We had a great time over Easter, eating hangi, swimming in clear blue seas and op shopping.  Here is but a small peek at the goodies I picked up over the break.

Very soon to be handwarmers, perhaps in Esther Bozak’s Mock Kilting Stitch 

I think legwarmers, but I don’t really know, I just love these colours together.

And a set of four of these plates.

We also got two candlewick bedspreads, a set of lampshades, a three piece suit, and cups full of buttons and lace and lovely bits. Thanks Sallies.

Thanks for your comments and nagging motivation! The essay is done and gone, and I am off for a loooong Easter break to catch the last remaining tidbits of summer.

Have a fun Easter and eat lots of chocolate!

Another post this week and it is only Tuesday? Could it be that I have much more pressing things to do that I am trying desperately to avoid?

This is a jumper I finished around hanami 2006 (retro!).

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It has been a long time since I have had a good thorough procrastination, but now, being back at school and with deadlines pursuing me from every side, I finally have a chance, and knitting just makes the procrastination soooo easy. There is a FO in the house, which I have been wearing constantly and which shall be debuted once I can get some photos of it in action, in beautiful Avril Tweed, and the minute it was off the sticks I cast on for another Avril Tweed and cables combo.

This yarn is so special, I really wanted to make something that deserved to be knit out of it, but I also wanted to design something myself, so this will no doubt end up being ill fitting and mismatched, but that is the beauty of knitting I suppose, if you make something crappy you can rip it all out and start again.

*Also, I have updated my About page with a photo that better illustrates my geographical location.

I was unpacking (yes still!) a box the other day when this popped out at me.

The very first thing I knit after picking up knitting 6 long years ago.

(edited to remove gratuitous sentimentality)

Well, we are back.

Tokyo has already shrunk in my memory, kind of like an odd dream you have that you can only remember glimpses of. It is really nice to be home sometimes, but at other times, It is really hard. I don’t think I fully imagined how hard the reverse culture shock would be, it is all very confusing. There are the cuter parts of it that I anticipated, like listening in to other people’s conversations, and walking into a shop and knowing they will stock pants that I can pull up further than my knees, but other parts of it certainly are not cute or anticipated. The price hikes, the unsettling blend of familiarity and change, even the easiness of everything is oddly frustrating. Luckily, I love the house, and I love the town and I love my country.

The summer has been hot hot hot, and my sweaty fingers are drawn more to beer than knitting, but I do have a simple hoodie vest in luscious Avril Tweed on the go, the knitting for Agnes is done (though the news is not great, i think the fit is odd, whaddya know, it looks better on the flat chested model than the bountifully chested moi), and am knitting up a super cute, all-pink, hyper-femme Cisco for a gorgeous girl. Here is a scarf finished in Tokyo, it is far too long, but I love the colour, and I love the lacy crochet.

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