Laura-no-iken
(Osaka)
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An Aussie in Japan, trying to embrace the new culture but quite often falling a bit short.
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Homebirth with an independent midwife to become illegal?!
Posted on 17/07/2009
Yes you read correctly. The Australian government is planning to take one huge step backwards and make homebirth with an independent midwife in attendance illegal from July 2010. What a...
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Reversible pants
Posted on 15/02/2009
For the first time since my daughter was born, I have used my sewing machine. The logistics of trying to sew with her at home was too much for me to figure out until now. I bought a pattern...
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Helping out with the bushfire victims
Posted on 13/02/2009
As many Australians do, I feel so helpless with the bushfire tragedy in Australia. We can give cash but many people want to help out in a more practical way. I tried to give blood but they...
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Pants finished!
Posted on 13/02/2009
I finally finished those pants I was knitting for my daughter in an earlier post. I got them done just before midnight on Christmas eve. They took me about six months to finish! Here they...
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Lucky finger sack.
Posted on 28/11/2008
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Konichiwa!
Posted on 11/08/2008
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Beginner knits
Posted on 15/07/2008
I thought it was about time I learned to knit. So recently while visiting my Mum, she taught me the basics. I had a go at basic baby leg warmers and made two pairs.Next I am onto a proper...
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Making cloth nappies
Posted on 08/04/2008
A few months before bub arrived, I started to get interested in cloth nappies. Not just those flat white squares of terry or flannelette but the fitted type. Man oh man, have you looked...
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We made a little human!
Posted on 04/04/2008
Two weeks ago at 1.45am on the 19th of March I gave birth to a perfect little girl at home. I'm in the process of writing her birth story and procsessing all that happened. Our lives...
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Sewing for bub
Posted on 09/11/2007
I've been going to sewing classes to learn how to sew. My Grandma left me her sewing machine and it had been sadly sitting all alone for months and months before I finally got good...
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