Do you know about the folded thread "books" made by the
Miao peoples of China? They are quite magical, and a search for
images finds many, including these -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk52ODZ0GUwilz4NVIag49DfGbCnyYFdCQ_4ajnXRbVlXUvCbCcu8ByUaIhOZWi2pyC5drQUISOEXNpzlAce-pihH-KnSq5wEO83qBaJLpnFrocrV4u7E_MI_DmDMLDHnjuqsp5A/s1600/foldedsecrets2.jpg) |
using traditional patterns (via) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK6WBPdXG0-_clzkPi460RQy4GeWPojvrukeexSiMwsaVg9tdxrtsduKhzvV8yFQK7IdHG_Qy7pBhClpJJIDnoQiXw40cbW4QeerOzCAUBmO1wPERuXXIos2M6ls341qmemyvZA/s1600/sara+foulks.JPG) |
from the collection of Sarah Foulks (via) |
Here's a version made following the instructions set out by Ruth Smith, who researched these in China and wrote a book about the technique (and is
teaching it) -
and another, from
another blog -
The Chinese name for these books, I learned
here, is zhen xian bao (needle thread pockets).
5 comments:
very wonderful!
Sandy
And interesting! Thank you for share
I have learned this to make in the Netherlands by Mieke Gorter with original miao materials.. it is amazing and beautiful ;-)).. so it nice to see it here
Always happy to see these. I find them so rewarding to make, and use.
Just discovered these at the World Textile Day in Stirling. If I hadn't just purchased a budget blowing piece of work from John Gillow I would have been VERY tempted!
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