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.
crocheting animals to support children affected by the Japan Earthquake.
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
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?
Monday, 1 October 2012
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.
Friday, 14 September 2012
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.
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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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Wednesday, 4 July 2012
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
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
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.
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!
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!
Monday, 18 June 2012
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Monday, 4 June 2012
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Japan Fair in Glasgow
A charity event, JAPAN FAIR, will be held in Glasgow in JUNE!
Please come along and enjoy Japanese culture!!
Our amigurumi will be joining too.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Thursday, 12 April 2012
amigurumi # 57 L "Mini Eddie" [adopted]
I have been requested to make a miniature person.
His name is Eddie.
Created by naoko
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Thank you
Lovely wee baby with our amigurumi.
(He was born in December 2011, so cute)
Thank you all for your help.
We have donated our 2011 total of £699.63 to Ashinaga on 30th December.
We have received a thank you note from them,
which I am waiting to be forwarded to us from Japan.
I will post it as soon as I have it.
Apologies for our absence in January.
We will kick off our 2012 amigurumi collection
from February!
New amigurumi are coming soon.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Stockbridge Market on 4th December 2011
amigurumi on display.
They all look so cute!
Lovely "maneki-neko"
Thank you so much to Keith and Kaori from HARAJUKU KITCHEN
for letting us to have an opportunity to show amigutumi at the Stockbridge Market!!!
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