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Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2013 Erin Clark
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The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”
Many people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing.
Immediately after WW II, Tuttle served in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.
Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.
With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.
Contents
Introduction
Hello and welcome! I’m back to bring you more cute critters, made exponentially cuter by crocheting them in miniature. You can make most any pattern in miniature simply by shrinking your supplies. Likewise all of the patterns in this book can be made full sized by swapping out the floss for worsted weight yarn and moving up to an H hook.
What use could you have for tiny crochet you ask? You can use them in a sculpture piece, for doll houses or for display on their own. I mean really, they are pretty darn cute. You can also use them to make decorative fiber terrariums, directions and ideas for which you will also find later in the book. So grab some magnifiers and good bright lamp and let’s get started on some minigurmi.
—Voodoo Maggie
BASIC STITCHES
These instructions assume a knowledge of how begin a chain and offers all the stitches you will need to finish the patterns in this book.
SINGLE CROCHET (SC)
Insert your hook into stitch or chain yarn over and pull through work. Yarn over again and pull through both loops on hook. Continue on in this manner for as many stiches as indicated in pattern.
