Our Adventures in Japan

My grandma used to make the best scrubbies (for washing dishes). I still have a couple in my "stash". The other day, we came a...

Yesterday was my beads class. Here are a couple of projects that I finished. This cute little doll can be worn as a brooch or pendant. I cro...

With leftover yarn, I decided to make a scarf. I tried to last year, but didn't have much crocheting technique then. This year's sca...

Not to jinx myself again, but it is getting cooler especially in the early morning and evening. Since Satoshi had to work today, I had some ...

Today was my crochet class. These are my last projects. Starting in two weeks, I'll begin a bead stitch class. Bead stitch has been popu...

Are there things you do before you go on a trip? I go through a little "process of events" before going on a trip or back to Hawai...

Today was my bead crochet class. We made a 3-layer dome ring. It took the whole 2 hours! I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. (Sorr...

My lesson cancelled today. So, I had some time on my hands. This is what I did...I crocheted a pendant. It was an extra project that I had ...

Today was bead crochet class. We made a necklace in which you "nejiru"--to twist the wire to make branch-like parts. I didn't...

Today was my crochet class. We made this frilly necklace with pearls and sterling silver wire. These necklaces made with purple stones and p...

What a long day today was...I had my bead crochet class. We made this napkin holder. And this necklace was a project that I wasn't finis...

On Saturday, Satoshi had to go to work, so I met my friend, Aya for lunch.  The weather was awful, raining cats and dogs. I was early, so I ...

Today we had a slight blizzard, it actually started from last night. The weather had forecasted the high as being 5C(41F) and the low -2C(28...

Okay, I've figured out what I was doing wrong...actually, the idea came to me the other day when Satoshi and I were having lunch in a so...

On Tuesday, it was Ladies Day at the Meifu Cine Pipia (a movie theatre at Meifujinja station). There was a Japanese movie that I was interes...

This other project was an extra project. I was talking with another student and we were thinking of changing classes after this one is over ...

On Thursday, I started my Intermediate bead crochet class. My teacher says I'm getting better at some of my stitches. This was a ring...

This was our final project for our beginners crochet class (a spring colored necklace). The necklace uses aquamarine chips, fresh water pea...