Off-Blog Links

More Tutorials

Ravelry: Japanese Knitting and Crochet group – a good place to go if you have a quick question

dancingbarefoot: awesome tutorials for reading Japanese patterns

Pierrot Yarns:

• Japanese crochet symbols and videos (English page)
• Japanese knitting symbols and videos (English page)
• Japanese knitting symbols and videos (Japanese page)

tezukuritown:

• basic Japanese crochet symbols with illustrations
• basic Japanese knitting symbols with illustrations
• bind-offs: standard, 1×1 rib, and 2×2 rib

Tata&Tatao:

• Japanese Knitting Basics including yarn gauges and content
• Japanese knit stitch symbols

Other informative sites:

• purlyshells: How to Read a Japanese Crochet Pattern (great resource for beginners!)
• milkcafe: more advanced Japanese crochet symbols with photo illustrations
• Snuffykin: chart with recommended crochet hook sizes for yarn weights
• weloveamigurumi: quick guide to Japanese amigurumi crochet patterns
• Jessica Tromp: Japanese knitting stitches

Japanese Pattern Sites

Registration required:

• tezukuritown (Japanese only, both free and paid patterns by Nihon Vogue)
• amuuse / amuyu-zu (Japanese only, both free and paid patterns patterns by Hamanaka)