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Aizawa Seishisai (会沢 正志斎, July 5, 1782 – August 27, 1863), born Aizawa Yasushi (会沢 安), was a Japanese samurai (retainer of the Mito Domain) and a nationalist thinker of the Mito school during the late shogunate period.
When the cloth was steamed, the dyes would penetrate the cloth, while the paste remained on the surface. The nori thus acted as both a dye and a resist against the other dyes. Stencils were extensively used. In 1879, this technique was used to dye a wool cloth called mosurin, producing mosurin-yuzen [3] (wool was a new import to Japan at the time).
Stoating – used to join two pieces of woven material, such that the resulting stitches are not visible from the right side of the cloth; Straight stitch – the basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery; Tacking stitch (UK, also baste or pin) – quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed
Aida cloth (sometimes called Java canvas [1]) is an open, even-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch embroidery. This cotton fabric has a natural mesh that facilitates cross-stitching and enough natural stiffness that the crafter does not need to use an embroidery hoop .
An example of an Argyle style pattern. An argyle (/ ˈ ɑːr. ɡ aɪ l /, occasionally spelled argyll) pattern is made of diamonds or lozenges.The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design, but more commonly refers to the overall pattern.
Design for a hand woodblock printed textile, showing the complexity of the blocks used to make repeating patterns in the later 19th century. Tulip and Willow by William Morris, 1873. Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on fabrics, typically linen, cotton, or silk, by means of carved wooden blocks.
Double cloth or double weave (also doublecloth, double-cloth, doubleweave) is a kind of woven textile in which two or more sets of warps and one or more sets of weft or filling yarns are interconnected to form a two-layered cloth. [2] The movement of threads between the layers allows complex patterns and surface textures to be created.
Check (also checker, Brit: chequer, or dicing) is a pattern of modified stripes consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical lines which form squares.The pattern typically contains two colours where a single checker (that is a single square within the check pattern) is surrounded on all four sides by a checker of a different colour.