New Books!

Through the influence of my Rav friends, I bit the bullet and ordered two Japanese crochet books from a seller on Etsy.  They arrived the other day, sooner than I anticipated.  These are going to be so much fun to go through!

The first one is Pretty Color Crochet and Knit Goods.  It has some beautiful decorative pieces.

And I also got sucked into the Cats & Friends pattern book to make some adorable little kitties.  I didn't get pictures, but the books also has patterns for turtles, pigs, chipmunks, and mice.  So cute! 

Now I just need to learn how to read the Japanese patterns.  Luckily they do their patterns in diagram form, so all I have to know are the symbols for the stitches...I don't have to know how to read Japanese!  hahaha  There is a group on Ravelry with great members who can help with translation.  I can't wait to get started on a tiny kitty!  For sure I'm going to have to make one to resemble Oliver.  I have the perfect color DMC embroidery floss to make a tiny kitty.