Anything Oriental?

[Cinlee]

Hi....I'm on the hunt for some Crochet "Oriental" patterns. :D

I can't seem to find much. :think I'm looking for ANYTHING that looks nice to put in my home to make it look Japanishish...hee hee. All I find is Amigurumi on ebay, but I really want something a bit different now. :blush
Can you please help me? Thank you!

Cinlee

[Yammy]

try searching with the word oriental and you may get a few more results.

[Cinlee]

ahhh sooooww..... verrry gooowwd idea confusios say... :lol

Duhhh... I Never thought of that! :think .... let me try that next.
thank you.
Cinlee

[Cinlee]

Nothing came up.... :shrug Gosh I've been looking ...they cant be that hard to find....:blush

Cinlee :worried

[Empress Busy Bee]

Sushi tissue roll cover. You could also close off the bottom to make it a pillow:

http://www.crochetme.com/issue_1/sushi_tp_cover.html

Don't know how Japanese this is really but it says it is. Japanese Flowers Centerpiece (doily):

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/projectsheet?pid=e02074&categoryid=29

Sushi ornaments, you don't have to put the hanger part on and have them sit out all year, scroll down for instructions:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=15629.0

Sushi chair pad:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=39908.0


I know I know, a lot of 'sushi' around the house doesn't make it really look like Japanese inspired decor. You can go here:

http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/

Find a nice image and graph it out. I also suggest using it to graph out Japanese letters. Make a couple of pillows, afghan, wall hanging, etc.

:)

[Cinlee]

Thank you Empress....I liked them all! Especially the Sushi Toilet Roll cover....Hmm, now I'd like the whole bathroom set.... lol :yay

Cinlee

[Badtz_maru]

ahhh sooooww..... verrry gooowwd idea confusios say...
Cinlee
Uuuuugh....WTF was THAT?!?

and not to be the PC police, but Asians find "Oriental" to be a bit derogatory.

I know I'm just being overly sensitive to what was just an innocuous comment meant to be 'funny', but still....

[Cinlee]

I am Asian..... I was just trying to be funny :-) AND I DONT find it deragatory

[Afghaniac]

How about . . .
http://crochet.about.com/library/bldragon5.htm
. . . or
http://crochet.about.com/b/a/197729.htm ?

I got hits by using Asian as the key word.

[birdlady1]

I like the idea of graphing something out. There are wonderful old geisha prints that would be fabulous. Some of the Japanese castles and surrounding gardens would also make wonderful afghans! Someone suggested some of the Japanese symbols -- find out how to write your name in Japanese! That would be a fabulous filet crochet piece. You guys are giving me some great ideas!

But all this sushi is making me hungry and I'm sitting here with a lousy yoghurt sigh. I'm going to have to go to Fontana Sushi (great little restaurant in southwest Denver) after I hit Michaels and Hobby Lobby today, that's all there is to it!

[Cinlee]

Thank you Afghanihic! ;)



Yuumm yummm!~ :c9 Birdlady. That sounds good! Its the weekend, I'm having some tonight too! good thing my husband is a sushi chef....okay, I got lucky there. :manyheart
Cinlee

[monael]

have you tried amazon japan? I ordered a book from there - a japanese doily book. There are a lot of japanese crochet books.

[birdlady1]

I just found what seems to be a fabulous site for translating names into Japanese or Chinese: http://japanese.about.com/bltattoo.htm. Most seems to be free and I didn't get any annoying pop-up ads (!) while perusing the site. It appears to be accurate, because I know what my name looks like in Japanese and that's what it looked like on this site!

So this may be a good resource for graphing names for afghans or filet crochet!

[Jamie]

Have you ever seen the Blue Willow Afghan?
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/motherlodeark/4BCD6ACF-06F7-6D3E-2C72A0FCF27C1FD6.gif
I swear to myself I am going to make this afghan one of these days!

[Cinlee]

Moneal- Ohhh...I haven't tried Amazon Japan Hmm,,, Thats next! thank you!

Jamie...that is a COOL Blue willow!:yes You sound like me....I'm going to make this, and I'm going to make that! :lol
SOON. I can't knit though. :think

Birdlady...I went and messed around in that website...it was fun, thank you. :mail
Cinlee

[Mermaiden]

I love that afghan! I was bored, so searched around & found a few things too :)

Japansese crochet = Amigurumi :lol

http://www.craftlog.org/craftlog/archives/001552.html

http://www.crochetme.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1125&

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/projectsheet?pid=e02074&categoryid=29

http://tncrochetlady.tripod.com/archives/id38.html

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/Oriental.html

http://www.needlemethat.com/afghan3.htm (an afghan at top)

if you can manage filet...
http://www.****************************************/junk-f.htm

http://www.crochetdesigns.com/patterns/set9/
http://www.crochetdesigns.com/patterns/set8/

http://cgi.ebay.com/CROCHET-PATTERNS-ORIENTAL-LADY-AFGHAN-PATTERN_W0QQitemZ130017195052QQihZ003QQcategoryZ11 797QQcmdZViewItem

If you can read Japanese, looks like a lotta books shown here,
http://huangfamily.com/craftingjapanese/archives/crochet/
and here are some links too, even if all are not crochet -
http://huangfamily.com/craftingjapanese/archives/free_patterns/

[Jamie]

The Blue Willow is crocheted!

[Cinlee]

THat is a really cool afghan!! Are you asking me if I've ever seen the pattern around....or do you have it?

CynLee

[Cinlee]

Mermaiden.....I HIT A GOLDMINE with you!! :woo

Thank you :hug

Cinlee

[Mermaiden]

Glad to be of help, and happy stitching! :hook

[sakurasaku]

I like the idea of graphing something out. There are wonderful old geisha prints that would be fabulous. Some of the Japanese castles and surrounding gardens would also make wonderful afghans! Someone suggested some of the Japanese symbols -- find out how to write your name in Japanese! That would be a fabulous filet crochet piece. You guys are giving me some great ideas!

But all this sushi is making me hungry and I'm sitting here with a lousy yoghurt sigh. I'm going to have to go to Fontana Sushi (great little restaurant in southwest Denver) after I hit Michaels and Hobby Lobby today, that's all there is to it!

I second the idea of graphing or filet-crocheting an Asian design you like. "Japanese crochet" is basically all western style, since they didn't have the tradition of crocheting, although their designs tend to be more delicate (and often small and cute) in general. The typical Amigurumi style reflects the cutsy cartoon style that is common in Japanese pop art.

I have recently acquired some Japanese crochet books (I'm a Japanese expatriate). When they say "pattern", they mean "charts", so if you can read charts, you can kind of figure it out, depending on the pattern. It sure helps to get the fine points of instructions from the writing, though. Again, almost all published designs are western-style.

The Blue Williow afghan is pretty; I like the color scheme. BTW, the picture on it looks Chinese to me. Good luck!

[tezcatlipoca98]

Cinlee, Can you knit?

http://pickupsticksonline.com/togo.html
Is a knit felted wallet kit that looks like sushi. I will have to get one of these someday.

http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/PATTsakura.html
Is a scarfy thing that looks like cherry blossoms. You could probably use it for home dec applications I'm sure.

[Cinlee]

Boo Hoo......noooo I can't knit. Although I did try! I'm just not that good at it :think I feel much happier with my crochet. But thank you sooo much for the knitting patterns anyway. I stored them away j-u-s-t incase....ya never know.


Sakurasaku- Well, sounds like your really know your stuff! Ya know, I've done only simple graphing, (hearts, letters, etc.) but never thought about doing a bit more technical work .....as in perhaps a Geisha, or... hmm, I'm going to go investigate more on the graphs now Sakurasaku...... :sher You have me thinking!
Thank you!!
Cinlee