January 21, 2009
A How To
The entire process of making a wrap dress from beginning to end on Label-Free.
Making a top on M is for make.
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January 16, 2009
Japanese knitting help
ABCs of Knitting is a Japanese knitting site with a lot of great information in English:
There's a bunch of other stuff on the site, too, including instructions/reviews for a pompom maker and Hanaami loom and free patterns.
rib beret by alexandra's knits using one of the free hat patterns
More help on reading Japanese knitting charts is at Clearwater Knits, plus they offer two free sweater charts.
Posted by maitreya at 08:42 PM | Comments (0)
January 15, 2009
Google Japan help
search terms in kanji from make write on craftster
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January 14, 2009
ISBN4777800113

Amazon.jp listing with page excerpts.
penguin, more penguins, and softie tips by Zhinka dinka doo


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March 16, 2006
Japanese for stuffed animal crafting
character translation table for stuffed animal patterns by my little mochi.
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August 24, 2005
Beading help
Glossary of Japanese beading words at Atelier Suzuran. This site also features several free projects and book reviews in English!
Glossary at Beading Bees, too. They have a whole bunch of free projects and tutorials.
Yodomi-Koubou also has a bunch of free patterns and tutorials.
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July 26, 2005
Japanese crochet help
Crochet symbols chart, very useful for figuring out the Japanese crochet diagrams.
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