We had a very nice weekend. It was the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown so we met Olinda there for lunch. We thought Isabelle would enjoy it but I mostly wanted to go here, where I got to hurriedly flip through books (hurriedly because of little tugging hands of course). I wasn’t planning on getting more children clothing books but I did. I actually wanted to get a book to make clothes for me but I ended up getting these two.

My favorite dresses from the book on the left, are this and this. And my favorites from the other book are this and this. Maybe we’ll go back next week for the parade and then I’ll get a book for me…maybe…

Anyhoo back to what I was saying. We had yummy food and walked around and then later that evening we had dinner with my father, sister, and nephew. And when we got back to my parent’s house Isabelle played with her cousin Ebow in his little car. And that’s the video I have to show. I missed it all. I was downstairs helping my dad but Alan got it on video using his camera phone! Yay!! So here it is, (Quicktime, 852 KB). I love the part where Isabelle pushes the button and claps her hands and shakes her head to the music.

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I’m thinking about making this Mom’s Bag for the Sew I Knit along. It’s from For Sweet Baby. This will be challenging for me seeing as I don’t read Japanese. But I hope I’ll be able to figure it out by looking at the pictures. It seems to be just rectangular shapes. Seems easy enough. I can do that. And I think I’ll add pockets inside.

Here are the other pictures of the bag from the book.

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I wandered over to Futuregirl’s Gallery by way of Crafting Japanese and saw the cutest toy puppy she made. It just sent me over the edge. I’ve tried ordering from Amazon Japan before but just couldn’t figure it out. Well that day it worked. It was meant to be. So I ordered that book along with four other yummy books that I have had my eye on. (can books be yummy? Yes! I think they can!!)

These are the books I bought:
ISBN: 4579110544 Clothes for girls
ISBN: 4391130122 Crocheted Kitty
ISBN: 4579109783 The one Futuregirl has with the cute puppy
ISBN: 452904114X Softies
ISBN: 4056041792 and more softies especially love the bunny

Now if only I could read Japanese…

Well maybe I can figure out the patterns…(says this non sewer)

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When we went to visit Helen yesterday she gave me a doll making book. And it wasn’t even my birthday.

They are beautiful. I like these 2 the most. Now I will have an idea on how to make dolls for my baby. I say have an idea because the book is in Japanese. It has pictures so I’m hoping I’ll be able to figure it out.

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I saw a friend the other day and we exchanged Christmas gifts. Yes yes Christmas has come and gone but I haven’t seen her in a while.

And what did she get me? Cranium (awesome game) and A KNITTING BOOK!! Simple Knits with a Twist by Erika Knight. I especially like the flower-trimmed evening bag (which Waldo would be covering) and the molded wire bowl (which is under his paw). I haven’t ever knit with wire but I would really like to try it. I like working with wire and it’s one of the items on my to do list of projects I want to tackle.

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The yarn store where I learned to knit is closing. Helen told me yesterday and so Alan drove me to San Francisco today to buy yarn. Which I did, balls and balls and balls of yarn. I bought a book too. And Helen got a doggy sweater book. Books we can’t read, they’re in Japanese we think. But they had such cute things that I want to make. I don’t know if I will be able to but maybe I can figure it out. That’s what the shop owner did. She just looked at the pictures.

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