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Imori sews!

I have always loved the more, shall we say, domestic crafts, like sewing, cooking, and of course knitting. This often comes as a surprise...

I have a problem, and its name is stationery

I had such great hopes for frequent blog posting while in Japan, but I'm leaving tomorrow and this is only my second post. So whoops!...

Where did the time go?

Somehow between my last post and now, a few months have gone by. Is this just part of getting older, that you completely lose track of...

Summer Knitting: A Trip Down (Murderous) Memory Lane

It is summer, and it is hot. I am working on a scarf in rather thin yarn that is taking a long time to finish. It also requires a lot of...

World Cup Fever Strikes imoriknits!

For my Southern Hemisphere friends, this is the middle of the winter and especially on the North Island of New Zealand, the middle of a...

And now for something...completely different!

And not in the Monty Python way (or maybe, yes in the Monty Python way?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WOIwlXE9g I've been working...

Japan is...not about tradition

I've been thinking a lot about the relationship between "tradition" and my own designs recently. I always tell people that I make knitted...

Thinking with color

I have a problem with plum. To be more specific, I have a nearly pathological obsession with the color, plum. It's not just that I like...

Kyoto, the original inspiration

It is a bit of a cliche to say that Kyoto is the cultural mecca of Japan; every advertisement beckoning tourists (both domestic and...

Everything looks so pretty! Shopping in Japan

When I am away from Japan, I always forget just how much everything is beautifully and carefully designed and packaged. I am back in...

Casting a wide net: ideas come from everywhere

(food, yummy food, as inspiration!) In my prior life (or several prior lives ago), I worked at a museum, and one of my jobs was to help...

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