Finally finished ironing down the fold on the migoro (body panel) for the false back seam of the kosode. It wouldn’t have taken so long if I wasn’t filming it.
Yeah, it’s a kind of weird thing to film, but I’m also working on documenting this project via video. I needed (wanted) the small shot of it being ironed. 20 minutes of set up for a one minute clip. I hope to be able to find the time to edit along the way, but if I end up doing all the video editing at the very end, so be it.
A thing I need to work on is not postponing work on a piece of the project because I needed (wanted) to film and have lost the light. I had other things to do, but it’s something I just want to be careful about.
If anyone is wondering what I’m going to do with the flat braid, I’ll shift it to the next project as it is perfect for the sleeve ties on a hitatare kamishimo (men’s outfit in which the top, called a hitatare matches the hakama or pleated trousers). I’ll have to order more silk thread to weave a matching cord and the round cords for the chest ties, but that’s a problem for late January/early February.
With respect to weaving the kazari-himo (decorative cords) through the mushi no tareginu (curtains), I was able to see in the super zoomed in photo that the cords overlay the seam that joins panels together.
So I’ll make sure to have the weaving pop out at the right place, and I’ll join the cords together with a few stitches. It’ll be historically adequate. I still feel good about it. I am curious as to why I don’t see cords woven through above the folded down seam in this part of the image though
This is why it’s historically adequate and not historically accurate. I’m doing my best with zoomed in images.
