amigurumi #87 M Cat with a fish iPhone cosy

created by kaori

amigurumi #86 M pink bunny with a carrot iPhone cosy

created by kaori.

Cute bunny iPhone cosy.

amigurumi #85 M mini Jack [adopted]

created by satomi

amigurumi #84 M Yellow bear iPhone cosy [reserved]

created by satomi

iPhone cosy amigurumi will be at the Stockbridge market this sunday (16 December 2012).

Great idea for Christmas present! 

Counting down for...

How many sleeps to Christmas...

© naoko 2012

At the Stockbridge market today, 7 amigurumi found their new homes.

Thank you so much.

I will be at the Stockbridge market on next Sunday (16th December 2012) again.

This will be the last time in this year to join the market, so please come and see us.

In a mean time, I hope you will have a lovely week.

The Stockbridge Market

It was a lovely day. Blue sky and Christmas decorations everywhere.
Trees are on sale and they will be the centre of attentions at each house where they are adopted for the duration of festivities filled with shiny bits and bobs.
Crisp coldness in the air, colourful hats and scarves on the people walking by, somehow faster than they did in the last month, gave me the sense that the Christmas day is just an around the corner .

On this day, 5 amigurumi found their new homes.

Thank you so much for your continuous support.

naoko

P.S amigurumi will be at the market again next Sunday, please come along if you are around in Edinburgh.

Welcome to new amigurumi members.

Thank you to Satomi for inviting along Mie and Kaori for our "not-so-regular" amigurumi meeting.
We had a fun and productive day.
I am so looking forward to meet new characters!
Thank you both for your contribution and support.

naoko

＃75 - # 83 sneak peek... Petit amigurumi series [adopted]

2nd guy from the left had been adopted at the Stockbridge market on 2nd December 2012.

[adopted] 2 petit sheep found their new home too.

created by hanae

Here they are, petit amigurumi for your bags and keys etc.

Perfect for the Christmas stocking fillers!!!

come and see us at the Stockbridge Market 

in Edinburgh @HARAJUKU KITCHEN stand!

amigurumi #74 L monkey magic [adopted]

created by hanae

Lovely monkey will be at the Stockbridge market in Edinburgh tomorrow.

amigurumi # 73 M bird trio [adopted]

cute birdies created by hanae

amigurumi #72 M bear with a nightcap [adopted]

A bear with a nightcap (AKA Lion) has been adopted 

by a chef of another stand at Stockbridge Market.

they make lovely paella!

Stockbridge Market goodies:

fried noodle, sushi, dumpling, hot-chocolate, paella, fresh pasta... yam yam...

we will definitely be back soon!!

thank you.

Stockbridge Market

Kaori the chef of HARAJUKU KITCHEN

Her fried noodle, sushi and dumplings are all delicious.

lovely day at the market.

Our amigurumi friends page update completed!

Finally I found time to update the "Our amigurumi friends" page. There you can see all our little guys who are patiently waiting to be taken to your home.  You can also see those lucky ones who found good homes.

If you are in Edinburgh this weekend, Naoko is going to be at Stockbridge Market at the HARAJUKU KITCHEN stand on Sunday with some of our cutest would-be adoptees. Come and see us!

amigurumi packed and ready for tomorrow!

amigurumi #71 M - Panda iPhone cosy - [adopted]

created by naoko

This is for Lucy. 

I hope she will love him ♥

amigurumi #70 M Bunny iPhone cosy [adopted]

bunny cosy for iPhone / iPod

created by naoko

a little chilly but sunny autumn day.

perfect day for crocheting / knitting.

hope you had a lovely weekend.

amigurumi #69 S Indian elephant [adopted]

created by naoko

inspired by dumbo the elephant.

i hear halloween is coming... mmm should i make some spiders?

amigurumi #68 M Squirrel iPhone cosy

Squirrel cosy for iPhone.

People comes and people goes, it's a new month.

Let's hope that this is a good month.

the flag came back to us

 

One and half years have past since the massive earthquake hit my hometown, Miyagi. One morning, one of my friends, Akira, from university e-mailed me with exciting news. He found the flag of our sailing team, which had swept away by the tsunami. 

Akira said, one afternoon, he just felt like stopping by the gymnasium of the Elementary school, located in the area, where tsunami hit.  There were still lots of peoples belongings that had been swept away by the tsunami and found by rescues, that had not been returned to their owners. Suddenly, one blue flag caught his eyes. That was the flag of Tohoku Gakuin University’s sailing team. He remembered that I used to be a member of that team and sent me a good news. 

I was very surprised and posted this amazing news on my facebook status. One of the sailing team members, who was in Japan, quickly responded to my post and went to pick up the flag. Others left comments, saying that they were really excited and happy to get the flag back.

Very interestingly is that Akira had nothing to do with the area but said he just had feeling that he had to go there. Something must have led him to find the flag. The news passed on to other members of the sailing team through myself, all the way from Scotland to Japan since I now live here. I felt something special by looking at the sailing flag, because it looks like Scottish flag. It too has a white cross on blue. All I did is pass on the news via e-mail, but I was happy to help to get the flag back to the team. Because all this time I had been thinking what I could do for my hometown and felt so useless since I am physically not there. 

There are still many people missing and many belongings hoping to get back to their owners. There are many arguments about how to restore the area hit by the tsunami. Most of the residents, who used to live in the area and now living in temporary housing. But they have sought to move to higher land and are not moving back to the same area.  Lots of issues are piling up for us to deal with. When can we see a full recovery? It is still going to take a long time, but I believe that my hometown has the strength and courage to recover. 

amigurumi #67 L Ouch Bear. [adopted]

Ouch! Bear

Created by naoko

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This is our the100th post on this blog! 

Wow. It should have been "Wow Bear" instead of "Ouch Bear" :-p 

Thank you so much for dropping by here at Hope for Japan amigurumi blog.

We are ever so grateful for your continuous support. 

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amigurumi #66 L - Super-cat - [reserved]

Inspired by hanae's tiger, here is Super-cat on his mission!

For those in the US, Happy Independence day!

Created by naoko

amigurumi #65 L - friendly mouse - [adopted]

created by naoko

Sendai Tanabata Festival!

Sendai Tanabata Festival is the biggest summer festival in my hometown, Sendai, Japan. 


We decorate a bamboo tree with beautiful ornaments made of Japanese “Washi” paper and “tanzaku” written our wishes on. Streaming long strip of paper of Tanabata ornaments by gentle breeze give us a sense of summer! Firework display on the festival eve is also a part of the big event. 

I would like to ask you from all over the world to take part in Sendai Tanabata Festival by posting your wishes on online tanzaku. 


One year past since the earthquake, the victims have taken step forward to recovery while still going through a lot of difficulty. I believe that presenting your wishes on the web site will encourage people in Japan to keep going for full recovery. 


Thank you!