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A journalist of the Swiss newspaper La Liberté went to Fukushima and met, among others, with my husband. First part of the article is here, in French.

Momo and Chouchou, my two Japanese cats, are now living with me near Neuchâtel. I brought them back from Fukushima begin of January. The journey was quite long: it started at 2:30am, going to Narita airport by car from Fukushima, health check at Narita airport, about 13 hours flight, health check at Zurich airport and [...]

J. is a foreign lady married to a Japanese and living in Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. She is living next to a compound of temporary housings where about 200 families are living (see pictures here) and is helping them getting warm clothes etc. I was introduced to J. through another foreign wife friend and had [...]

While I was waiting for the first blanket and its wool to reach me by postal mail, I went and bought some more wool for a second blanket. And started a second blanket. As it is wider than the first one (130 cm wide), its pace is slower… so far, 30 cm long knitted…  

Here are some pictures of the temporary housing located near J’s home in Sumida, Iwate Prefecture. This is where I sent some of my former belongings. The temporary housings are a little different from the one in Fukushima city, pictured here.

Wool could not come with me on the plane to Switzerland. I had already used up the allocated luggage:  23 kg x 2 suitcases, one bag pack and one small handbag to take in the cabin. Staff of the airline in Tokyo did not allow for another small handbag that contained wool and the 20cm [...]

I did not have so much time yesterday, as I started packing. But still, got some more rows done… Length is now about 20 cm, while width is about 70 cm.

Since I had already packed most of the wool left in my former home in Fukushima into boxes to be sent to J. in Iwate, the first step was this afternoon to return to Aeon and get yarn (100 % wool). I also found some more wool that I had put aside and not yet [...]

Did you know about this ? Knit for Japan initiative: http://knitforjapan.wordpress.com/  

An idea just popped into my mind. What if knitters all around the world would unify and knit warm blankets (using 100 % wool yarn) for Tohoku people who lost everything and are now living in temporary housing…. and show how creative they can be ? Here is an example of mixing colors, using wool [...]