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Sunday, 15 March 2015 11:15

Sashiko

Sashiko ('little stabs' in Japanese, from sasu, 'to pierce') is a form of embroidery using a running stitch, usually with a white thread on an indigo blue background. This type of embroidery is found all over Japan, but particularly in the (colder) north.

Published in Japan