Japanese Crochet Kits
Look how cute this crochet house is! The Purl Bee has links up to their store where you can purchase these Japanese crochet kits. Choose from this cute house, a smiling mouse, or flower bouquet. Link.
Japanese Crafts
Wool Owls
Moonstitches shows off her cute wool owls made from a pattern from a Japanese craft book, Chirimen Crepe (ISBN#: 4-529-03967-6). They are just adorable alll together in their little box tray. [ via ] Link.
Decole Sewing Kit
I love the Japanese line Decole and now Fred Flare is carrying a few of their goods. Get yourself this cute wooden box sewing kit which comes with scissors, thread, measuring tape, pins, needles, mushroom shaped pin cushion and more! Link. Related: Delicious Decole Flickr Group – Link.
HOW TO – Make an Origami Valentine (Video)
Here’s another paper craft you can make for Valentine’s day from The Peace of Paper. Make an Origami Valentine with this helpful video tutorial. Link.
The Origami Lab
Phil @ MAKE brings us a cool origami post: The New Yorker has a great article about Robert Lang, physicist turned origami pro (we’ve covered his work on MAKE a lot)… One of the few Americans to see action during the Bug Wars of the nineteen-nineties was Robert J. Lang, a lanky Californian who was […]
Japanese Craft Books on Sale at Felt Cafe
Liz at Felt Cafe has a bunch of Japanese craft books for sale in her etsy shop. You can preview some of the books on her blog. Aren’t these little penguins cute? Link.
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Origami Compass Rose Box
Phillip Chapman-Bell of The Fitful Flog helps you prepare for Valentine’s Day with his origami Compass Rose Box. The crease pattern for the box can be printed out onletter sized paper and will let you place any kind of lovely sweets for your Valentine next week! Download this week’s CRAFT pattern PDF – Link. Compass […]
