I've been pretty absent from blog writing. The torrent of work and relational trauma last autumn and winter required a long recovery,...

Welcome back to my several part series on the life of one of the best people I know: Teruo Hirokawa If you haven't read the first part of...

This month we're going to have a Christmas market on the 23rd from 10:00 am to 5:00pm. Please come around if you have time! There will...

If you've followed this blog from the beginning, you'll notice a few differences. First being: it's on a completely different website...

The Tsubame Trousers Autumn has finally crept in. Per usual, the winding down of another year has me wallowing in nostalgia. I’m not sure...

The Teruo Hirokawa Files: Part 1 The Beginnings of a Master Tailor I have no idea where a person should begin when telling the life story...

It's been a minute. Between making jumpers and preparing for autumn, and all of the micro-jobs involved in having a small studio, and...

Our Iteration of a Tokyo Necessity... The "farmhouse blanket shawl" On my way home recently I became trapped in a Tokyo commuter train...

"The Goat Coat": Part 3. Tailoring comes on Tuesday this week. What a lucky bit of alliteration. I decided to keep an open mind on my...

Another Sunday came and went. The inevitable drum beat of change is overwhelmingly loud once again. I fucking hate that sound....

I was watching some old clips of an Anthony Bourdain series called “Raw Craft” this afternoon. There is a quote in the intro that made me...

Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop The "Goat Coat": Part 1 On Sunday I get the privilege of spending 8 hours making coats. It's the only day...

In the last six months of my life, (which I’ve decided to call “The great depression”) I have noticed another emotion bubbling to the top...

When I was 23, and a new immigrant to Japan, I wandered into a craft supply store near my apartment and was agog at the wide array of...

“Hurt an artist, and you’ll see masterpieces of what you’ve done” - unknown This is not the first thing I wanted to talk about here, but...

Hi. I’m so glad you are here. I'm Cassandra. Please join me in taking up space. Lift your shirt, and let us gaze at our navels together....

If you haven't noticed (via love and wool), my favourite thing in the world is fairisle knitting. I love stranded colour work. I adore...

Through all crises. I think I found a way to help... 私にも出来る事が見つかりました。 It is easy for me to be accidentally blind to real hardship, even...

Real Fairisle knitting is one of the joys of my existence. Working with shetland wool feels intuitive, like what knitting should be. I...

I've been treading water lately. Keeping time. Filling time. Trying to make the days bearable, until the next thing I have to look...