Author Archives: Mokihana

About Mokihana

Born and raised Hawaiʻi girl who misses home and loves the Pacific Northwest. I’m a free spirit and love the serendipitous events that bring people and places together. My philosophy about knitting and life in general: “It is good to have an end to journey toward,but it is the journey that matters in the end.”Ursula K. Le Guin

Tribute to ʻUkulele, Part Two

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Mokihana

It all began one morning when Nolemana and I went to a store that carried indoor fountains. They were really cool; you could have plants in them, and you could choose your own rock for the water to cascade down. … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to ʻUkulele

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Mokihana

It’s been a month. A hard month of grieving for ʻUkulele. I still can’t say her name without wai maka to da max. She was my special girl, the warm, purring presence who snuggled up next to me every night, … Continue reading →

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Aloha ʻoe e ʻUkulele

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Mokihana

I get so much wai maka foa rite too much now… ʻUkulele now stay at peace, and like our vet says, her spirit soaring. I wen make dis collage of her and one mokihana lei… I stay so lonely … Continue reading →

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ʻUkulele

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Mokihana

Sorry I haven’t been posting more photos of da Tour de Fleece… my special pōpoki, ʻUkulele, has been really sick. She is sixteen years old and for the past couple of weeks I’ve been having to give her Sub-Q fluids … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Mokihana

Ho, I wen fall so far behind, yeah? Now stay pau da Tour de France and I stay playing catch-up! So today I going post da next three days of da Tour de Fleece. Everyday I tried to get creative … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Ten, Eleven, and Twelve

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mokihana

Ho, am I ever far behind! So I will do several photos in this one post to make up for it. Since the Tour de Fleece is almost pau anden!

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Nine

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Mokihana

On Day Nine, I filled up the first bobbin!! Whoot! So, trying to be creative, I decided to put it on a daylily for contrast. A little bit of the daylily’s pollen da kine got on it; I think it’ll … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Seven and Eight

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Mokihana

Oops. I neva wen post one photo yestaday… so I stay going post two today.

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Six

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Mokihana

Are you getting bored yet? Same old stuff on the bobbin, I know. But it’s getting fuller, and I am perfecting my craft. Ha! This is really challenging stuff to spin, and I’m having to figure out which spinning technique … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Five

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Mokihana

Well, here we are on Day Five. At least back then we were, yeah? Ahahaha…. In this collage is one lone daffodil blooming among the tulips at the Wooden Shoe Bulb Farm here in Oregon. Well, you know that, right? … Continue reading →