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I wanted to crochet Japanese Food. Check out what I made.

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I have been busy crocheting all sorts of food, including dim sum and French food. If you haven’t already, be sure to check them out.

Crocheting amigurumi food is a lot of fun. They’re small, and so they’re pretty quick to work up. I’ve been going through my yarn stash to make all of these.

If you’re new to crochet amigurumi, don’t worry – I’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out my top 5 amigurumi tips.

So my next logical amigurumi project was to crochet Japanese food!

Crochet Sushi Rolls

There are numerous free patterns online, but each one I tried seemed really big. I preferred something small so that it was similar in size to the real thing. In the end, I just came up with my own pattern.

I made two types of sushi rolls – maki (seaweed on the outside) and uramaki (rice on the outside). This is a really easy pattern, and it’s really quick to make.

Crochet Nigiri

Finding the right look for my crochet nigiri was a little tricky. Again, there are a number of patterns that make really big nigiri, but I wanted something closer to the actual size.

Nigiri consists of 2 components – the rice ball and the topping. For the rice ball, I used the pattern from Little World of Whimsy. These actually turned out a bit small, but I switched to a slightly larger hook (I used a 4mm) and they came out as a good size. I wasn’t, however, a fan of the toppings.

For the toppings, I did a variety of things. Here’s what I did.

Crochet Onigiri

These cute, triangular-shaped rice balls are a great snack. There are a few free patterns online, but again, they were all really big. They were more like plushie-sized, as opposed to actual-sized.

I tried a few patterns, but didn’t get very far once I saw how big they were. I went back to The Caffeinated Snail for a good-sized pattern. I used this blog for the dumpling pattern when I made the crochet dim sum.

This pattern was slightly different as it is made from the top down. Most patterns started at the bottom and worked their way up. To ensure that it didn’t end up too big, I used a 2.75mm crochet hook instead of the 5mm hook that was suggested.

Gyoza

Gyoza, or Japanese dumplings are so tasty. I had previously made dumplings when I made crochet dim sum. While I didn’t specifically make dumplings for this set, you could easily adapt it for this.

Crochet Soy Sauce

I happened upon this soy sauce pattern while making the bowl of rice. That was a really cute project.

So if you’re going to have sushi, you definitely need soy sauce. This pattern is from Stringy Ding Ding. It was quick and easy to whip up, and I think it goes perfectly with my crochet sushi.

Don’t you just love all the crochet Japanese food? Which one is your favourite?

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