I have ordered a Japanese craft book off Ebay, well knitting/crochet book, the sewing book will be tackled later. I am not exactly sure how this will work, but they have graphs, so I should be able to make this work.
Ponder this for a moment:
I especially want these:
Here is a selection from the instructions page:
I will try to make these, all as part of the cause of improving my crochet. It may be a little difficult to figure out, but I have checked Google and this (ウール) means wool, so there you go. I am practically there!
If you read enough Japanese to do it, or you want to live dangerously, you could buy it from Amazon Japan.
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February 23, 2008 at 6:14 pm
thekidneybean
Those slippers do look nice. I love the color they used. There are tons of free tawashi patterns I’d love to try, but the crochet charts are *scary*. Good luck with the book!
September 7, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Parallax Knitting · Japanese crocheted slippers
[…] Back in February I decided to embark on an adventure in crafting, crochet particularly. I ordered a crochet and knitting book with patterns for slippers, leg warmers, and a couple blankets in Japanese and decided I would see what I could do. I got busy with other things and that didn’t happen when planned, but I have gotten quite sick and am not able to do much in the way of much this weekend, so I have decided that crocheting myself some slippers in Japanese might be just the ticket. […]