Strawberry Pouch

 

Pattern: From the Book Tea Time of Yarn by Tomoko Fujita 藤田智子 2006, 72 pages, ISBN: 4861912016. Read my review here.

Yarn: Lana Grossa Cool Wool 2000 for the bottom, Hjertegarn SOON for the top and Sandnes Sisu for the    strawberries. 

Hook: 3mm for the bottom and the strawberries. 5mm hook for the white top.

3 wax pearls worked into the top of the piece.

I instantly fell in love with this little pouch, when I saw it in Tomoko Fujita’s book . It is very easy to make without knowing any Japanese, because the crochet charts are worked very well!

 

 

 

 

Apple & Pear Coasters

Fruit Coasters

Patterns: From the Book Tea Time of Yarn by Tomoko Fujita 藤田智子 2006, 72 pages, ISBN: 4861912016. Read my review here.

Yarn: Plötulopi. For the apple I used green, offwhite, white and red Plötulopi worked with two strands.

The pear was also worked with 2 strands of white, offwhite green and dark green Plötulopi.

Hook: 5mm crochet hook.

The original pattern in the book has different fruit pouches in it, but I decided to make coasters from the patterns instead.

Since the Plötulopi breaks very easily I decided to make the coasters with two strands of yarn. When I finished the crochet work the coasters were felted by putting them in alternating hot and cold water baths. I estimate this made the work shrink about 20%.

It was very easy to follow the instructions in the book even if I was not able to decipher a single Japanese sign: There are crochet charts for all projects were international crochet symbols are used.

 

 

Apple + Watermelon Coasters

Fruit coasters

 

Patterns: From the Book  Tea Time of Yarn by Tomoko Fujita 藤田智子 2006, 72 pages, ISBN: 4861912016. Read my review here.

Yarn: Plötulopi bought at Jorun Garn. For the apple I used green, offwhite and white Plötulopi worked with three strands. For the mustard coloured ring in the apple singlestranded Alafoss Lopi was used.

The watermelon was worked with 3 strands of white, red, brown and dark green Plötulopi. 

Hook: 9mm crochet hook.

The original pattern in the book has different fruit pouches in it, but I decided to make some coasters from the patterns instead.

Since the Plötulopi breaks very easily, so I decided to make the coasters with three strands of yarn. When I finished the crochet work the coasters were felted by putting them in alternating hot and cold water baths. I estimate this made the work shrink about 20%.

It was very easy to follow the instructions in the book even if I was not able to decipher a single Japanese sign: There are crochet charts for all projects were international crochet symbols are used.

 

 

Crochet book: Tea Time of Yarn

Tea Time of Yarn   毛糸のティータイム—藤田智子のニットルーム

Book:  Tea Time of Yarn by Tomoko Fujita 藤田智子 2006, 72 pages, ISBN: 4861912016.

A couple of days ago I got post from Amazon, Japan:-))  5 great crochet books, which were delivered pretty fast: Only 9 days from Asia to Europe.

Amongst them is this little gem by Tomoko Fujita: Tea Time of yarn.  It contains 16 crochet projects, 14 of them are food related:

A funny tea cozy (see front cover), strawberry-, pineapple-, watermelon-, pear-, egg- and apple pouches, doughnut brooches, a chocolate cake tissue box and more. The patterns are made with care for details and can easily be remodeled to coasters, dishcloths or embellishments for clothes. The layout is also made in a simple but tasteful style.

 I haven’t started any of the projects yet, but the instructions look very clear, so Japanese skills will hopefully not be necessary. Every project is accompanied with a stitch diagram. 

So far I made apple and pear coasters,  apple and watermelon coasters and a very cute strawberry pouch from the book.