99.95% done with the Big Red Jacket.

A little before Halloween, I started work on the hapi coat pattern called "Disoriented" at knitty.com. And now, December 4, I'm all but done with it.

I've knitted a facing for the collar so it stands upright without curling. I've put the buttons into place, though the topmost one may have to be moved over a bit. I've sewn or trimmed nearly all of the loose ends until they're no longer a problem. All that remains is to get out the black chenille and do the reverse-stitch embroidery over the purl bumps on the back. When I have done this, I intend to hunt down my sister's digital camera and take pictures.

This thing's warm enough to wear outside today - and it's around 27 degrees Fahrenheit out there. However, I'd like to line it so that I can wear it as a jacket on even colder days; can anyone point me in the right direction for instructions on this? I assume I'm supposed to get quilt batting and stitch it down, then get some kind of fabric (flannel?) and sew it over the batting?

Unrelated to the knitting:

I need the help of someone who either knows Japanese or can point me in the direction of a GOOD, ACCURATE name book for Japanese personal and family names. I do my best to give the characters I write names that mean appropriate things, and I fear and distrust the name sources available to me at the moment. I can follow my old tactic of 'grab family names off people that you recognize, then grab personal names from other people you recognize who are of the same gender', but I keep getting the nasty feeling that carelessly doing so will produce a character with a name equivalent to Travis Wojohowitz or St. John Losurdo. I'd rather not do that.

Also I have a few meanings that I'd like to use - if there are Japanese names that correspond to these meanings, that'd be a big help. If you think you can lend me a hand, let me know. I appreciate it, and so do the as-yet unnamed members of the IJMP.