hiro's birth announcement, which i finished before he was born (except for the birth date and weight, of course). i had it framed more than three years ago, but even though i went as early as i could, it wasn't finished before i had to return to japan. so, it's been in my mother's house for a looooong time. that is, until my brother visited and brought this in a suitcase. thank you john!!

sasha's announcement:



um, yeah. sasha will be three in a few months. *sigh* oh well, i guess i could claim that i've been busy! and then, i just recently got into knitting and crochet. i am working on a couple of crochet projects at the moment, but i intend to start knitting a baby blanket for a neighbor. (hm...wonder if i should get some caffeine pills...just kidding!)

both of these projects are from this book, which my mother sent me. she also sent me the yarn (thanks mom!) because i have not seen red heart here (where i live) in japan. first is an afghan called reversible shells. i actually couldn't understand the instructions but i asked on red heart's website and got an answer back, and now i can do it no problem! talk about customer service!! i actually took a picture of the 'wrong' side, because at the moment i'm working on a row of white. the multi-color is continuous, but the white has to be fastened off on its row.



tommy and sasha petting the blanket:



folded over so you can see the front:




and...i'm still working on the rose in bloom afghan. i only have four squares completed, meaning i've woven in the ends (of yarn). i have more than twenty altogether finished (i need to make 70).



macro:




(pssst! this is my third post today. be sure to check the previous two posts if you haven't read them already!)