Craft Book Resources May 29, 2008
Posted by jewel in Crochet, Hobby, Resources. trackbackIt’s quite hard for me to get a nice quality of craft book but with cheap price here in Jakarta. If money is not a problem for you, then you can easily get various craft books at Gramedia, Kinokuniya, Hobby Craft, and other big bookstores. At Kinokuniya, you can even order a specific book if it’s not available in the store. Please be advised that Craft Book that I mention here is Japanese Craft Book.
Recently, I went to Gramedia Matraman, I found out that they just updated their collection of craft books, especially crochet book. I found many new book which I haven’t seen before. As usual, I only read the book quickly, and hope that my old brain will be able to absorb them all ^^;; Gramedia is quite nice now cause they provide some seats for the happy camper like me ^^;;
Other source to get craft book is from Pasar Senen. My sister told me there are many used books and you can bargain the price with the seller. Besides Pasar Senen, you can find used books seller at Pasar Jatinegara too. But the collection is not as many as Pasar Senen though.
Last resouce I knew is online store. But I haven’t tried it myself cause I don’t have a credit card :P At Amazon.com, you can find many many craft books which are written in english. Currently, I only put them on my wish list and wish someday I could buy it ^^;; Other great store is YesAsia.com. This store provides many japanese craft books. Actually you can buy japanese craft books straight from Japanese online store to get cheaper price, but the problem is, they are all in Japanese! So, unless you can speak and read japanese, then YesAsia.com is your saviour ^^;;
Oh, I forgot, there is one more source, that is your friend who lives in Japanese and plan to go back to Jakarta in a short time :D I’ve done it once and it works great :D I gave her the url of the book, she bought it for me and have it send to her place. And when she arrived in Jakarta, we met and she gave me the book :D I paid her in rupiah according to current rate, but I usually give her bigger rate cause she has been so kind to me ^^;; That’s definitely cheaper than other offline stores in Jakarta ^^
That’s all I know. If you know other great places, you’re welcome to share it here :D
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Wiken kmaren aku mampir ke Gunung Agung Plaza Blok M, ketemu buku “Rajutan” yg ditulis sama Mbak Thata Pang^^. Pattern2nya lumayan bagus n ada gambarnya kayak pattern model Jepang gitu Ra. Ada pattern kantong hape, topi & sepatu bayi, tas kecil dll tapi gak ada boneka amigurumi sih.. hehe. Harganya 37.500.
Itu buku keduanya mba Thata bukan? Kalo iya, gw emang mau beli yang itu sih, kayanya bagus2 projectnya.Tapi blm sempet ke toko buku nih ^^;;
Thanks buat infonya ya ^^