I heard that my grandma used to make Sashiko Zokins. So I tried to make them as well!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Thank you for watching!
Here's the link to Zokin making tutorial:
• Repurpose old tea towe...
These are the videos you can learn some ways to start and finish, and change threads without knots:
How to start and finish without knots
• SASHIKO How to start a...
How to change threads without knots
• SASHIKO This is how I ...
We tend to forget that Sashiko used to be a household needlework with more practical purposes. It was often used to mend and reinforce clothing and other household items. It's often related to the idea of maintaining or repurposing items.
In this video, I made Zokins (reusable cleaning wipes) from some remnant fabrics and old clothes (all of them were double gauze). I didn't want to waste materials so I didn't cut them to proper rectangles. The sizes were inconsistent but they all feel great. I hope they will last long!
00:00 Introduction
02:23 Basic process of making a zokin
03:25 Stitching Sashiko
06:06 When your fabric is small
08:44 Patching up damages - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I loved this little video . I was brought up doing this kind of work. “Make do and mend” was our motto and we all did just that, enjoyed it too. When the bed sheets went a bit thin in the middle mum would cut right down and then flip the outer sides into the middle, sewing with her hand turned Singer and then I would turn a neat flat seam, hand stitched. I’m 76 and although I don’t turn the sheets 😆, I do mend and re cycle…… it’s just ‘in me’ and I’ve never had any of my dish cloths, floor cloths or dusters (AKA Zokins) rejected. I make them for charity sales, and just household, handy gifts. So, thankyou for flooding my brain with memories 👏.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story❤️❤️ Sashiko was a wisdom to keep using ragged clothing and fabric and to keep themselves warm during their severe winter in the old time. Farmers in northern Japan had tough lives but they still managed to create something beautiful out of necessity. I love Sashiko because I can feel the strength and creativity of those everyday people.
I hope you’ll enjoy Zokin too💕💕
Excellent ❤👌
It's such a pleasant feeling turning something that most would throw away into something useful, isn't it? 😊
Christine : thanks for sharing your beautiful story! I am a fan of re-use and re- purpose …I grew up watching my parents and grandparents “ make do”. My adult children and spouse laugh at my antics ….are you poor , mom? I said Mother Earth is pissed at us and you think I do this because I feel poor ??? I am disappointed that the global citizens are NOT more conscientious and do better.
This video is showing me what I can do with my old kitchen towels, bath towels etc … make them into something pretty and useful again . LOVE 💕 the idea and video !
Great project for practicing stitching without worrying too much about the evenness, while still improving at the same time. Thanks! 🙂
Thank you! I come back to Zokin every now and then to remind myself that Sashiko was a practical needlework for a very long time👍
Thanks, The Green Wrapper 💚 _THIS_ is a Sashiko project I can attempt without feeling insecure about my uneven stitches 😁
I heard that Zokin making was common for Unshin (a running stitch) practice. So I think it’s perfect for practice too😊👍
I love the simplicity & imperfection of these…honestly Perfection scares me! 😂😂😂
I love the fact that Sashiko started as a practical needlework by ordinary people. It’s a wisdom of life rather than a form of art💕💕
@@thegreenwrapper yes indeed ..thank you for sharing this with us
Beautiful and practical and I know now why I’ve been holding onto a bag of clothes. This is the perfect way to honour and reuse these items that have already given such great service to our home. And I need some new cloths too. Perfect timing. Thank you for sharing this.
The idea of throwing away old tea towels and kids clothes makes me feel guilty as they are sturdy and absorbent even if they have a lot of stains. So making Zokins is a perfect solution for me too💕💕💕👍
I’m Egyptian, thankyou for teaching me a beautiful and helpful lesson from your culture. This is one aspect of the internet that I am thankful to God about.
Oh thank you so much! I also think it’s wonderful to be able to learn different cultures and connect people in a positive way with the internet💕💕 I’m so happy to see so many comments from all around the world❤️
@@thegreenwrapper we Egyptians admire and respect the Japanese culture very very much. We call Japan the “Japanese sister planet” meaning: you are very perfect as if from a different planet 😍
These are so pretty. At our house we make pot holders from folding and sewing old clothes in a similar way. Love seeing someone else's family's use of still good fabric!
Oh that’s amazing💕💕 I love the idea!!!
Love the idea of a pot holder! I have never liked the ones we buy.
The practicality of Sashiko alone is beautiful to me - the ornamentation is a big bonus :) great project, and good for a beginner too, thanks!
Exactly💕 I’ve been reading a lot about how Sashiko was used in every day life. I think it’s a wisdom which has its own beauty.
@@thegreenwrapper Beautiful wisdom indeed! 🙏🏼
I actually find these so aesthetically pleasing. I can't wait to make some.
Thank you💕💕
Zokins are my most favorite things to use and the double gauze one with all the horizontal stitches you showed in the beginning is the one I make most......I just plain love these handy cloths!!!!!
I was actually thinking of you when I stitched it because you told me that you made it💕💕💕
Every other country: Use old scraps and rags to clean with.
Japan: Make old scraps and rags sturdy and pretty to clean with.
I’d love to know how other cultures used to repurpose old items💕 I believe that Kantha in India is also a wisdom to keep using old materials😊 Probably patchwork was also a way to reuse scraps? 🧵🪡
@@thegreenwrapper In my country, yes, patchwork. And for stuffing. Historically my nationality were looked down on for being thrifty. But for cleaning, we just used the most worn-out old rags. In general, people did not think of making them more robust again - still less think of making it attractive. This is the kind of thing we admire about Japanese culture, its mindfulness and aesthetic sense.
@eh1702 Those people (farmers in northern Japan) who started Sashiko were extremely poor. Even though their winter was very severe, the material they could widely obtain was linen. They were obviously not great for winter. Kogin, one of the form of Sashiko was done on linen to block the air by running threads through the gaps. Even when they got some cotton, it was extremely valuable for them. Even rags were valuable. They just couldn’t afford to throw way rags (I read that people were taught not to throw away any fabric if it was large enough to wrap three grains of rice!!) . So they stitched them up to reinforce or to mend fabrics.
Farmers at that time were not even allowed to have decorative patterns of stitches until later part of Edo period. Yet, what they did for practically looks beautiful. I think the beauty of Sashiko comes from the strength and creativity of ordinary people.
Probably this is something you can find in many cultures in different forms and I hope we still have the strength and creativity in ourselves too💕💕
Thank you so much for your comment!
I love using up threads like this ❤😊
Oh I’m glad that I’m not the only person who bothers to keep even leftover threads😅
Bravo ! Plutôt que de jeter faisons travailler notre créativité, comme nos grands mères...nous avons gaspillé pendant des années comme des enfants. Il n'est jamais trop tard pour bien faire 😊 j'aime beaucoup les points boro ou sashiko, merci beaucoup pour ces partages. Bonne soirée. Michelle, de France
Thank you so much! I was taught not to throw away fabrics until it becomes smaller than the size of a stamp. In some areas in Japan, fabrics were so valuable for people and they naturally developed the ways to keep using fabrics until they are completely ragged😊
That’s such a lovely practical idea! The finished zokins look both durable and attractive (and what’s wrong with having practical products that please the eye too? ❤ )
I may have to try and construct a few myself *starts eyeing up my faded tea towels*
Another excellent video and beautifully made pieces.
Thank you💕💕 Making Zokin for me gives me a nostalgic feeling somehow. Maybe because we often learn how to sew through making Zokin. We have to bring two Zokins to school at the beginning of school year in Japan. Children clean their classroom by themselves using Zokin everyday.
It’s just something very closely related to our life😊
@@thegreenwrapper that’s lovely. I’ve always been interested in that aspect of Japanese culture. It’s very respectful
These are so lovely and creative and a good way to value items rather than just discarding them mindlessly.
I love this application of simple stitching and re-using. Definitely beautiful, too! Thank you for sharing this work with us!
Thank you so much. These days, you can actually buy commercially manufactured Zokins but many people still sew them by hand.
Some people say, it feels softer when sewed by hand. I also like the feel of it💕
I gave some old kitchen towels new life a few years ago by just stitching pieces together to make pads like this, and I have been wondering what else I could do to give them new life. This is perfect!! Love that there’s an actual name for these. Thanks for sharing. So much better than repurchasing paper towels over and over. Plain to colorful in one easy step.
An old kitchen towel is my favourite material as it’s absorbent and strong. They are already sturdy so I don’t need to stitch a lot.
This is the video which I made a Zokin from a tea towel😊
th-cam.com/video/uhqMYcqr4AY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Xl76EapvQZ8cWv7e
I use my old big cotton muslum kitchen towels for letting clean produce dry on the countertops. Sure is more practical than paper towels that can’t be reused unless you dry them out. I squeeze out the excess water in the towel then put more produce. You can easily roll the lettuce up gently to get most water out before storing away in plastic container in fridge.
@CeeceeWhip The white fabric with stains were used for that very purpose💕💕 they are so absorbent and reusable, and you can repurpose later too👍
I also use Sashiko stitched Sarashi cloth (it’s called Hanahukin, you can find how to make them on my channel) in the kitchen too.
I did enjoy your video today. thank you! So practical, beautiful and useful.
Thank you💕💕💕
I am just learning sashiko and I love it. The fact that you can relax and it does not have to be perfect it's kind of like a Zen thing. And when you get done you got an item that is really cool that can be used for anything kind of like a mini quilt. Thanks for the video🎉
Totally agree with you😊 Even though Sashiko used to be a practical needle work, there’s something relaxing about it!
I was wondering about a sewing craft to do with my granddaughters and this would be perfect. It is ideal for beginning hand sewing, where making small stitches is not important. It makes a lovely, useful product!
Oh that’s a wonderful idea! I’m sure this is one of the first sewing projects I learned from my mum!
I love the look of them and re-use of fabric. Good idea!
Thank you💕💕
I really like this. I want to make some. I wish I would’ve saved my kids cloth diapers!
One of the viewers told me that she made some Zokins from her daughter’s diapers which she kept for many years💕💕 I like using old kids clothes too!
That's a perfect idea to get rid of synthetic sponges that died more and more rapidly with time...ecologic and almost infinite ❤ it reminds my grandma too who had some "lavettes" ( come from "laver" = wash) made from old rags :) but without stitching 😊
Thanks as always for sharing
Lavettes! I had never heard of it💕 I love learning how other cultures used to repurpose old items. Thank you so much for sharing❤️❤️🪡🧵
At the every beginning of school year, we were (and still are, I think) to bring one or two Zokin to the classroom at most of public elementary and middle schools in Japan, for the students clean some rooms, corridors, stairs and bathrooms in the middle or end of a day. We used to sew our own ones (or mothers made them) with the old towels, but nowadays there are the factory-made Zokin sold at stores.
そうですよね！わたしもそうやって縫い方を覚えました💕💕
雑巾は手作りしなくなってるかもしれないけど、自分たちで学校を毎日掃除することで、公共のスペースをきれいに保つことを自然に学べるのは素晴らしいなと思います。
こちらでも似たような既製品は買えますが、やっぱり使い古して柔らかくなった布を使って自分で作った雑巾が手に馴染みます😊
@@thegreenwrapper 全く同感です。
Wow such a beautiful way to utilise everything so useful and beautiful thank you for sharing
Thank you💕💕
Me gusta mucho ésta técnica , tengo que aprender y practicar mucho , Gracias por mostrar.
Thank you💕💕💕
In India, our grand mothers always made this stitch on handmade blankets called Razia or thinner bed covers called Dohars.
They make it on jackets too
Thank you so much for sharing💕💕 Many viewers from India have told me that there are a lot of similarities in Kantha and Sashiko. I’d love to know more about Indian needlework and the history behind it💕💕 Thank you again for your lovely comment😊
What a great idea for a practice piece. I don't do Sashiko but I do hand sew all my clothes. This would be great to practice on and still get something useful at the end. Normally I just cut up my old towels and hem for cleaning rags. Your grandmother sounds a great practical woman. Thank you.
Thank you. I believe many people in the modern days (including me, when I first learned how to make Zokins as a child) are not aware that making a Zokin involves the idea of Sashiko. It’s just an everyday item so we make Zokin without thinking too much.
I think stitching hem just like you mentioned may be enough if the material is thick enough, or you can add some stitches which go through the centre, if you are layering them.
In the old times, people used really ragged materials and layered them to make Zokins so I think they often needed to add a lot more stitches to reinforce them.
So cool! But since I can’t hand-sew a straight line to save my soul….I think I’ll try creating a zokin that starts out with nice straight precise sewing that gradually deteriorates to wildly uneven stitches, as if those stitches were rolling downhill or jumping off a cliff……ART!!!💕🧵
Sounds like a plan👍 Mine is like that too😉
I absolutely love what you have done here! It’s gotten me all excited.
Thank you💕💕
Perfectly practical...Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you💕💕💕
Thank you for posting this. Am definitely going to sew some of these. Double gauze is a good idea as it's such a beautifully soft material to handle and stitch into.
I really love double gauze. I make some handkerchiefs with them as well. They feel amazing👍
Great inspiration😊
Thank you💕💕
There is beauty in practicality. Thanks for a great video.
I agree💕💕 💕 Thank you!
Love these!
Thank you💕💕
Oh, what a great idea ❤ waste not want not❤,👍 thank you for this excellent work ❤
Thank you💕💕💕
Great projects. Sashiko is so relaxing and practical. Thanks for a great video!😊
Thank you! I’ve done a couple of videos about Zokin before but I wanted to do it again as I really love the idea💕
I love this. I sew quilts but have never attempted to hand quilt/stitch the body of it. I only hand stitch the border. I could make these little darlings and practice the stitching/quilting on small areas. Thank you for sharing this.
It’s perfect for a hand stitch practice💕 I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Thank you. GreT ideas to reduce waste fabric ❤
Thank you💕💕💕
Thank you for sharing this! I find them very aesthetically appealing! I love these and plan on making several. 😊❤
After my son no longer needed his cloth diapers, they became my cleaning rags. FANTASTIC cleaning rags!
Thank you💕💕 I’m glad to hear that my video was useful for you😊
@@thegreenwrapper I've forwarded it to sisters and a cousin. 😉
Oh thank you🥰🥰
Wonderful project, especially for those of us who have a hard time throwing things away. I look forward to making these.
Thank you💕💕
Now i know what to do with the cloth diapers ive kept for over 40 years 😂 they were too soft to just throw away. Thankyou. Im now following you from Australia 🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨
Oh wow, 40 years!! Well-used materials are so soft and perfect for Zokin💕💕 Thanks for following! I’m in Australia too🦘🦘🐨🐨
What a great idea! Thank you for this tutorial. I have an old dog who tends to have accidents. I use old towels as mats in various locations, but they feel insubstantial and a little slippery. I think I'll try this technique with them, but using my sewing machine because they are so thick. Not exactly the "right" way to do it, but it might work for my situation.
There’s nothing wrong about using a sewing machine! In fact I think it’s more common to use a sewing machine to make a Zokin these days!
They are so beautiful. I think eventaully you will promp me to trying it.
Oh I hope you’ll try it😉
Lovely! So much more durable than "disposable" wipes and cleaning cloths. And pretty! I've got some sheets just begging to be made into something more practical. 9:50 I was waiting for Cat to decide that "something needed to be done about that moving thing"...lol.
It feels so nice to repurpose something💕💕😊 My cat thought I was making her bed😅😹🐈🐈
These are really lovely items. I am already wondering what I could use to make some of these. Thank you for showing this.
Thank you💕💕💕
Lovely
Thank you💕💕
Bellissima idea,grazie🎉
Thank you💕💕💕
I have some worn sheets. I'll give this a try! Thanks for the tip. 😊
Please try it💕💕 Thank you😊
I really enjoyed watching how you made these. Thank you so much for sharing and i'm now subscribe to your channel😇
Oh thank you so much💕💕🪡🧵
These would be great for mats outside, picnic, barbecue.
I made a mat for my cats with Sashiko before😆
th-cam.com/video/d6thuLVtYSc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-3QJqrD9fvDCSuWS
Ellissima idea grazie
Thank you💕💕
This would be a great way of recycling my linen tea-towels that have holes in them. Just turn the holey parts inside, and some peaceful stitching, and done!
Sounds perfect💕💕
My grandmother and mother used to make bed sheets and light cotton blankets using this technique . We call them Godadi in India 😊
That’s wonderful💕💕💕 Thank you so much for sharing❤️❤️
Wearing a thimble can really help guide the needle. Maybe awkward at first but you get used to it. Like every other adaptation to ‘tech’.
Hi, green wrapper, love that! I’ve some pajama trousers , the legs are still good, the rest is worn out… now I know what to do with them! I love slow and handmade things, like knitting, crocheting… sewing with a machine is too fast for me. Maybe I’ll even like cleaning more😁🪣🧵🪡… Love from Germany, Monika❣
Thank you! I’m too lazy to set up my heavy sewing machine😅 so I tend to prefer to sew by hand if it’s a small piece. It’s kind of relaxing even when I sew something practical👍
@@thegreenwrapper Same!
Очень красиво и практично!Киска-мурыська помощница😻Привет из России,Москва🙌🇷🇺
Thank you so much💕💕😻🐈🐈
Jr H we were all required to bring a few zokin to school. We also had to stay after school to clean the floors everyday.
雑巾と言えば教室の床拭きを思い出しますね。そうやって物を大切にすることや、公共のスペースを敬うことを自然に学べたのはありがたいです😊
@@thegreenwrapper 👍 and team work with accountability to each other. the zokin dash 😂
❤
Thank you💕💕
❤🌹
💕💕🪡🧵
I love these too. I have some very worn out linen pants, so do you think I could layer them up and stitch them? the double gauze is lovely, but I don't have any older pieces. Thank you
I haven’t tried to make it with linen so I’m interested to know how it turns out! My go-to material is cotton tea towels because they are absorbent and sturdy (but I don’t stitch like I did in this video).
Some materials are hard to stitch through when it’s layered. I’d recommend testing with your needle before you cut up the pants👍
Here’s the video I made Zokins with a tea towel⬇️
Repurpose old tea towels and clothes! DIY Zokin (Japanese reusable cleaning cloths)
th-cam.com/video/uhqMYcqr4AY/w-d-xo.html
Superbe
Thank you💕💕💕
Now I wish I hadn't thrown away some old flannel pants. This would have been a great repurposing of the fabric.
I haven’t used flannel for Zokin before but it sounds like a really good idea💕💕
Could you put this on the sewing machine to make designs instead of doing it by hand? Or is that not practical??? Pretty threads you are using.
You can use a sewing machine👍 In fact, it may be more common to use a sewing machine these days.
I would say that it feels softer when stitched by hand, but I sew it with a machine when I repurpose t-shirt materials. Here’s the video⬇️
Repurpose your old T-shirts and clothes as Japanese style reusable cleaning cloths - DIY Zokin
th-cam.com/video/AoF7-pnnSxo/w-d-xo.html
Is the thread like embroidery thread?
Sashiko thread is pretty thick and strong. My Sashiko thread is close to the thickness of 4 strands of regular embroidery thread or size 5 pearl cotton.
What does “sinking” mean? (I tried to google it but it said nothing)
Oh did I make a typo again?😅 Could you tell me which part you saw the word ‘sinking’? Thanks!
How much time it took?
The very first one (the one I showed first) took me a bit over one hour😅 but the second one (the first one I stitched in this video) was probably just a half an hour. I started in the morning and finished all of them before lunch time👍
What kind of thread do you use?
@katherine-ow9mm I used some Sashiko threads as they are thick and strong to bind thick layers together. You can use any threads but may need a few strands.
I do not see, how do you started and finished the thread! No knots on the thread? It’s important to know!
Hi, thanks for your comment😊 There are multiple videos I have shown how to start and finish, and change the threads without knots👍 Here are a couple of them. I hope the information is helpful for you💕
SASHIKO How to start and finish stitches without making knots
th-cam.com/video/5llXYm38rwQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lsaTB2CUoblm62fW
This is how I change threads without knots
th-cam.com/video/CQoM1OJRJT4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xbWHbZrcGrzvl5YI
@@thegreenwrapper Hi, thanks a lot for your response. This video was the first time I had seen it. Now I’m going back to watching more and really enjoying them. Beautiful work, thank you for sharing. ❤️