Meeting kindred sisters in Kanazawa - was it a dream?

Photo in the stairway to Mariya 

We climbed the small staircase to visit a one-room shop on the second level above the busy street in Kanazawa. I knew our guide was leading us to a specialty shop called Mariya, where we would find temari and supplies to make them. The displays on the way up were promising!

Embroidered thimbles - Yubinuki

Yubinuki ring being used as a stand for a temari

Here's a quick post today to shoot you over to Needleprint blog to see a beautiful presentation of yubinuki or embroidered Japanese thimble rings. 

A description of the case is in the next post.

I've made a few of these and really loved making them.


This site from Kanazawa has a bit more information.