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Please excuse a very creased kimono, it recently came out of a wash and it seems like hanging it on the kimono hanger wasn't enough, and I have been procrastinating with ironing it, anyone else can relate?

Quick and dirty Obon coordination because I simply forgot until today that it's Obon time and I wanted to coordinate my new Suu obidome with my wakka yōkai parade obi for Obon this summer.

The summer sanbuhimo is also new, and a first one for me, I knew of natsumono sanbuhimo, but they are super rare even brand new. I'm sad to say that soon after I bought this one, it sold out. But it's not like you need a summer sanbuhimo for obidome, it's mostly a gimmick item, but it's so cool, I really wanted at least one in my collection.

The obiage is something I hand dyed probably close to a decade ago now. I'm happy how well it coordinates with the obijime, I didn't have an obijime that matched it before so it was never really used.

The little key charm as netsuke is a little fūrin bell, I either bought it online or when I visited Japan, it's been yesrs so I don't remember anymore.

Since we have a bit of a bat trend going on in the sub, this is from a fashion show by Wasoukan in London (when they still operated there) a decade ago. The whole outfit was made with a bat motif rinzu, a decade later, it still impresses me because it's so rare in modern kimono. The last photo is the lining of a haori that was worn with the whole outfit, isn't it super cool?

Turns out Reddit (rightfully so) does not like certain Russian websites so the post was removed when I tried to add details of my own search, but I just wanted to say that after lots of digging and google translate helping me out, I have found the original pattern designer and wanted to share some details for those who were also interested in it. No, it's not AI even if some people were adamant it was because how it "felt" to them.

The creator of this design can be found on instagram under @aishacreative and if you scroll down, they posted their design in September 2019. Since the creator is from Russia, there is no easy way to purchase the design and I will not be linking or specifying where the pattern is available again as to not attract more of the Reddit wrath.

I now have enough closeups of the shawl from different angles too so I can reverse engineer it myself when my WIP pile goes down, I'm not going to risk my card details to Russian websites sadly.

Just moved this chunky cutie from the pavement as I walked home. What butterfly will she become?

Location: Stockholms län, Sweden

Vaguely based on a pattern from Mollie Makes, Issue 10, but I have free-handed the lace parts.

Crochet hook 0.9mm

Yarn: Linde Hobby Bloom Lace

I have recently been on a wrist warmers spree after digging this pair up from my gloves box. You could say it started it all, even if this was completed some time in 2013 and I never really wore them (I think it was the final moments of my lavender obsession back then and I stopped wearing the colour around that timw so I had no need for them anymore).

This one was made out of a pattern from Mollie Makes, Issue 10, but I have adapted it in my most recent projects to change the granny stitch area shape and changed the lace part to designs I have created myself (which I will share later as they need to be blocked first)

I wish I could tell you the yarn but it's been so many years. The most recent ones I have been making with Limde Hobby Lace Bloom yarn with 0.9mm hook so that would work for the project like this too.

It's based on this pattern I reverse engineered but I made it slightly taller

https://theknitting4.cafe24.com/shop2/product/motif-net-bag-pdf-pattern/164/category/58/display/1/

I still need to find a light green lining fabric but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, it now holds my most current crochet project haha

Yarn is Linde Hobby Cotton 8/4 in Algae colour, crochet hook is 2.5mm. This is deliberately smaller than the original as I wanted something small to carry my doilies projects, but the next step will be stocking up in the 8/8 version of this yarn to make a proper shopping bag because I want that too.

The background gives me an AI ick, and there is just something about the shadows around her and on the garment that just does not make sense to me, possibly something around her head has been manipulated too. I believe the garment itself might be a real deal, AI can mimick kimono and haori better nowadays, without puckered seams and the imperfection of the collar being too short for the hem that looks like a human sewing mistake rather than AI generated.

Credit: House of Kimono haori sewing pattern listing, I can add link if it's necessary.

I heard there was a memo that we are doing the infamous Kyoetsu gingham and waves this year, so who am I to question the directive? Hahaha

I stuck some not so matching hydrangeas for the obiage an obijime I made a couple of years ago. It's a bit of a mish-mash, but I was uninspired for a nicer coord. I feel like I don't have enough very casual spring/summer obi to go with this glorious kimono, time to change that!

A reminder to all because I just randomly remembered it's the end of May, so Gofuku no Hi time, I nearly missed it myself!

Are you planning a coord already? I just remembered about it, and I dunno what I have in my wardrobe to wear on the day, time to rummage through my stuff!

I realised some people are not obsessively following certain kimono designers as I do, so they are yet to see those obidome (and kanzashi) masterpieces that Suu recently came up with. They definitely underestimated how popular they would get, so it took probably less than a week for them to run out of stock. They usually remake their designs, so I'm sure they will be back in stock soon, so this is your notice to start saving up for the one you like the most haha

Which one is your favourite?

I already splurged on ittan momen one and hopefully will have it in my hands just in time for some yōkai summer coordinations.

Secondly, can you name all the yōkai that they made?

Here is the link to their obidome selection, but as you will notice, most of the stuff is currently sold out.

https://palnartpoc-store.com/ic/cat-011

Inspired by u/bebetaian 's recent post. Photos in no particular order because reddit app hates me,and basically from whatever I found on my mobile, so it's a sort of limited selection, but I hope it can inspire you!

Seems like I have absolutely no choice over which photo appears in which position on the carousel, so you get the closeup first before seeing the overall look. That's reddit choice haha

So it was a Sakura Day, but since I did not want to compete with the flowers and it's the season for fuji in Japan already, I decided to go for that flower instead. Next time I will definitely choose an awase, it was so cold! I suffered for fashion in my newly purchased and retailores Kyoetsu gingham hitoe komon, and I also finally got a chance to wear my gorgeous fuji obidome.

I made a decision last minute to go for a milk tea sanbuhimo instead of lavender because the other one was getting sort of lost in the overall look, but this one stands out nicely and compliments the colour of clay used for the obidome.

I also had a bit of an accident with the zōri, after serving me well for 15 years, the sole on one completely fell off as soon as I reached the location. Fortunately, it's fixable, and depending on the new glue's durability, I will probably get some more use out of them once I reattach the sole.

I got so many compliments about the coordination and the obi, it was almost overwhelming. This obi especially is a stunner and still one of my most favourite purchases even after over a decade of owning it (and I will forever thank ichiroya for this great find)

The empress had a great taste ngl.

I was just looking through my stories on instagram this year and was reminded of this gem I found reading the newest kimono motifs publication.

I thought folks here would appreciate it too.

I so wished I knew of and visited this exhibition, looks like it was something really special!

The catalogue is available for download here: https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/research/exhibition-catalogues/object/Ex0201303/?fbclid=PAb21jcANHsV9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp78Giy4zf6NwMJB1F1pmJNdeRZbAmca5JW6NWdRc_1v-zLwR9vGw5i8Ag8cc_aem_BAmqnjU48uBL2wbgZyD_xQ

The obiage and obijime might not make too much sense until you really zoom in on the obi design. Those grasses use so many colours! Including oranges, greens and yes, this pale sort of red that I used for obiage.

That's my favourite way to create coordinations - pick the colours used somewhere in the design in smaller amount to bring them up with obiage and obijime once again to emphasise them a little bit more. 🩷