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Register Online January 12 - March 13, 2026
Join Us for Sashiko-Ori with Beth Ross Johnson
Sashiko is the Japanese folk stitching method traditionally used to patch, reinforce, repair or embellish clothing and other textiles. Sashiko-ori (ori means to weave) is a woven structure based on sashiko.
Sashiko-ori is based on the hitomezashi style of Japanese sashiko stitching, running stitches that form a grid of straight lines that meet or cross to make a design. In weaving, this weave structure uses a supplementary warp and weft incorporated with plain weave to form the intersecting “stitches” that make the pattern. Basic possibilities have been mined in weaving traditions from Peru, Japan and Europe. Learn about the history and structure of this weave and how to take design work a step further.
Sashiko-ori challenges weavers to think about design in a different way while learning to control the intersections of pattern threads in the warp and weft. Simple versions of this technique are understandable for weavers with less experience. Weavers with more experience will enjoy exploring a new way of thinking about the intersection of warp and weft.
Skill Level
Workshop attendees will use the multi-shaft looms in the Hawai'i Handweavers' Hui studio and must know how to beam and thread a warp from back to front, read a draft and work a floor loom with 6 shafts.
Supplies & Equipment
Workshop fee includes all warp and weft materials. All other basic weaving supplies for this workshop (scissors, sley hooks, etc) are the responsibility of the participant. A supply and equipment list will be sent upon registration.
Registration
This weaving workshop is open to the public from age 18.
Your registration will be confirmed once you have paid online by credit card.
Cancellations made through March 6, 2026 will receive a full refund. If you cancel after March 6 there will be no refund unless there is a waiting list and someone can take your place. If the workshop is cancelled by Hawai'i Handweavers' Hui, a full refund will be issued to those registered.
For more information contact Joan Namkoong.
Instructor Bio
Beth Ross Johnson is a weaver, teacher and workshop leader living in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and when she became interested in weaving and textile arts, she learned initially from students of Norman Kennedy, later studying with him for many workshops. A lifelong fascination with Asian art led to an interest in Japanese textiles and she has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri (ikat weaving and dyeing) and sakiori (rag weaving) with master weavers there.
Other avenues of exploration have been sashiko stitching and nyoho-e (Zen stitching). Recent studies have been in the ikat traditions of Europe, influenced by the 18th century wave of Orientalism on the continent, and woven structures like sashiko-ori and kasuri-ori that mimc hand stitching and ikat processes.
The craft schools, weather, and music compelled a move to western North Carolina in 1980 where she has worked a number of arts-related jobs (including in environmental and craft preservation in Cherokee) while maintaining a studio and teaching in formal and informal institutions.
Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted workshop fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.
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How do I get to the Studio? From the Chinatown Gateway Garage, take the elevator to the 2nd floor and walk to the large double doors on the left. Enter the gallery and turn left; we are the last door on the left, past the kitchen. If you are parked elsewhere, walk up the steps to the DAC gift shop, go past it to find the elevator, and follow the instructions above to access the studio. There is a handicap ramp if you cannot walk up the stairs for the DAC building on the Nu'uanu entrance side. Walk towards the street lights, and you will see the ramp; you will need to walk through the courtyard to the elevator.
For more information on HHH contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org
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