Three Cones of Hand Spun Cotton Yarn
Written on April 3, 2010
Today I am showing three, small cones of hand spun cotton–Japanese of course.
In the Japanese language, hand spun cotton is referred to as te-tsumugi and when considering old, cotton, Japanese folk textiles, the ideal pieces are sewn from hand spun, hand woven cotton.
It’s a real treat to be able to study this hand spun cotton yarn–and it’s even better that the yarn is wound into such wonderful forms.
The three cones are sitting upon a vintage Japanese zokin, which is a sashiko stitched, cotton dust cloth.
Tagged: zokin.
these are fabulous. i’m staring in awe.
April 3, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
i imagine this cone shape (with the bottom higher, as it were) works better than the cones i see in weaving supply venues.
April 3, 2010 @ 4:06 pm
Amazing, like works of art. Beautiful colors on the old yarns
April 5, 2010 @ 3:01 pm