{"id":721,"date":"2006-05-09T20:31:29","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T20:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=721"},"modified":"2006-05-09T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2006-05-09T20:31:29","slug":"trio-of-crafting-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"trio of crafting books"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to Kinokuniya<\/a> the other day. I hadn’t been out there or purchased any Japanese crafting books for a long while, so I guess I was due. I frantically sifted through the books (I was with my mother, and I didn’t want to make her wait for hours), and while having lunch at the adjacent Japanese restaurant (Hakatamon–best udon noodles in town), I narrowed down my choices. I came home with three books:
\nOTAMA LIFE<\/a>
\n\"otama<\/a>
\nISBN: 4-04-853744-X
\nThis is a totally random book full of these little crocheted round things in strange locations and poses. There’s something really appealing about that to me. Check them out:
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\"otama<\/a>\"otama<\/a><\/center>
\"otama<\/a>\"otama<\/a><\/center>I mean, look at that one where the otama is wearing a wig! How crazy is that? I really need to make myself some of these otama dealies.
\nThe other two books are about embroidery. I must have some fantasy about embroidering. It’s completely delusional, because I don’t embroider and probably never will, but hey, a gal’s gotta have dreams, right?
\nDesign Collection for Kids:
\n\"design<\/a>
\nISBN: 4-529-04204-9
\nVery cute designs and good graphic explanations of how to do the stitches (imperative for a non-embroiderer like me):
\n
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\"kids<\/a>\"kids<\/a><\/center>
\npoint
\n\"point.JPG\"<\/a>
\nISBN: 4-277-31148-2
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\"point<\/a>\"point<\/a><\/center>
\"point<\/a>\"point<\/a><\/center>
\nMy mother thought I should limit myself to just one embroidery book, but I think you can see why I could not choose between them! Here’s one final otama shot for you:
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