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May 07, 2008
Something Something! Amigurumi
I don't speak a word of Japanese, but that hasn't stopped me from buying a passel of Japanese craft books at the Kinokuniya bookstore in the Uwajimaya grocery store in Beaverton.
Amy wanted to know more about the book that contained the pattern that produced Boris.
It's a small book from the Ondori 280 yen series. I'm pretty sure the second line of the title says amigurumi. The ISBN is 4-277-49039-5.
Check out what other people have made from the patterns in this book at Crafting Japanese.
[You can see a bit of the chevron scarf that I'm working on in that picture just to prove that I still knit and haven't completely converted to crochet].
How come they look so innocent and Boris looks mildly evil? Must be the eyes.
Of course, it's the smiling ones that get ya.
Here's a completely logical thing: bears dressed as people wearing frog hats. Yay!
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Heh, but the frog hats shoot the cuteness level of those guys into the stratosphere. You know, the JCI (Japanese Cuteness Index) number.
You've seen the cats, right?
http://www.petoffice.co.jp/catprin/english/
I think the cover pic with the toy with a toy puppet on its hand is... well, I have no words. I'm overwhelmed by the cuteness.
Posted by: Big Alice at May 8, 2008 2:03:56 PM
i love the wackiness of japanese "cute"... there used to be a great website called (inexplicably) "Beetle Calcium" that sold costumes for dogs... usually of other animals. Here is a pic I snagged from them ages ago:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2260774741_1fedf88d46_o.jpg
beagles dressed as monkeys!
Posted by: chelsea at May 13, 2008 2:39:02 PM
