I picked up a copy of the Keito Dama 2007 Winter #136 knitting magazine at Kinokuniya in Seattle today along with some other instructional knitting books that I'll write about in a later post. Three of them are about reading Japanese knitting symbols and the last one is a Japanese knitting pattern book.I think the Keito Dama is a magazine rather then a book. From what I've read on the internet it comes out 4 times a year. It has ads and articles (which of course I can't read because they are in Japanese!) like a magazine, so that's what I'm calling it: a Japanese knitting magazine.
I paid $16.80 for my copy. YesAsia.com has it for $15.75 which isn't to bad because you get free shipping with orders over $25. But I do like flipping through the magazines at the bookstore so I can decide if I want to purchase them or not.
There are over 64 different knitting and crochet patterns. Jenny has pictures of several of the patterns in her post about this issue.
Here's a couple of pictures from the Knit Index on the back cover. Click for a bigger image.
2 comments:
Is it difficult to decipher these patterns into English? On Ravelry I am finding a HUGE amount of the most beautiful projects from Keito Dama. But I am a newer knitter (long-time crocheter), and not sure if I could translate them. What was your experience like?
Japanese patterns have great charts and with the help of folks on Ravelry, it usually isn't too diffcult to knit the patterns.
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