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.
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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.
Thank you so much for this! Another step forward in my plan of crochet world domination :)
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