adjustments 29ajiro (wickerwork) 114aminofushi (netting) 87aomori (green forest) 82Aomori Prefecture 6, 7, 9, 10ashigemasu (dappled) 117bagsDrawstring Bags 56-9Mini Tote Bag 44-6beko no kura (ox harness saddle) 111bekozashi (cow stitch) 69, 72Bobbles 64-5borders/frames 49, 58diagonal 96-103hemstitch fringe 54horizontal 104-9Brooches 64-5Buttons 64-5charts, working from 21Chuzaburo Tanaka 14Coaster Collection 34-5colours, use of multiple 27cotton 6, 18, 20Cushion Cover 38-9cutting equipment 17danbunko (dragonfly) 71designing kogin 28-9Drawstring Bags 56-9dyes 6fabric 6, 18-19, 22-3edges 22, 30finding the centre 22finishing off 26flowers, drawstring 59Framed Pictures 66-7fukube (gourd) 69, 71''Gestures in Clothing'' exhibition 2013 12Greetings Cards 32-3Hair Bobbles 64-5hana tsunagi (linked flowers) 74hanako (flower) 71, 79hanako no hashira iri (flower with column) 75hanako no yabanezashi (flower arrow stitch) 76handles 46hanging loops 51hashira (thread pillars) 73, 75, 83, 88, 93hemp 6, 18Higashi (east) kogin 5, 8, 9, 52, 88, 96, 104, 124Hirosaki 6-7, 9, 11Hirosaki Kogin Lab 12-13, 15, 21, 70, 119-20hishi (diamond) 86, 110-17ichimatsu (Ichimatsu''s check) 79, 105idowaku (well frame) 74ishidatami (stone pavement) 71, 79, 81, 117ito no hashira iri uma no kutsuwa (horse bit with thread pillar) 73ito nagare (thread flow) 69, 79, 88-9, 95-100itobashi iri ogata ido waku (thread column big well club) 123itsujiage (over five wraps) 79itsusuji no kacharazu (five warps, not back side) 71itsutsubishi (five diamonds) 113jizashi (basic stitch) 86, 87, 105kacharazu no itoire (not backside of threads) 79kacharazu no itokakomi (wrapped thread, not back side) 72kakomi (enclosure) 90, 96, 101-3katazashi (shape stitch) 112kawari sayagata (saya brocade variation) 75ki (tree) 82kiji no ashi (pheasant''s foot) 111kikko (hexagon) pattern 69, 84, 86-7Kikuko Miyake 15kinone no kikurake (tree root''s bend) 75koginbooks 15, 16current trends 16definition 4designing 28-9fabric 6Higashi (east) 5, 8, 9, 52, 88, 96, 104, 124Mishima (three stripe) 5, 8, 9, 96, 104Nishi (west) 5, 8, 9, 88, 96, 104, 121origins 5revival 11thread 6Kogin Fes 16kogorizashi (small frozen stitch) 73koko notsubishi (individual diamonds) 112komakurazashi (small pillow) 69kumozashi (spider stitch) 69, 74kurumi gara (walnut shell) 75kurumi gara no itozashi (walnut shell cross stitch) 76kusuji age no mameko (soyabean over nine warps) 72kusujiage (over nine warps) 79large patterns 118-24linen 18maedare aprons 10maetate (foundation row) 23, 24-5makanai jackets 10materials 17-20matsu kasa (pine cone) 84Mishima (three stripe) kogin 5, 8, 9, 96, 104mistakes, correction 26misujiage sanbon no oyo (three times three threads variation) 94mitsubishi (three diamonds) 113modoko (basic kogin patterns) 47, 69, 70, 88, 96motifs 70-7arrangements 88-95moyo no suso no osae (hem support pattern) 105Muneyoshi Yanagi 11musubi bana (bound flower) 71, 81, 93nagai urokozashi (long scale stitch) 82nanatsubishi (seven diamonds) 113Nanbu hishizashi 4, 52, 56, 61, 68-9, 78fabrics 18motifs 110-17origins 9-10stitching technique 25Naomichi Yokoshima 12, 15nashi no monko (pear motif) 117needles 18threading 23neko no ashi (cat''s paw) 38-9, 72, 89neko no managu (cat''s eye) 72, 82, 115, 117Nishi (west) kogin 5, 8, 9, 88, 96, 104, 121nokogiri ha (saw tooth) 111nokogiri no ha (saw''s teeth) 79ogino monko (fan motif) 117oru (weave) 90Pattern Library 68-124pattern names 69Phone Case 60-3Pictures, Framed 66-7Place Mat 36-7projects 30-67Purses, Small 40-3ramie cloth 6samplers 47-51sayagata (saya brocade) 28, 74, 83, 101Setsu Maeda 11, 28sewing kit 18shijisuji age no mameko (soyabean over seven warps) 71shijisujiage (over seven warps) 79shijisuji no kacharazu (seven warps, not back side) 71shima kogin no shima (shima stripe) 105shimadazashi no musubi bana nagare (shimada stitch and bound flower thread flow) 95shimadazashi (shimada stitch) 71shonai shashiko 4small continuous patterns 78-87, 88snap fasteners 40-3, 60, 62so moyo (continuous pattern) 79soba kaku (sideways angle) 85sobakarabishi (diamond chaff) 114soroban (abacus) 69, 85, 87soroban dama (abacus bead) 111, 116starting off 23, 24stitching technique 24-5sugiha (cedar leaf) 79ta no aze (rice field''s ridge) 73Table Runner 52-5take no fushi (bamboo joint) 69, 105-9take watashi (bamboo shoot) 122tatewaku (rising steam) 84tateya sugi (standing arrow cedar) 81techniques 21-9tekka (coin thimbles) 18tekona (butterfly) 74, 77, 92threads 6, 20, 22-3tied skeins 22tomarazu (endless) 74tools 17-20uma no kutsuwa (horse bit) 69, 73, 91, 93uma no kutsuwa mameko tsunagi (horse bit and linked bean) 95uma no managu (horse''s eye) 115ume no hana (plum blossom) 73, 112''unstitching'' 26uroko mon (scale) 111, 114, 116uroko (scale) 69, 71, 74, 82, 86, 92Wall Hanging 47-51woollen thread 20yabane (arrow feather) 84, 114yabane zashi (arrow stitch) 75, 77yanagi no ha (willow leaf) 87yanoha (arrow flight) 115, 117yasukozashi (trip up stitch) 72, 77yatsubishi (four diamonds) 113yokko gori (group of four) motif 47, 72yotsu mameko (four beans) 77yotsubishi (four diamonds) 72, 1113, 16.