Steel Needle for Yokobiki Kanoko Shibori textile traditions More Stitches

More Stitches

this wool fulls exceptionally well

she incorporates the sewing machine and smocking pleater to produce contemporary machine-aided adaptations of stitch-resist

The thread is brought back to the starting point at the base by making several turns around the bound cloth

Steel Needle for Yokobiki Kanoko Shibori textile traditions More StitchesTraditional Yokobiki Kanoko tool for Arimatsu artisans. A special sharp hooked steel needle is embedded (with pine resin) at the end of the metal arm. The arm can be attached to the Shibori Stand (SFS shop item) or make a wooden stand stabilized with a base and a large C Clamp on a table. If and when the steel hooked needle is broken you can send it back to SFS, we have resin and a spare needle to replace it. Artisans use the yokobiki binding thread