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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Japanese Crochet Patterns

Do you know there are plenty of japanese crochet patterns online? And they're free too...only if we could find it :p
Thanks to Ravelry, I found some free japanese patterns on a site someone posted about. I found her project on ravelry here. She has already made several projects from the japanese site. I like to try most of the crochet patterns there...some of it are just small projects, but there are a few crochet summer tops too.
Here's one project I just made, its the same mini basket, but this one turned out smaller (probably big enough for coins, buttons or beads). I used some of the Catania cotton I got from a swap with Pearlin, and a 5/0 (3mm) size Tulip hook.
If made with yarn and bigger hook, the basket would be good for holding jewelry or hair accessories.

Labels: crochet home decor, japanese design

15 Comments:

At 03 October, 2007, Lily said…

The basket is very cute. I am thinking to use it as a soup bowl warmer or holder.
At 03 October, 2007, Gene said…

That is so cute! I've been wanting to try some japanese crafts and I can't find any free patterns online. Please share the links, pretty please!
At 03 October, 2007, Deneen said…

I saw that basket and forgive me for being completely stupid, but went to the link and couldn't find the pdf (ah, nevermind, found it and had to download Japanese fonts to get it to come up).

Love the basket!
At 03 October, 2007, *Jaye* said…

Cute basket, Mimi!
At 04 October, 2007, Tina said…

The basket is adorable. I couldn't find the pattern either. Maybe I should finally register, huh.... (sigh). Anyway, it is very cute. Thanks for sharing it with us.
At 04 October, 2007, Mimi said…

Hi Tina, you do have to register to see it. You'll find its a very neat place to find people, patterns, and yarns ;)
At 05 October, 2007, Vik said…

Aww I want one cute basket like this one! But just looking at the pattern in japanese, and I don´t understand it... I can´t follow it.
At 06 October, 2007, Mimi said…

Hi Vik, don't be afraid of the japanese patterns, once you understand it, its easy. I am preparing a sort of tutorial and I'm going to find some willing testers to my tutorial. I'll let you all know when its ready ;)
At 06 October, 2007, Yasmin said…

Cute basket , Mimi! Please share the link with me - I'm very upset as I've just found out that ravelry is blocked site by the server out here !!!!
At 05 January, 2009, Anonymous said…

hi! if you're from the philippines there are japanese crochet books and other crafts stuff in national bookstore. only Php75-100. check out the crafts section of the store.
At 05 January, 2009, Mimi said…

Thanks, though I've been buying several of those since 2007. I find that free patterns online from the japanese site are very up to date ;)
At 28 September, 2009, Anonymous said…

where is the japanese crochet?
At 28 September, 2009, Mimi said…

Hi, you can find the japanese crochet patterns by following the links from the projects on Ravelry (www.ravelry.com). If you're not a member yet, you can easily register...
At 15 December, 2011, sri said…

beautiful... but where can we read the pattern ?
At 15 December, 2011, Mimi said…

This post is already 4 years old...you can now find a lot of Japanese patterns translated to English by Pierrot Yarns. You can find the links on Ravelry.