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Dye Black

Chestnut thorny skins.
One of the best dyestuff to get black.

I'm a medical doctor today

As My right knee hurt without any clear course, went to hospital to check and take medical care.

So, today I've decided to 'care' the things around me. Fix tassels, roomshoes, sweaters...

I really hope flowers, trees, little birds in my garden and all daily use items 'healthy'.

New life

Ikat(Kasuri) worp for Kimono weaving from abandoned studio.

Unfortunately it's already eaten by insects.
Uhhh, I can't throw it away...

So I decided to use cut one as weft of new weaving of mine.

Weaving Class In Rainy Day

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Today's class

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Enishi -chance-

The sewing threads are from a closed-handicraft store.

The buttons are :
Might be used to be put on the suit which belonged to a business fighter, worked for more than 30 years.

Might be used be put on the recruitment suit of your girl.

Put on a small one-piece which was made by her mother?
Put on the mother's tailored dress?
Put on a body conscious in 80's?

From somebody's grandpa's coat?
Granny's cardigan?
Brother's jacket?

Welcome to my table.
Let's start to a new journey with me.

Monkey Slider

Today's weaving.

Weft yarn is dyed by Crape myrtle. Japanese name is Sarusuberi, means "Monkey Slider". Infact, the bark of myrtle is so slippery.

The other name is "100-day-blooming".
As the name suggests, in even such crazy hot summer, they keep on blooming so long strongly.

Edo Spirits

Morning Glory(Asagao), summer symbol in Japan. You can see Asagao fairs as seasonal function of Shinto shrines in July.

Gardening became a big fad latter half of Edo era (1750-). they got excited to make new variety of peony, hydrangea, chrysanthemum, morning glory and so on.
This one is called Edo Fuzei, means "elegance of Edo culture".
Cool, sharp and stylish. Exactly it stands for Edo culture.

Beloved Chameleon Plants

Dokudami (Chameleon Plants).
We are surrounded by them in this season.
They are not rare at all, on the contrary,too many of them hassel us.

But we should treat it more important.

Terajima Ryouan, a doctor who lived 200 years ago, used to say," Most of people are liable to think that something rare is much more effective than familiar-looking one. So stupid."

In fact, the other name of Chameleon Plants is Juyaku(十薬),means 'many-kind-effective medicine'. Antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antimicrbial, antiphlogistic, antiviral, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, hypoglycaemic, laxative......!