My Book lagiiii, My Book lagiii

*it's a pun from a popular dangdut song.

TADAAAA! finally, I found my book! My first second book ever!  The first one is a comic book :p

ugly picture?  Don't worry, you'll get a half page of my picture inside this book :D

I'm the one writing this book but I didn't have the book yet.  this one on the picture is my dad's book.
oh it's a long story which began at early 2012, and I changed 3 laptop during the writing process.
it's pain in the "ass" (if you put your wallet in the back pocket of your pants).  But I'm glad it's finished.
so you know one of the reason I kinda neglected this blog for a very long time.

I just realize that it's not for a beginner since there's no basic tutorial. but you'll get some patterns (with diagram and explanation) and a lot of stories inside. it's in Bahasa Indonesia, by the way.

My Book is Available Now! Perhaps

YAY! Finally, you can find my book at local bookstore (or local online bookstore). if you were lucky.

it's true I have written a crochet book. it has been published.  I never had the book. I never seen the book.  I did remember typing the whole content of the book.  and during the making, I change the laptop 3 times.  so it's the most expensive book I ever write and it's invisible.

so let's have an imaginary book giveaway :)

if you find a crochet book with my name on it (Dessy something... I don't even remember how I wrote my name in the book).  then yeah, that could be my book.

The Teeny Tiny Phone

when my friends looking at my amigurumis, they said my amigurumi are too small.
they mostly suggest me to make something bigger, at least use bigger size of yarn.
Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochiland says the otherwise.
She is the author of the Teeny Tiny Mochimochi (knitted amigurumi book)

since I learn to make knitted toy from her first book, I'm so happy to find that her second book is also available at Times Bookstore Indonesia.
I'm not a good book reviewer, cause I would wrote that I really love the book, but really the book is fun to read and also inspiring.
it's a must have book for knitter (or knitter to be).
instead writing a long review, I made a tiny telephone based on the pattern from the book.

instead knitting the dial, I used button and add some beady eyes.
the finished size is unbelievably tiny, what is also unbelievable is that I could make it!

 a perfect size compared to my miniature

now compare it to the telephone I made months ago, do you still think my amigurumi is too small? :)

My bookshelf

I got new books from Taiwan!

actually I bought it from Medan (Sumatera, Indonesia), but it was Taiwan Book.

The seller sell a lot of Taiwan Craft book, most of them are translation from Japanese Book.

But mine here are made by real Taiwan author.

Well, I can't read Chinese, but the author names are not Japanese names.

The books are similar to Japanese books, but they're using slightly different method.

What I really like is the book has cute illustrations!

By the way, I kinda collecting crochet book from everywhere I could.

From the last trip to Vietnam, I got this book.

There are 978 crochet and knit pattern, most of them are translations.

And of course, since Amigurumi was from Japan, I have a lot of Amigurumi Books from Japan.

Mostly bought from Kinokuniya, or from Indonesian who sells it.

My favorite is the one with Lion and Blue rat, I accidentally found it on a hidden 2nd hand book store. Probably the oldest Ondori Book I ever found.

I don't speak/ read Chinese, Japanese nor Vietnamese, so I was very happy when my sister bought me Amigurumi! Super Happy Crochet Cute for my birthday. Definitely my first crochet book in English. Then I found the Crobots book in the local book store, and didn't think twice to buy it, of course :D

These books both use words than diagram for the pattern

I'm Indonesian so of course I have an Indonesian Book. Found it on the 2nd hand bookstore. It's an old book, probably from early '80s. I think it was some kind of catalog made by local yarn store. The patterns inside are translations. There are some vintage toys pattern too.

Kinlon was the name of the yarn

And just in case you were wondering, which book I used for learning to crochetting.

Yup, It was a French Book. My Mom taught me to crochet by the help of this book. Even tough I was born in France, I can't read French at all. The book has a big and clear picture, so even a 6 years old can learn from it.

And at last, my love for crochetted toys is because of this book.

The 70 Animaux Rigolos is my favorite book and my treasure. I did ask my mom and my sister to make me one of the doll inside the book but they never do. 20 years later, I started to make the dolls by myself. The pattern are combination of words and diagrams. I had to ask my mom to translate it to make the doll. But after all I made it with a lot of wild guessing :D