I just can’t explain this in Japanese. I demonstrated with my own piece and they were ready. With scissors in hand they were giggling and saying it was muzukashi (difficult) and kowai (scary).
I was
happy that no one cut the wrong thread. Even though I could fix my own if I cut
the wrong thread, I don’t know how to explain how to fix it.
Our
project only uses wrapped bars, but I pulled out this practice piece to show
examples of other fillings.
I think
they were happy with their progress for the day. I am.
5 comments:
That is absolutely beautiful! They did great job! It's always scary the first cut of the thread from the first project to the tenth. Well done!
Pamela, I am amazed! You can teach hardanger to Japanese women without knowing Japanese perfectly. Well done. Atama wo sagemasu (+ I bow my head to your superiority) :-) Your pupils look so proud of themselves . I hope your grin was ear to ear as well.
I, too, would find it 'kowai' to put scissors to my embroidery. With your easy to understand illustration I am sure all went well.
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