Editing Sashiko (section)

==Designs and patterns==

[[File:Sashiko by volunteers, 2012 - Textile Museum of Canada - DSC00807.JPG|thumb|An assortment of sashiko designs]]
{{Transliteration|ja|Sashiko}} utilises mostly geometric patterns, which fall into two main styles; {{Transliteration|ja|moyōzashi}}, in which patterns are created with long lines of running stitches; and {{lang|ja-Latn|hitomezashi}}, where the pattern emerges from the alignment of single stitches made on a grid. Common {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} motifs are waves, mountains, bamboo, arrow feathers, {{Transliteration|ja|shippō-tsunagi}}, pampas grass and interlocking geometric shapes, amongst others.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Briscoe |first=Susan |title=The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook |publisher=F & W Publications, Inc. |year=2005 |isbn=0-89689-186-0 |location=Iola, WI |pages=11}}</ref> {{Transliteration|ja|Sashiko}} embroidery is traditionally applied with the use of specialist [[Sewing needle|needles]] and [[Thread (yarn)|thread]], though modern day {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} may use modern embroidery threads and embroidery needles.

Many {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} patterns were derived from Chinese designs, but just as many were developed by native Japanese embroiderers; for example, the style known as {{Transliteration|ja|[[kogin-zashi]]}}, which generally consists of diamond-shaped patterns in horizontal rows, is a distinctive variety of {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} that was developed in [[Aomori Prefecture]]. Other developments in {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} have come from the work of Japanese artists, such as [[Katsushika Hokusai]] (1760–1849), whose 1824 ''New Forms for Design'' inspired many {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} patterns.

{{Transliteration|ja|Sashiko}} designs typically derive from nature, with some, considered to hold symbolism, seen particularly on garments such as the coats of fishermen.

=== Common {{Transliteration|ja|sashiko}} patterns===
* {{nihongo3|vertical stripes|縦縞|Tate-jima}}
* {{nihongo3|horizontal stripes|横縞|Yoko-jima}}
* {{nihongo3|checks|格子|Kōshi}}
* {{nihongo3|[[Full plaud|plaid]] design of the [[Nakamura (surname)|Nakamura]] family|中村格子|Nakamura kōshi}}
* {{nihongo3|diamonds|菱模様|Hishi-moyō}}
* {{nihongo3|bamboo fence|矢来|Yarai}}
* {{nihongo3|parallel diamonds or crossed cords|菱井桁|Hishi-igeta}} &mdash; also known as {{Transliteration|ja|tasuki}}
* {{nihongo3|woven [[bamboo]]|籠目|[[Kagome lattice|Kagome]]}}
* {{nihongo3|[[fish]] scales|鱗|Uroko}}
* {{nihongo3|rising stream|竪沸く|Tate-waku}}
* {{nihongo3|counterweights|分銅|Fundō}}
* {{nihongo3|seven treasures of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]|七宝|Shippō}}
* {{nihongo3|fishing nets|網目|Amime}}
* {{nihongo3|interlaced circles of two birds|鳥襷|Toridasuki}}