I got hooked with crochet since I bought an Amigurumi book in Japan with the help of my friend, Kus. Although the book is written in Japanese, it didn’t withdraw me from learning it by myself. Please note that I can’t speak Japanese ^^;; After some unsuccessful tries and pain on my middle fingers, I managed to crochet some dolls. Some of my first attempt dolls can be looked at my photo gallery in flickr. So far, I have crocheted some egg dolls, jelly fish, little basket, elephant, clouds, frog, little balls, flowers, and the last one is a little mouse. I can only read Japanese style crochet pattern until now because they are easier to follow compare to American style.

Here’s the list of my online source of pattern :
Rakuten.co.jp
Clover.co.jp

If you have the same passion to crochet, please inform newbie like me where you get your free pattern, especially Japanese style crochet pattern. Thanks ^^