The shoes to be found in Tokyo deserve a post all of their very own… if, like me, you just adore shoes you might want to skip this post as it all could be too much excitement… The shoes, like…
Burda 7834, a pattern review
I’ve made another little top using Burda 7834. It is such a quick and easy little pattern, I can see myself using it a few more times, in spite of the fact I will have to re-grade it each time…
Street fashion in Tokyo
Finally, I have sorted through mine and Lisa’s photos to bring some of the best of the amazing street fashion we saw in Tokyo… thank you Lisa for letting me show some of your shots here! Tim and Lisa got some…
Easy breezy
Still been blowing an absolute gale around here; with the tail end of cyclone Bianca lingering about. A plus; the stiff breezes have thankfully kept the temperatures down with pleasantly glorious days of around 32C, which is (imo) the perfect…
Some random impressions of Tokyo (not fashion related)
To do the fashion in Tokyo any sort of justice, it has to be done separately… but here are some other impressions of this amazing city: Comic books suitable for “all age” (sic), about schoolgirls armed with machine guns? Oh,…
On knitting in planes
Further to my post on the socks knitted on our plane trip, I thought I’d give some more details on my own experiences of sky-high knitting (and above is my nearly-second pair of socks knitted on the same trip). Obviously…
Plain and simple
I was thinking of calling myself Plain Jane today; but didn’t want to offend any Janes out there. I’m sure Janes have suffered enough, having a phrase like that readymade and just waiting to be lobbied at them whenever they…
Rainstorm socks
There has to be an upside to spending hours and hours in cramped transportation going halfway around the globe, right? (Well, apart from the obvious one of ending up in some glorious exotic destination, such as Japan, natch!) Now the…
