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Ai (Indigo)
ai
The dyestuff which includes an indigo blue color that is transformed from a component of a certain plant

Chingu
chingu
The ball of fibers made by the Chingu-maki process

Chingu-maki
chingu-maki
Coil 1 to 3 fibers around the left thumb to make a small ball.

Choma
choma
Scientific name: Karamushi Spin threads out of its fiber. One of the main raw materials of the yarn of Okinawa

Fukugi
fukugi
Tall, evergreen tree in Otogiriso group which is planted as a windbreak tree in Okinawa. A yellow dyestuff is made from its bark.

Guru
guru
Sarutori Ibara (Smilax china var. kuru) Plant used as red dyestuff

Hanakura-ori
hanakura-ori
Shuri Hanakura-ori The most formal and elegant fabric in Okinawa Hanaori (raised on both sides) with Sha and Ro and is technically elaborate

Hanaori
hana-ori
Hanaui. Weaving with small flower pattern raised in stripes

Hira-ori (plain weaving)
hiraori
Each warp thread passes alternately over and under each weft thread.

Ishosekkei (Design)
ishousekkei
Creating designs or patterns

Ito-basho
ito-basyo
Spin threads out of Ito-basho fibers. Basho-fu is woven with these threads

Itokuri (Spooling)
itokuri
Winding threads onto a spool or bobbin

Jofu
jofu
Light and thin fabric woven with fine hemp yarn

Kase-ito (Spool)
kaseito
Bundle of threads of a certain length wound onto a spool

Kasuri (Splash)
kasuri
Fabric with splash patterns which are made by partially dyed trreads

Kasuri-kukuri (Splash tying)
kasurikukuri
Tie the parts which should not be dyed with strings

Kasuri-toki (Kasuri untying)
kasuritoki
Remove the ties after dyeing

Katabori (Stencil cutting)
katabori
Underwriting is transferred to a thin piece of paper. Start cutting with the finer details

Kinutauchi (Pounding)
kinuta-uchi
Pound cloth to make it soft and give luster. Process with Miyako-jofu and Kumejima Tsumugi

Kudamaki (Pirn winding)
kanmaki
Winding twisted threads on the pin to use as weft

Kumadori (Shading off)
kumadori
Shade off colors with brush to add 3-dimentional impression

Kuru
kuru
Scientific name: Somemonoimo (Dioscorea cirrhosa) Plant used as brown dyestuff

Kurubo
kurubo
Nakahara Kuroki (Symplocos lucida var. nakaharae) Plant used as yellow dyestuff

Mawata Tsumugi
mawata-tsumugi
Spin threads from floss silk

Miezu
miezu
Design patterns for Kimoto made for the Shuri royal family and aristocrats during the Ryukyu Dynasty

Minsah
minsa
A kind of Okinawa fabric, a narrow belt made of cotton

Mon-ori
monori
Weaving with raised figures known for its beautiful raised threads like flowers

Nigashi
nigashi
Refining threads in boiling lye makes them soft and easy to dye

Osa (Reed)
osa
Accessory of the loom to adjust location of warp and weave weft into cloth

Osa-doshi
osadoshi
Passing warps through reed

Refining
seiren
Remove the fibron from the raw silk and make it softer and whiter

Ro-ori (Silk gauze)
ro-ori
Translucent silk gauze made of a kind of leno weave technique

Ryukyu Ai (Ryukyu indigo)
ryukyu-ai
Perennial plant in Kitsunenomago group. Indigo dye is made from its fermented leaves. This Indigo plant is native to Okinawa

Seikei
seikei
Determine the length and number of warp threads used for one roll of fabric and set it up

Seishoku (Weaving)
seishoku
Weaving a fabric

Sha-ori (Gauze)
sya-ori
A pair of warp threads is "twisted" when a weft thread is woven and makes an opening

Sharinbai
sharinbai
Tikachi or Tekachi in Okinawan language Plant used as brown dyestuff

Soko (Heddle)
soko
It holds a warp thread so it can be raised or lowered during the weaving process.

Soko-doshi
sokodoshi
Remove the reed used and pass the warp threads one by one through heddle

Tadeai (Polygonum indigo)
tade-ai
The leaves are fermented and a blue dye (indigo) is made from this plant. Most common plant of this kind in Japan

Takabata (tall handloom)
takabata
Handloom operated by sitting on a chair and raising/lowering the heddle by foot

Taneito-tori
taneito-tori
Mark Kasuri parts with ink according to the pattern for Kasuri tying

Tateito (Warp)
tateito
The warp threads in a woven fabric

Tikachi
thikachi
Sharinbai Plant used as brown dyestuff

Tisaji
thi-saji
Tekin or a kind of handkerchief

U-biki
u-biki
Scrub the boiled skins with bamboo scissors to remove impurities

U-daki
u-daki
Boil Basho skins in wood lye

U-hagi
u-hagi
Peel off Ito-basho skins

U-umi
u-umi
Find fiber from the bottom, tear it off into threads using fingernails and tie them in a weaver’s knot

Yokoito (Weft)
yokoito
The weft threads (the treads woven across warp) in a fabric

Yorikake (Twisting)
yorikake
Twisting threads prevents them from breaking or napping

Yuna
yuna
Oh-hamabou Plant used as grey dyestuff mainly with Kumejima Tsumugi