I'm making now is...

Legwarmers!

I am making ones for my daughter since it is getting chillier and chillier every day. Outside temperature these days is in the late 40's. Temperature suddenly dropped recently and I put a winter jacket to go outside.

Every time I feel cold, I try to remember the climate in Iowa. The first snow was usually in October or November when I was there. Oh... the chillness almost killed me every day in winter. I was like an Egyptian exploring in South Pole...haha. But seriously, it was suuuuuuper cold for me.

Anyway, I'll finish it soon and I hope she likes it.

Four Important Items for Sewing

These items above are super important for hand-sewing. Have you ever used any of those?

This big thing is that you pinch your fabric, and you can keep the tension on sewing so that it will be easier for you to sew.  It is called kakehari.  As you see it in the photo, I pinched the fabric and was going to sew from right to left.

My thimble...  by Clover

It is a bamboo ruler in shaku, which is an unit of  measurement that has  been used for a long time.  But this unit has become a minor unit now and we use centimeters.  Also bamboo as a material is good because it does not stretch out or shrink at all by heat.  Heat and any other circumstances can change the length of measures on other materials.  It's good to have one.  I recommend it.

This is called hera.   A tracing ruler is the most similar item I ever find.  Instead of using a pen, chalk or tracing paper, I use a hera.  And it is still used for kimono-sewing.  If you mark too much, you can tear the fabric if it's thin, so you have to be careful.

Bobbly Bobbly

I knitted a hat again for my daughter.   Well, the pattern is as same as the green hat, which I wrote about it the other day.  However, this time the size of yarn and needles are different from the green one but the gauge is the same!!!  I did not have to modify the pattern at all.  I consider myself as lucky...  haha.  Seriously, don't you think so?  I often find cute knitting patterns and try to knit but it is hard to get the same or similar gauge as said.  So, I usually give up... 

Anyway, please take a look at this hat.  The material is wool, so it is so much warmer than the green one because the green hat is made of cotton.  It is getting chiller and chiller every day, so wool will be better for my daughter.

Oriental Happiness

Here is my new pouch! All the fabrics are purchased in Japan and the item is hand-sewn as you see in the picture. Exterior fabric is very Japanese and inner fabric is bright and cute. The combination of the two different types of prints make this pouch nice I think. What do you think???

This pouch is big enough to hold your pens, erasers, scissors and more. You can keep it for yourself or give it to someone as a gift.


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