EmilyMar 2, 20184 min readSpeaking of tradition...Scandinavian knitting not very traditional?So when I was growing up, it wasn't always easy being a half-white American half-Japanese kid in suburban Japan. It was the 1980s, and...
EmilyFeb 7, 20184 min readJapan is...not about traditionI've been thinking a lot about the relationship between "tradition" and my own designs recently. I always tell people that I make knitted...
EmilyNov 9, 20173 min readCasting 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...
EmilyOct 30, 20173 min readThe surprisingly creative juices of Jämtland, Sweden In his episode of the Netflix series, Chef's Table, Magnus Nilsson appears in the barren, stark countryside of his hometown in the...
EmilyOct 29, 20171 min readFrom inspiration to design: the shiso fields of my dreams!If you've never tasted shiso, you should go out right this second and see if you can find some. It has a beautiful herbacious plummy...
EmilyOct 29, 20171 min readFinding inspiration in IcelandI am cursed (bessed?) with the travel bug, and going somewhere new seems to be the solution to any number of life's challenges--so I...