2010 Handmade Presents

2010 Handmade Presents
Time came to think about the presents. This year around 40” square blankets for covering the knee are made for presents.


These are the blankets. All 6 of them have different stitches. Some are made by knitting and others are crocheted. Chicago is very cold in winter, so hopefully everyone enjoys these blankets.
Hiroko appreciates her mother so much. She had very good hands for craft. She remade her children’s sweater and Japanese Kimono all year around. She asked Hiroko to make socks to match with the sweater which was made by her for a field trip day. Hiroko remembered with happy feeling to wear the almost brand new sweater and matched socks.
Hiroko had to move to Grand-ma’s house in Hokkaido during the war time. There were no socks, gloves and many other things because of the war, so we had to make the thing what we need. Hiroko and her cousins made the gloves and socks with the fabric strips which was made from the old kimono. Those socks and gloves kept our hands and feet warm in Hokkaido.
Hiroko believes God gave her the ability for crafts hands as her spiritual gift. She committed to use the gift next year to teach children making things at Saturday Night events: cushion, origami mobile and aquarium for Father’s day present, pin-cushion for Mother’s day present, the angels, tree ornaments or trees at Christmas. Hopefully children will enjoy making these things. And there will be cooking lessons, too: cookies and pizza.
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Here are another presents:
Hiroko’s hands are very cold; especially the first joint of her index finger there is the arthritis lump.
The lump becomes so much pain, that Hioko made no finger tip gloves.


These gloves kept Hiroko’s fingers and hands very warm. So Hiroko made couple more for the people who are saying their hands are cold in this Chicago’s cold weather.