Japanese pattern tutorials

Tutorials on this blog related to Japanese charted crochet and knitting patterns:

lesson 1
lesson 2
lesson 3a crochet
lesson 3b knitting
lesson 4a crochet
lesson 4b knitting
lesson 5b knitting
guide to Japanese fonts
shaping tutorial (how to make sense of all the numbers at the edges of Japanese schematics)

Great guides/tutorials from other sites:

Phretys’ amazing blog: Japanese Knit and Crochet Pattern Help – here you’ll find needle and hook conversion charts, Tunisian crochet symbols, Japanese seam types, and many other very useful resources.
snuffykins’ crochet hook conversion chart (US – Japanese – UK)
ABCs of Knitting – basics of Japanese knitting

Their “how to read Japanese graphical knitting charts” tutorial is quite nice.

Clearwater Knits’ very detailed tutorial on using schematic patterns (geared towards machine knitters but helpful for hand knitters as well)
Tezukuritown’s illustrated knitting symbols and crochet symbols (note: Tezukuritown is a craft website belong to Nihon Vogue)
Pierrot Yarns’ knitting symbol video tutorials

Last but not least, probably the best place on the internet for help with Japanese knitting & crochet patterns is the friendly Japanese knitting & crochet group on Ravelry.

8 thoughts on “Japanese pattern tutorials”

OMG! You are my savior. I’ve been looking for someone to teach these blurb writtens and finally I understand the meaning of all that symbols. Thank you for the lessons and sharing this great tutorial. I share this web link to my community so they can learn also. Great job dear friend!!!!

thank you very much!!!!

Hi! Will you be able to join my facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/CrochetChartsandPatterns
I have spent more than $400 dollars buying all these Japanese crochet fashion books and I am a beginner. I am not having any luck at all! I tried to crochet a baby dress and understand the gauge on the Japanese charted pattern is so hard for me. Please help!

i need help…i got the pattern from ravelry and it on diagram form. which i cant read it i down loaded your cheat sheet and it not really helping.
1. the cluster are not coming out.
2.do i do th ecluster righ tnext to each other or i skip a stich?
3.can you just email me plz and we can talk over it cuz im feeling kinda stupid right about now thanks

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Thank you for writing this. I never would have guessed how to read the 1-3-1s etc without your help. Now I can get on with starting to make my cardigan.