Here are my newest treasures, found at SF Japantown Kinokuniya Bookstore:
300 Motifs/Edgings — ISBN 4-529-04233-2
What I love about this book is that it shows how to connect motifs, and how they look in a group. Click for larger pic.
A hat book! ISBN 978-4-529-04296-3
This book includes a bunch of brimmed caps, including some with bottom-up construction (not the one shown).
Love this fedora-esque hat! Best thing is, all the patterns are diagrammed in the round, like this one for another hat (click for larger pic):
I can’t wait to make a few of these!
<edit> I finally figured out how to do progress bars without futzing with the CSS for this blog, thanks to this thread on Crochetville. Thanks to noricum for letting people copy her html!
Hey!
I love the projects you have done on your blog… Really wonderful! =)
These books look really cool! I went to Kinokuniya (here in LA) last weekend and didn’t find anything nearly as cool as the crochet edging book. I love how Japanese craft books are so visual — it really helped me learn to design my own stuff…
these books look fantastic…don’t you love those creative Japanese crafters! I will have to keep my eye out for these ones…just found a hat book myself which I hope to post about this week.
adorrei este blog,muito linduxo!!!paeabéns.
Imlooking for the book with this pattern. I see that you have some Japanese crochet books. Can you help me?
Thanks
Robin
http://craftlover.wordpress.com/category/crochet/page/2/
Where did you get the Japanese hat crochet book? I can’t order it or find it anywhere! Would love to know how you came across a copy! Thanks!
I can’t wait to try these also. Written patterns are sometimes confusing.