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Fleece Socks

October has come, and the weather has suddenly become cooler, looking more like autumn.
Fleece Socks are soft and comfortable for our foots. Old Uniqlo freece shirt turned my socks. I did embroidery L and R on them like Falke socks.

socks pattern(Japanese)

昨シーズンまで着ていた古いユニクロのフリースを靴下にリメイクしてみました。ファルケの靴下ようなLRの刺繍入りです。足元が暖かいと全身が暖まりますね。

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Karakusa embroidery

I tried to stitch a piece of Karakusa embroidery on my handkerchief this time.

The handkerchief I had bought at UNIQLO was changed.
I found the thin needle and fine threads was better for the handkerchief because the weave was pretty close. At the part of flower, I used large needle and three threads. That's why the flower was harsh.

ユニクロのハンカチが変身です。「日本・中国の文様事典」より、唐草模様を今度はハンカチに刺繍してみました。ハンカチに刺繍するときは糸と針を細くしないといけないですね。あまり気にしていなかった花部分は刺繍が荒くなってしまいました。

I'm trying to do traditional Japanese Sashiko!

I'm preparing to send the Sashiko work to Katarina. She gave me her mother's great woven work. I'll introduce the work here in time. And it's my turn, I'm trying to do Sashiko work. I'm really happy to exchange our works. I had heard of craft exchange but I never really thought that I would do it.

The Sashiko work takes time but it's not difficult. I do it at café, the kitchen, the office at lunchtime....everywhere.

クラフトエクスチェンジという名前は知っていましたが、まさかわたしがすることになるとは思いませんでした。フィンランドのKatarinaさんから素敵な織物をいただき（近々紹介します）わたしは今刺し子を用意しているところです。刺し子は編み物以上に携帯性がいいのでどこでも出来るのがよいですねー。

sashiko kettle holder

How do I say this in English? Kitchen mitten? Kettle holder? I made it from vintage feedsack that I bought at "Cottonfield" in Kichijoji.

I did sashiko on the back side.

Obi purse

I got a secondhand obi at an antique shop near my house and I made a little purse with the obi material.

 
Obis are so long. It is about 4m long. Almost all the material is still remaining.

accessory pocket

 An accessory pocket is ready to give a friend of mine. It was embroidered with "H", her initial.

Cotton gauze by Naomi Ito is inside.

The bag is so tiny and the obversion was complicated! But I think I did rather well.

some embroidery yarn

I got some embroidery yarn.

I found a old craft shop next to a supermarket that I usually go to.I thought the shop was selling clothes for elderly people until I got there.
Yesterday, for the first time, I went into the shop and asked the clerk if she have some yarns, then she brought a big box filling with many colorful yarn. She told me that the DMCs would not lines of business so they were on discount. Because of that, I bought some yarn.

a dog

This lovely illustration was drowned by my colleague. It is posted his blog, "Rakugaki Diary".

I also did embroidery on other clothes. Doing embroidery litte flowers is easy and they are cute! I like it.

K for what?

I found a good embroidery book at a book shop near my house by chance and I bought it. With the book I did embroidery of my initial on the handkerchief.  Doing embroidery is fun!

embroidered sleep mask

I made a sleep mask with the old T-shirt and the towel. It may lead a good sleep.

I will take it when I travel by air.

Today is a rainy day. It was hot and humid like summer last week but it is chilly today. It suddenly comes autumn.

I like this season of the year! My birthday is almost here.