book cover and its content
we all know that there are many beautiful knitting books in japan but they are not very searchable. well, until now. i have discovered a taiwanese online bookstore, where they show an inside preview of many japanese knitting books; some with enlarged pictures. with
this link, you can go check it out yourselves! behind those beautiful covers, you will find a pair of cozy socks (i really really need one!), the most beautiful fair isle mittens, and many more.
if mandarin is not your language, you can still navigate. just click on the pictures, and scroll to the bottom to nagivate between pages (where you shall see numerical numbers).
no need to judge a book by its cover anymore!
book cover and its content
Comments
Yeah, those mittens are beautiful. I hope you'll get a chance to make a pair of socks for yourself soon, you're good at it, too, I love your friday harbor socks.
posted by Carin on December 19, 2005 03:35 PM
The mittens are pretty incredible. Thanks for the link to the book site. It will be really useful!
posted by Amy on December 19, 2005 03:44 PM
Beautiful projects, mittens and socks alike, but do we need to learn mandarin too? Are they any Japanese knitting books with English translation?
posted by francoise on December 19, 2005 04:04 PM
Very cool. But I must focus on the projects on my list first.
posted by Stephanie on December 19, 2005 04:41 PM
I found a ton of Japanese knitting books in a shop in Fort Lee, NJ. Is it necessary to be able to read Japanese to knit anything from them? If not, I'm dashing out to Ft. Lee asap!
posted by Kirsten on December 19, 2005 09:18 PM
That's a good link, thanks blossom!
posted by Siow Chin on December 20, 2005 03:57 AM
Those knit boots are fab. I can totally see those as legwarmers...
posted by Becky on December 20, 2005 05:56 AM
Thank you for finding such a good link!!! I see a few more japanese knitting book added to my to-get list. Hehe.
posted by Jade on December 20, 2005 07:50 AM
OH BLESS YOU! :)Thank you, thank you, thank you! Up until now, I've only been able to judge the books based on what other knitters knit. Now, to fill my home with Japanese knitting books. ;)
posted by Liz on December 20, 2005 08:55 AM
Oh thank you so much for sharing the link. I love that cabled sock. Is that a sock or something else?
posted by Vanessa on December 20, 2005 02:17 PM
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posted by eejayya on December 20, 2005 02:58 PM
I tried to find Japanese knitting book I been wondering what they are hiding inside their wonderful cover..... Using your link - but had no luck..Is there some way I can check certain book by ISBN number on your Books.com link??
posted by eejayya on December 20, 2005 02:59 PM
cool, thanks for the link!
posted by Purly Whites on December 20, 2005 06:34 PM
I don't have the time to search for it now, but I just want to let you know that you can get some of the Japanese knitting books from www.yesasia.com ... the search is especially easy if you have the isbn. I bought from this site before and they have a large library. ;)
posted by Agnes on December 20, 2005 06:53 PM
yes, those mittens are stunning. Merry Christmas.
posted by castoncastoff on December 23, 2005 06:46 AM
Love those sock/slipper/ugg things...very cool.Happy Holidays!
posted by cmeknit on December 23, 2005 01:27 PM