{"id":901,"date":"2007-03-06T21:29:29","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=901"},"modified":"2007-03-06T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T21:29:29","slug":"needlin-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"needlin’ around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ay, caramba! It has been a long while since I have posted! I’ve been so busy packing up orders that I really haven’t done any crafting or anything else remotely interesting to share with you. The other day, though, I had to help my mother with some errands, which proved rather fruitful for me, cuz I got to have tasty udon and snatch some Japanese craft books.
\nHere’s my mother enjoying her udon:
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\nAnd here are my noodles. It’s gobo ten, which is burdock root tempura with udon.
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\"hakatamon<\/a><\/center>We ate at Hakatamon, which is inside the Uwajimaya supermarket in Beaverton. This is also the location of Kinokuniya books. Woohoo! Oh, and here’s another tip–I found one lonely tube of the magic pink lip balm<\/a>!
\nI didn’t purchase any sewing books, but I did pick up a couple books on handwork. I’m not sure why I got these, since I never do any handwork and know very little about it, but maybe I can learn!
\nThis one is full of little cross stitch designs:
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\nHere’s a sample page from it:
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\"small<\/a><\/center>The ISBN is 4-579-11106-0
\nI also got a sampler book of embroidery stitches:
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\"embroidery<\/a><\/center>I know nothing about embroidery, but this book has really good photos, so I figure it will be an excellent reference if I ever take up handwork.
\nA sample page:
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\"embroidery<\/a><\/center>ISBN 4-529-02401-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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