Kogin embroidery

Trend alert: modern Kogin stitching from Japan

Are you looking for a creative, yet relaxing craft to occupy your free time? Look no further than sashiko and kogin embroidery! These traditional Japanese embroidery techniques have been around for centuries and are still popular today. Not only are … Read More ...

After Jane's comment on my previous post and her request for information about kogin, here are some photos of kogin stitched by my friend Keiko Hori. She learned how to stitch kogin while visiting Aomori prefecture over twenty years ago. I didn't know she stitched it (as well as sashiko, patchwork, quilting and counted embroidery techniques) until we got chatting about it in the supermarket in Yuza on my last trip. A couple of days later, I went to her house for a kogin lesson. I really…

kits Kogin

My initial experiment with kogin was playing with a wide range of yarn types – cottons and wools – and different surface designs on a piece of tapestry canvas on a stretcher. The class…

Kogin is a Sashiko style in the northeast of Japan.

Today in my Pattern Darning class we did Kogin which is a form of pattern darning that was developed in an area of Japan to improve the warmth and strength of fabric.(quote from Tutors notes) Traditional Kogin designs were worked in white thread on dark blue (indigo dyed) fabric on clothing and now can be seen on bags-purses-wall hangings etc.(more quotes) Once you get into the rhythm of the stitching it all falls into place- but again if you make a mistake it is very obvious. I struggled…

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the straight-stitched bugs below (insects, if picky) were embroidered and pinned by hiné mizushima, using a symmetrical japanese kogin embroidery technique