Hello! My name is Yuki Sugashima. I'm a mother of one living and crafting in Saitama, Japan. Though Japanese by birth, I moved to the U.S. at age 7 and spent the following 20 years there. When I finally returned to Japan, I found that I've become a foreigner in my own country. Since then, I’ve been re-discovering Japan and now feel quite at home.
I spent my student days studying art history and fashion design and have variously worked as an archives assistant, a floral designer and at an online yarn shop. But I’m really a craftsman at heart-- so in May 2009, I opened an Etsy shop offering naturally dyed fibers, yarns and threads. Since then, my interests have shifted from dyeing to embroidery, so I closed that shop in March 2012 to focus on offering original handmades: www.frommyatelier.etsy.com or www.iichi.com/shop/H5372995.
Just as my interests are diverse, so are the things you’ll find me creating here on my blog. They are also replies to the simple question with which I begin each morning:
“What shall I make today?”
From my atelier, with cheer--
Yuki
You can also find me here:
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/barefootshepherdess
Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/cosmopolitan
Interests
embroidery, knitting, spinning, natural dyeing, sewing, reading, playing the piano, ballroom dancing
