February 8th - Tea Ceremony Kitsuke

I haven't posted any kitsuke photos in some time, so I thought I'd share these. We had an informal tea ceremony practice this weekend. I wore a pink full shibori kimono that I had only briefly tried on when I bought it last April. I couldn't find a good occasion to wear it before, but my husband suggested I wear it this weekend, so I did! He also helped me choose the rest of the outfit. (He has somewhat reluctantly become a part of my outfit-choosing process.)

Since it was a casual practice (and I had another event right before), I took a little license and wore a casual nagoya obi with a cat design. I paired it with a dark blue obiage, a blue checkerboard sanbuhimo, rose design obidome, and a blue haneri with plum design for February.

Pictures:

Close-up of accessories

Selfie, but you can see the haneri better in this one.

Full-body, front

Full-body, back

Of course there has to be a cat photo!

I also performed tea ceremony that day, and my friend took some pictures, so I may have some more photos soon! Thanks for looking!

Pink (REAL) Shibori Kimono and Lavender Hakata Obi

I have recently been looking all over for a full REAL shibori kimono. The problems I kept running into were that they were: 1. Printed, not the real tie-dye technique, 2. Too short, and 3. Very expensive. I got super lucky when I ran across this baby! Real shibori, 173 cm tall, and $30! Win!!!

I also picked up this lavender summer hakata obi. It's been about 80˚F here lately! That's above average even for us, so I guess I was thinking summer when I bought this obi.

More Obiage and Obijime

I bought a new ro obiage and obijime set today. After re-dyeing the old blue one to yellow and buying a matching yellow summer obijime, I decided I either needed a blue or green set for a softer look, so I got BLUE-GREEN, lol.

I also ordered a white and pink obiage that was quite cheap due to staining, but I figure I will dye it (maybe blue?), so no one will see the stains anyway.

This yellow summer obijime came in the mail yesterday, so now I have a yellow summer set! (It actually has little iridescent threads running through it which catch the light so beautifully!)

This is the matching obiage, which I dyed yellow (used to be pale blue):

I also dyed my pink shibori obiage to this lovely lavender color. I think it will see much more use now.