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Secret PINK earring Swap

ok. The deadline to sign up for the secret PINK earring swap has passed, and everyone has been sent an email with the full name and address of their swap partner. If you haven't received your email, then there's a problem - email me immediately!! This is the person you need to send a pair of earrings to. You will receive a pair of earrings from a different person.

As a lot of swap participants don't have a blog, if possible send me a photo of you and your earrings once you receive them or just the earrings if you're shy :) and I'll post them here in a pinku gallery so we can all see who got what!!!

FYI, the draw was completely random (Darin pulled little bits of paper out of my travel knitting bag), except there were an odd number of participants so I am sending earrings to two people.

Pink Fix

Today's pink fix was submitted by Tyler our friend and neighbour!! Thanks!! Check out more of his Tokyo photos on his website!! And, yes, girls really do dress like this here in Tokyo!!!

Pink Fix??!! Fix Pia??!!

I'm way behind on posting some pink pics, but don't think for a minute that my love for pink has waned. This is not a fad, it is true love. Remember if you have any pretty pink pics lying around on your hard drive send them my way. Pinku always needs pink.

spring pink in Japan

It might have been Kim's sayonara party, but I ended up with a hot pink hairdryer. Thanks Kim!!

pink bowling shoes - does it get any better than this

ok. now the knitting update and cry for help. I do love Pia (from Rowan 35) and I was on the way to finishing the front when I looked at the back again and decided that the decreases could have been done better. I think I have mastered the pattern and the type of decreases to do, BUT I can't understand when to decrease and how many times to do it. Japanese patterns always have the number of rows that you will complete when you do decreases, but the Rowan patterns don't. I have already posted for help on the Knitty board, but if you can help me.....please do. I tried to write it all down and work it out mathematically....but I am still lost.

Here's Pia so far:

So, here's what it says in the pattern:

dec 1 st at each end of next 3 rows, then on foll 2 alt rows, then on every foll 4th row until 26 sts rem.

Then work 13 rows, ending with a WS.

So before you start those decreases you have 40 stitches - you want 26 stitches, therefore you must lose 14 stitches, right?? I also figure that you must decrease evenly (dec 7sts on each side) at both the end of the RS and WS to create the right shape fabric.

Here's what I have worked out:

Row 1 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 39 sts
Row 2 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 38 sts
Row 3 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 37 sts
Row 4 (WS) no dec
Row 5 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 36 sts
Row 6 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 35 sts
Row 7 (RS) no dec
Row 8 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 34 sts
Row 9 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 33 sts
Row 10 (WS) no dec
Row 11 (RS) no dec
Row 12 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 32 sts
Row 13 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 31 sts
Row 14 (WS) no dec
Row 15 (RS) no dec
Row 16 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 30 sts
Row 17 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 29 sts
Row 18 (WS) no dec
Row 19 (RS) no dec
Row 20 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 28 sts
Row 21 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 27 sts
Row 22 (WS) no dec
Row 23 (RS) no dec
Row 24 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 26 sts

So now there are 26 sts, but if I knit another 13 rows I finish on a RS row with the wrong side facing - aghhhh!!

Even China needs a little pink...

Received this beautiful pic from Nicole:

Was sorting thru some old pics of China when I discovered this pink-roofed house set among the water chestnuts, rice paddies & dwarfed by limestone karsts. It's just outside Yangshuo, Guilin (Southern China).

I've got an inkling that pink will eventually bring this world together......

Pink Wednesday

Here's a very hot pink submission from Andrea. Enjoy!

Pink Monday

Pinku has been very lucky to receive two pretty pink pictures from Alison - a fellow knitter in Taiwan. There's really no better time for a pink fix than first thing Monday morning - or anytime on Monday really. Does anyone ever really want to be at work on Monday??

Thanks for the photos, Alison.

Friday Pink Fix

Gotta good one for you on this kinda fine, but cold again Friday here in Tokyo. This picture is really beautiful. Another great submission from Frangipani - check out this girl's site to see more of her beautiful photos. Enjoy!

I'm feeling good on this Friday morning despite the fact that I have a recurring earache, the weather is cold again, didn't get much sleep, there were some really loud teenage girls on the train this morning (they were disrupting my quiet reading time), and am poor til next payday. I feel great and I think it's coz it's Friday. Got no money, but I have a cupboard full of yarn just dying to be made into something weekend.......yay for yarn stashes!

Oh and I've added a family photo album to the site. I have password-protected it though - there are some weirdos out there and I didn't think you'd all be that interested in a lot of photos of me and my family. If you are though, email me and I'll give you the password!!!

HAVE A VERY PINK WEEKEND!

Pink Fix for the week!

This week's cute submission is from the talented Kinki at 35 degrees. Japanese people have really taken this dog-related consumerism to a whole new level!!! Remember to send those pink photos you got lying around on your hard drive to pinku - she needs her fix!

Pink Fix for the week (or maybe two)

I once told my friend Amanda not to be sad about being back in Japan (she had just returned back from a trip home to Australia), coz Japan has really cute seasonal beers! This seemed to make her feel better, and this year's spring beer makes me feel better. I took this photo of the pretty pink ume flowers today - I can't wait for the cherry blossoms.

If you haven't already, bring some pink into your life already!!

Pink chairs!

Pinku is doing sophisticated this week with a fine pink fix contribution from Miss Martine.

Also, Pinku was very happy to be kindly mentioned in the Bondi Books blog - thanks Josh! Bondi Books is the newest second-hand English bookstore addition to Tokyo. Visit the store (it's way stylish) and make a day of it, have a cuppa with Josh (we have to do that some time), buy some books (of course), visit the park, row a boat, and enjoy KICHIJOJI coz it rules! If you live in Tokyo and haven't been then you are really missing out!

Some photos

Pink Fix for the week - cute little corner shop in Shibuya

Beijing from the sky

House made out of milk cartons at the Edo Tatemono Museum

Beer fairy at the Beer Museum in Ebisu

Chuo train line at night