"People stare""Back in my country I can wear strappy dresses""Masks are a muzzle. In my country we don't wear them any more""I feel constricted in Japan because *insert reason why Japan is not another country*".I come across comments such as these with some regularity on Instagram, and 90% of the time from white people, mostly… Continue reading Food for Thought III: Cultural Imperialism and majority privilege
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Bast fibers of Japan
After much procrastination, it is here: a short guide on bast fibers in Japan. This took way too long to research, if I have to be honest with you 😅 but in truth I explored several walls of kanji so there’s that. First of, let’s define bast fibers: bast fibers are plant fibers collected from the… Continue reading Bast fibers of Japan
Japanese Knit Charting – 1/?
Hello Friends. Yet again another no-tailoring-omg post.As you all know I've been knitting up a storm in the last 9 months or so. I have to say knitting is way more relaxing than sewing, not to mention portable and fairly mindless, so naturally it fits very well in my WFH/office life.After seeing how somebody seemingly reinvented… Continue reading Japanese Knit Charting – 1/?
Food for Thought II: my Design Process
I recently got this question from a Patron: I'd love to know about your process when planning projects and making design decisions within a gender expansive lens. So many resources are created within the binary, so how do you navigate the process of creating garments that feel affirming to you? And what approaches do you… Continue reading Food for Thought II: my Design Process
Food for Thought I: Introversion and the Value of Silence.
Last weekend I went out with some colleagues - which honestly should have already been a red flag, but I digress . I generally shy away from such events, but it was my chance to meet a person I was eager to get to know (we had a blast) so I obliged.In conversation, it came… Continue reading Food for Thought I: Introversion and the Value of Silence.
Community Recommended: Knitting Project Bag Recos
Three days ago I decided to start knitting - after being convinced by some very cool friends to take it up.I like to be organized and my house is very very dusty due to living on a trafficked road, so I asked the community for recommendations for a project bag I could sew and you… Continue reading Community Recommended: Knitting Project Bag Recos
Knitting – vest recos
Once again the knitting community did not disappoint so here are the most popular options for knitted vests/slipover. Personally, I'm going to wear this either by itself or as a layering piece underneath other clothes and not on top, so high armholes are a must. I'm leaning towards Vest no. 1 because it is a… Continue reading Knitting – vest recos
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