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Strawberries

15 May 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

We got some strawberries at the Beaverton Farmer’s Market. They just reopened last week and it’s our first time going there this season. These are very nice strawberries, but honestly, I’m more excited about the beer-brat on a bun with sauerkraut I had at the market:D

Market

10 April 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

We are at Portland Farmers Market. It’s totally lovely outside! This is our first time coming to this particular market (there are many in Portland area, and we were going to the one more convenient for actually buying veggies and things), and it’s completely fabulous. There are many bands playing (quite good music too!) and lots of yummy things ready for eating. We were so busy eating delicious things, having very very good cup of coffee (I can’t remember the name of the vendor…but it was very good), chatting with our friend Laruen, and watching Immi&Eden run around that only photo I got of the market is this:

It’s only Monday, and I can’t wait to go back!

Spider

20 March 2010 Written by Kyoko 2 Comments

We have a new friend in our garden! This little spider is working up a web on our blueberry bush and the balcony railing.

Saturday Coffee

27 February 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

Regular cup of coffee. It’s still special because it’s Saturday!

Knitting…

12 February 2010 Written by Kyoko 1 Comment

…So I’m trying to figure out how to knit socks. This is one item that really doesn’t crochet well (Crochet socks are ugly! And probably uncomfortable to wear as well).

After reading some books at the store, poking around Ravelry and the web, I decided that I want to make the socks from toe up so that I can make them as long as I can with yarn on hand (…since I believe that socks are longer the better!).

The socks I’m trying to make has “short-row” toe and heel (…whatever that means…) so that’s what I’m figuring out. Seriously, it took quite a bit of determination learning this from written instruction supplemented with a few photos). But I did eventually figure it out. Here’s the practice toe made with big needle and thick yarn (I use this little ball of yarn for practicing and unraveling over and over again). The yellow yarn is temporary stitchings (it’s crochet actually) for a technique called “provisional cast on”, it gets unraveled, discarded, and the stitches that are left behind are put on a needle at later point.