I read, Yuza Sashiko was used to improve the durability of fabric (probably cotton) for men who carry down firewood from the mountain. Men put the firewood on a sleigh and pulled a rope over their shoulder so women stitched Sashiko on the special work jackets (sorihiki happi) for the durability, wishing for their safety. There are people who are putting tremendous effort to conserve traditional Sashiko in their communities. I really love learning each story behind them❤️😊🪡🧵

[@CraigsOverijse]

Yes clearly I was muddled and it was linen that was harder to grow, for sure she said this explains why this technique originated I was gifted some postcards of the patterns by her I wish I could upload a photo to show you and others who follow you. Maybe I can do it on instagram and tag you in.

[@CraigsOverijse]

@@thegreenwrapper yes for sure she said it was because the plants were harder to grow to make thicker textiles I also some postcards she gifted me showing the patterns I wish I could upload to show you, maybe I will try in instagram.

[@debgamble8368]

I was thinking of how this reminded me of Kogin and then I read your description 😀 This is lovely and I like the thickness of it. It looks awesome, I’ll have to try it!

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you for reading the description😊 Yes, I think it has some similarities to Kogin. I hope I can do videos about Kogin in the future. I have tried only several pieces so far and it takes time for each piece so I assume it takes a while to improve my skills😅

[@marijkeschellenbach2680]

I just saw this in a book I was reading, Sashiko For Making & Mending by Saki Liduka, and loved the results. Another fabulous book is Simply Sashiko by Nihon Vogue.

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you for sharing the titles😊 I haven’t read any Sashiko books in English😅 so I don’t know the titles even when I’m asked… Nihon Vogue is a very famous Japanese publisher who has a lot of books about crafting such as knitting, quilting and sewing. I can imagine they sell good Sashiko books too!

[@paperdoll1982]

Beautifully done! I think I need more practice doing moyozashi before I attempt this! Definitely something to aspire to.

[@thegreenwrapper]

Thank you😊 There are so many beautiful patterns with Yokozashi and I need to practice more as well👍

[@pamjones3594]

❤

[@thegreenwrapper]

❤️💕❤️💕

[@linr8260]

Very nice! Would you consider showing how to stitch the one with those diagonal lines that look like twill?

[@thegreenwrapper]

I’d like to but I haven’t quite figured out which patterns are traditional and which are not for this type of Sashiko. I can only share traditional patterns which have been around long enough, to protect the creators’ rights. It may be in some Sashiko books in English too. Anyway, I will research a bit more to understand the history of each pattern better👍

[@linr8260]

​@@thegreenwrapperoh, very fair!

[@ladyflimflam]

Did you make a new palm thimble?

[@thegreenwrapper]

Yes, I did! You’ll see them soon😊👍🪡🧵

[@Nemitsno]

....you made yourself a new thimble ;) ?

[@thegreenwrapper]

Yes, I did. I’ll show it in the next video👍😊🪡🧵