Chris has released a cute little Japanese doll design - in celebration of her recent trip to Japan as one of the winners in the Treasures of Toho contest. See the new pattern, and the winning entry, at
The trip to the factory was fun. I thought all the women there were going to have terminal beadgasms when they found themselves surrounded by literally tons of beads just sitting there in open cans and on drying trays. Can you imagine a 20 kilo can of Treasures or Aikos? And then pile lots of those cans around?
Val