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This is a beauty treatment that removes the facial hairs by the roots. Women who were getting married traditional had this treatment. It's still popular in Taipei, you can see it in night markets and sometimes in the park. The skills are kept within the families.
I'm not sure whether this is unique to Taiwan. I imagined it was practiced in China but whether it survived the cultural revolution, I don't know
If you know anything more about face threading, then please leave a comment - I want to find out more.
Top view of the passport for the stitch outs to go with the book Threads Basics and Beyond. Refer to pages 10 - 13 for suggestions and instructions.
rakhis as these colourful threads are called tied by the sisters to brothers to reinforce the love and protective caring shared by them.
5,0000 individual threads in this art by Do-Ho Suh. all about individuality and togetherness. philadelphia june 17
Celebrating the bond of love between a brother and a sister, Rakhi is an important festival in North India. In the bokeh is a young boy, Suresh who gets Rakhis from the North to the South India and makes it possible for the sisters there.
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This is my collection of the threads I cut after coloring linen. I have a project planned for them when I have a bit of extra time.
As Makar Sankranti is just around the corner, people all across Northern India are excited to fly kites.
Got to witness the thread making process in a small factory in Baroda. Where threads for kites were made, coloured and sold as per the customers' requirements. The thread color, quality, sharpness,etc. are all set as per each requirement from the customer
Once one end of the warp is secured in a knot, and the other pulled to create tension in the warp (however you want to accomplish this--I use a backstrap technique), you can start worrying about the direction in which the threads come through the cards.
Often, these threading directions are referred to, respectively, S and Z threading. I find these terms counterintuitive, so I don't use them, but many find them helpful.
When the "S" tablet is turned 90º toward the weaver, it creates a stitch that bends to the left. Correspondingly, when the "Z" tablet is also turned a quarter-turn toward the weaver, it will create a stitch that bends to the right.
Taught a quilt class today. It went really well. Some of the ladies in the class said they are so inspired that they aren't going to go to church tomorrow . . . instead they are going to stay home and quilt. I wonder if God will punish me for that. LOL Anyway, this is one of my samples.
The pin cushion is Heather Bailey's pattern.
blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/11/heather_bailey_pincush...
The thread catcher is from this tutorial-
thestitchingroom.blogspot.com/2007/10/thread-holder-patte...
Just the inside of my sewing box. It's a very pink toolbox and the contents are quite colourful too.
Threading hair is an ancient method commonly practiced in Eastern countries, like Egypt and India. A cotton thread is pulled along unwanted hair in a twisting motion to trap hair in a mini lasso, plucking the hair at the follicle.
Thick thread stitches
from the Cactus Queen
meant to mend
but instead
poked and fashioned
fancy flesh tunnels
for her hungry worm hoards
to hide within
such a sin
cunning, crazy Cactus Queen
desert witch doctor
waits in moonlit sand
longing for an outstretched hand
-G. Loew
Austin Threads, Austin Texas, April 3, 2011.
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