Temari Workshop Europe Tour 2015

Finally, we are back to Europe in September! 

Please find our temari workshop details as follows!

Temari making is not that difficult, if you start with Temaricious. We will teach how to make a base ball from zero! so that you can continue making temari alone home.

Last workshop at London, Berlin and Prague photos → click here

See you soon!

What to bring:

 threads scissors, ruler (15cm is enough), marker pins (10 pc), pen or pencil

A temari special needle is provided at the workshop as a gift!

Barcelona

23/September

17:00 - 21:00

Temari pattern:MASU(Square)

Fee EUR 45/person, 4hours, all materials included

Hosted by Laura Ameba
Workshop language: English

La Aguja Magica
https://www.facebook.com/bordadoresmagicos

Temaricious on her blog
http://craftbycat.blogspot.com.es/2015/06/temari-by-temaricious.html

For entry, please write to:

holalauraameba (at) gmail.com

London

1) 26/September

13:00 - 17:00/5 hours, all materials included

2) 27/September

10:00 - 15:30

Temari pattern: LOOP

Fee GBP 100/person, 5 hours, (30mins, lunch break), all materials included.

Workshop language: English

Hosted by Loop Knitting London

For entry, please contact Loop, 15 Camden Passage, Islington, London, N1 8EA.

TEL: +44 (0) 20 7288 1160

Workshop details:

http://www.loopknitting.com/classes/temari_workshop.html

Paris

1) 29/September

18:00 - 21:00

Temari pattern: MASU(Square)

EUR 65/person, 3 hours, all materials and small snack included. 

Hosted by La Bien Aimee, 27 Rue Paulin Mery, 75013 Paris

TEL:+33 1 46 27 60 86

Workshop language: English

https://www.facebook.com/mercerielabienaimee

For entry, please contact La Bien Aimee!

2) 30/September

10:00 - 14:00

Pattern:MASU(Square)

EUR 60/3 hours (plus lunch break), all materials included

Hosted by Rrose Selavy, 5 Rue Fromentin, 75009 Paris

Tel: +33 1 40 23 05 95

Workshop language: English

https://www.facebook.com/ateliersrroseselavy?fref=ts

For entry, please contact Rrose Selavy!

Any questions,  contact to: temaricious (at) gmail.com
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Pattern: Masu 

Pattern: Loop

Pattern: Masu

Workshop in Kichijyoji, Tokyo 吉祥寺ワークショップ

テマリシャス、手まりワークショップを開催します。
今回は吉祥寺の一軒家カフェのふたつの木さんにて二つのコースを準備しました。貸し切りなのでゆったりとくつろいでいただきながら、手まりづくりを楽しんでいただけると思います。


Temaricious workshop will be held in Kichijyouji, Tokyo where has lots of crafty shops!
Futatsuno ki Cafe is one-house-cafe which can offer us a relaxed room. Temaricious managed to rent a whole care for a whole day! Yeah!

We prepared 2 course of workshop. 


実は.... B)のコースは満席まであと一名となっております。お申込みはお急ぎください。
A)はまだ余裕ございます。



A) ミニ手まり　針刺しコース
10:00 - 12:00
JPY 2000/名、材料、茶菓子付き
もってくるもの：
手ぶらできてください。



A) Mini temari workshop 
Pin cushion temari
10:00 - 12:00
JPY 2000/person incl. material, tea and sweets

B)テマリストコース
一から手まりを作ります。
13:00 - 17:00
JPY 4000/名、材料、茶菓子付き
もってくるもの：
手まり針（初めてのご参加者は初回限定でプレゼントします）
待ち針8本ほど
糸切りはさみ
定規
筆記道具


B) Temarist course
13:00 - 17:00
JPY 4000/person incl.materials, tea and sweets

A)は短時間なため、お子様連れも可能としておりますのでご相談ください。

A)は手まりのかがりだけをするコースです。
B)は一から手まりをつくるコースですので、お家に帰ったら自分でまた次が作れるようになります。
初心者から経験者までご参加いただけますので是非、一緒に草木染の糸と遊びましょう。



場所：

Cafeふたつの木

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〒180-0004

東京都武蔵野市吉祥寺本町4-6-10

お申込みは直接　テマリシャスへ　

temaricious (at) gmail.com

Place:
Futasuno Ki Cafe
Tokyo Japan musashino-sity honcho4-6-10 

For entry, please email us! 
temaricious (at) gmail.com

過去のワークショップの様子はこちらです。

チェコ

ロンドンなど

Workshop in Nishiogi, TOKYO ワークショップのお知らせ

イギリスのオシャレ雑誌ポムポムに掲載されたパターンを一緒にかがりませんか？

4日は若干名空きが、5日はまだ余裕がございます。

お問い合わせお待ちしています。

Finally Spring! New craft?! Try one of Japanese traditional hand-crafts?

Join our Temari workshop in Nishiogikubo, Tokyo on 04/05, April. English hand-out book is also available. 

     Email us: temariciois@gmail.com

Finished Projects after Workshop ☆Gallery☆

Oh my!!

How breathtaking to see the finished projects after the workshops?

Thank you very much for sending us your projects! Soooo lovely!!

We are still waiting for more to come! Everyone's temari is unique and beautiful. It tells personality! Yes, temari reminds us who was making! 

Temaricious Thanks! -- Workshops --

Yes, we are back in Tokyo!

Temaricious met so many inspiring people in Berlin, Prague and London!
Big thanks for all the people who joined our workshops and special thanks for WOLLEN BERLIN and LOOP LONDON, and CJA for hosting us!! 

Enjoyed so much of colours and sounds of stitching! Even though it was challenging, we were very happily surprised to see everyone was managing to finish the project. 

We'll continue to do more workshops in future to share the time with you and whenever you come to Tokyo, please drop a line and let's temari out together!

Thank you so much once again for your precious time and hope to see you again soon!


Okay, let photos talk about our workshops :- ) Yes, the first photo is the plum soy cake from Ako, Berlin! It was ummm yummy!

healthy cakes and temari!

@WOLLEN BERLIN

Cross star stitching! Challenging!

@Czech Japanese Association/Lucerna Prague

Showing off my Czech! 

Base Ball Making  & Square Stitching

@ LOOP LONDON

Just amazing! 

Temari Base

How have you been?
It's still really hot in Tokyo. We're preparing for workshops!

Just to show off how cute temari bases are:-)  In the workshop, you can choose your favourite one to stitch!

How come is it so round like a ball by only hands?

It's a typical first question when I show temari to my friends. 
My answer is simply yes, it somehow becomes a round ball!

We usually use rice husk as a core materials for temari base put some dry herbs like lavenders or rosemarry and aroma oil at home.

And use thin light paper like a tissue or clothe wrapping paper to wrap rice husks.

Hold carefully and start winding by temaricious base threads.It's finer than the temaricious stitching threads/floss and cotton 100%. 

As you gradually make a ball, try to make nicer and  flatter by pushing or grabbing by hands. I call this practice as in making a rice ball, onigiri.

Ideal temari base is like a melon mesh! threads cross each other irregularly.

And at the last process of winding, you finally put tention to make a base a bit harder.
Temaricious base threads become glossy in the end. It's simply beautiful. 

It's a meditation excise to make a temari base indeed. Play with colours and nature.

Round or circle is considered 'wa (和）' in Japanese and there is no start and no end. No up and down. Just peace and harmony:-)  Please experience temari making with us. 
It's much easier if we can advise you directly about tips of temari making. 

For workshop inquiry, please directly contact to shop and association. 

See you in Berlin, Prague and London soon!

Workshops!

Good day to all! 
Tokyo is having a rainy season now. How is your place?

Good news first and no bad news last: Temaricious workshops will be held in London, Berlin, and Prague in September. We are already excited to see you there! 

For details of the workshop, please call or email to the shops!!  
Everyone is welcome! No worry, just come:-) 
See you there!

I will post soon how we are preparing for the workshops! 


☆Berlin☆
06/September (Sat)  --- WOLLEN

WOLLEN (sweet yarn shop in Berlin)
www.wollen-berlin.de/workshops/temari


☆Prague☆
08/September (Mon) --- CJA

Czech Japanese Association 
(Anybody can join!)
www.japan.cz

☆London☆
16/September (Sat)  --- LOOP
17/September (Sun) --- LOOP

LOOP (lovely yarn sanctuary)
www.loopknitting.com/classes/temari_workshop.html

手まりワークショップレポート Fun Fun Fun ~ Temari Workshop in Prague ~

プラハは長い冬を抜けたあと間も無い時期でした。春を信じきれない人々の服装や仕草。
私も久しぶりのプラハ、だけど何だか心地よいのです。大好きなプラハで手まりワークショップが開催できました。チェコ日本友好協会のYさんの協力のおかげです。この場を借りて再度感謝いたします！

Prague was just after long winter. I can see small doubts to spring on faces. Long time no see. But yet comfortable in my favourite place, Prague. Happy to make a temari workshop in Prague. Thank you again to Czech-Japanese Association especially Yamada-san!

チェコ日協会のみなさんありがとう！　Organisers!

今回の参加者9人、英語、チェコ語、日本語が混じり合うワークショップとなりました。手まりかがりの楽しさを先ずは知ってもらいたかったので、少し慣れとこつがいる土台まり、地割線は用意していき、私も初めてかがった八重菊を課題として選びました。色合わせで全く違った仕上がりになります。この自由さ、自分で色やデザイン決める点が手まりの一番の魅力だと思います。

9 people joined this time and this workshop became English, Czech, Japanese multilingual! I wanted participants to enjoy stitching temari as first experience, so I prepared base balls with division in advance and I chose Yaegiku for the very first time temari lesson. This Yaegiku gives you freedom of combinations of colours. I find this freedom is one of attractive points of making temari.

土台まり、糸を慎重に選ぶ人、即決な人、様々。私はどちらかと言うとあーでもないこーでもないと悩むのを楽しむ人です。なのでわざと沢山の糸を持っていきました。迷うのを楽しんでもらいたくて！

It's always interesting to see how people choose. Quick decision maker, deep thinking person... I prepared lots of threads and yarns as to enjoy choosing them. I am the person who takes too much time to choose....  

参加者さんはやはり皆さん手芸好き、説明すると黙々とかがり始めます。３時間なんてあっという間でしたが、半球と帯まで仕上げることができました。みなさんのまりの記念撮影！

Yes, three hours have just flew by! It was somehow funny because everyone was sooo concentrated and quiet for a long time. Everyone managed to finish the half of the temari ball and obi belt. Look at these lovely temari balls!

みんな違ってみんないい〜　finished work! inspiring colours!

やっぱり手芸好きが外せないのが手芸箱の中身拝見タイム！
針山が黄色のぶたちゃん！ノックアウトです。
これは本当は携帯置きのぬいぐるみだって〜。なるほど。チェコでは金色の豚＝お金なんです。

Yeah, you cannot miss other people's sewing boxes! This golden pig pin cushion rocks!! This is originally for a mobile phone. Good idea!

 こちらはご自分の息子さんが作ってくれたんですって。私の息子ちゃんたちが作ってくれる日が来るのかしら！？楽しみだわ〜。

This one is made by participant's son. What a nice present! My sons will make one for me soon?

 こちらはチェコの梨の針山ととっても変わったピンセット型のはさみ〜。このはさみとっても切り易そうで良かったです。展示会で購入されたようです。チェコの手芸屋さんで一般的には売ってないような気がします。

I love hand-made Czech pear pin cushion and scissors. Scissors are like a pin set! Such a cool one! 

チェコの文房具メーカー、コヒノール社の定規がかっこいい。はさみはとっても日本っぽいですよね。こちらは私ののぞいてみたプラハの手芸屋では売っていました。

Czech Koh-i-noor's rulers and Czech scissors! Quite similar to Japanese one.



そして嬉しいことに完成の手まりの写真を参加者さんが送ってくれました〜。とっても素敵な仕上がりでハッとします。シンプルに竹を組んで手まり置きにしているのにセンスを感じます。そうそう、ここにも豚ちゃんが登場してます〜。癒されます。

And one of participants sent me photos of finished temari! So fabulous! Very inspirational to see bamboos for temari! Good idea. And good to see golden pig again here. Thank you for sending me your photo!

チェコ日本友好協会でもワークショップのレポートを書いていただきました。感じは伝わるでしょうか？とってもアットホームなワークショップになったのも参加者さんのおかげです！またみなさんと一緒に手まりをかがりたい〜〜。本当にまた会える日を楽しみにしています。

Czech Japanese Association also provided a report on my workshop and hope you can see the atmosphere of the workshop. Thank you very much to participants on the day once again and I'm really looking forward to making temari with you soon in Prague! 

プラハでの素敵な時間をありがとう Thank you for temaricious and precious time in Prague!

プラハでの手まりワークショップ無事に終わりました。３時間なんてあっという間でみなさんとの時間が本当に楽しかったです。ワークショップのレポートはまた後日に♪では素敵な５月を！

Finished my first Temari workshop in Prague! Three hours of the workshop were just not enough to enjoy everything though, I had so much fun with people who joined! I will write about the workshop later. Have a nice May!

チェコの山小屋も満喫♪　Temari enjoyed Czech mountain cottage too! 

いよいよプラハへ出発 Will be in Prague in a day!

さあ、いよいよ出発です。ワークショップの糸をどうしようか迷ったのですが、いつも使っている草木染めの木綿の糸とは拘らずに今回は自由な発想で色んな糸を用意しました。刺し子の糸だったり、毛糸（コットンや絹）だったり。そして、今年勉強しようと思っている草木染めを台所で出来る範囲でやってみました。

Finally packing is done! Soon I'll be in Prague! I usually use cotton threads dyed by natural plants. But I also prepared fun threads and yarns (cotton & silk) etc. for this workshop. In addition, I tried to dye threads by myself for the first time and want to study this year.

まずは桜♪
春一番が吹いた後、息子と一緒にいつもの公園に枝を拾いにいきました。あともう少しで咲くという時期が一番色が濃いんだそう。半信半疑で染めてみたら、ほんのり桜ピンクに〜。感動しました！

First, SAKURA:-) After Spring storm, I and my son went to pick up cherry blossoms branches. Sakura branches (not petals!) , almost in full bloom have the strongest colour in a year. I dyed with a bit of doubt but magic! gentle Sakura colour turned out! So touching!

ぐつぐつ

はかないほどうっすらの桜色♪

お次はワイン！あんだけ染みになるんだから染まるよね？と家にあった赤ワインでトライ。ちなみに私、下戸です。旦那さまのワインを拝借です。

Next one is Cabernet Sauvignon! It must be the one which can dye nicely, mustn't it? By the way, I don't drink wine... I mean I cannot drink wine... such a pity person...

まさにグリューワインの香り aroma of hot-wine

最後はタンポポ〜。こちらも春しかできない染色ですね。タンポポの花をいただき、染めてみました。
Last one is dandelion! You can dye them only in this time. Thanks to dandelions, we managed to dye such a nice colour!

タンポポちゃん　Dandelion!

こんな素敵な黄色をいただきました〜。
Power of nature!

素敵な黄色！！Such a nice yellow!!

手作り糸も間に合ってほっとしました。さあ、チェコに持って行きますよ〜。

My handmade cotton threads are finally ready! Here we go!

あとあと今年のお楽しみは藍染色。蓼藍の種が芽吹きました。嬉しいなあ〜〜。これで生藍染色するのが楽しみなんです。

And this year's fun is dyeing with Japanese indigo! Planted in March and sprouts came out now! So happy to see them. I can't wait to dye with fresh leaves of Japanese indigo!

では旅する手まりです。では行ってきます。プラハのみなさまワークショップ宜しくお願いします。

Travelling Temari balls! Let's fly to Prague.