Today we’re going to make tiny nigiri :D

Here is my hand in the pic­ture for scale…

It only con­sists of 8 rows alto­geth­er, so it’s a super quick make. The assem­bly instruc­tion sounds more com­pli­cat­ed than it actu­al­ly is. I will be using some origa­mi terms in hopes that it will make it a bit eas­i­er to under­stand, but as always please feel free to drop me a note if you want clarifications :)

I used:

A bit of light worsted weight yarn in white and oth­er nigiri colours (I was using a var­ie­gat­ed orange for salmon and yel­low for egg)

3mm hook

A bit of black yarn (option­al — if adding sea­weed wrapping)

What I did:

*turn­ing ch does not count as a stitch.

Row 1: with white, leav­ing 12″ tail for sewing in the begin­ning, ch 3, sc in sec­ond ch from hook, sc in next ch, turn.

Rows 2–4: ch 1, sc in each of next 2 sc, turn.

Rows 5 (this will be the right side): fas­ten off white, switch to nigiri colour, ch 1, sc in each of next 2 sc in back loop only, turn.

Rows 6–8: ch 1, sc in each of next 2 sc, turn. Fas­ten off at the end of row 8, leav­ing long tail for sewing.

Assem­bly:

Here’s where some origa­mi moves might be handy… we’re just going to need val­ley fold and moun­tain fold:

 

 

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So, we’ve cro­cheted a nar­row strip. With right side fac­ing, val­ley fold one of the short ends to the mid­dle of the strip. The mid­dle of the strip is marked by the “ridge” cre­at­ed by stitch­es cro­cheted in the back loops only (row 5). Using long yarn end, secure the fold by sewing the end to the mid­dle and sewing the side seams togeth­er. Repeat with the oth­er short end. Fas­ten off and cut the colour yarn tail, but don’t cut off the white yarn tail.

Then, still with right side fac­ing, moun­tain fold the strip in half along the mid­dle “ridge”. Secure the fold with a few stitch­es through all the lay­ers of the nigiri with the white yarn tail, being care­ful not to let the stitch­es show on the egg/salmon side. Fas­ten off, weave in ends.

If desired, wrap and tie black yarn around the nigiri to imi­tate seaweed.

They make great ear­rings and mag­net, and maybe minia­ture doll­house food?

Have an awe­some week, everyone!

 

Tiny and easy. Looks like I’ve got a bit of a theme going after the tiny donuts!

I have a cou­ple of sweater pat­terns that I’ve been hop­ing to share, but I just haven’t had the time or ener­gy to sit down and write it. So for now, tiny and easy it is :)

These are super quick to make! And they are very tiny. Here is my hand in the pic­ture for scale. They’re about 7/8″ in diameter.

I just hap­pen to have scraps of var­ie­gat­ed green and orange yarn at home, they worked beau­ti­ful­ly for avocado/cucumber and salmon.

The “pat­tern” is not at all orig­i­nal. A quick search on Rav­el­ry would yield a cou­ple of cro­chet sushi pat­tern made in the same method, like this one (inge­nious! I actu­al­ly made one for a sushi-lov­ing friend years ago), and this one. But I sup­pose the stitch count that I came up with is par­tic­u­lar to these tiny maki rolls, so I thought I’d share it. It’s also not so much a pat­tern but more like a recipe. One can eas­i­ly adjust the length and width to include more fill­ings for the maki rolls.

I used:

tiny bits of black, white and oth­er colours for desired fill­ings, in worsted or light worsted weight yarn.

3mm hook

tapes­try needle

What I did:

Note: turn­ing ch does not count as a stitch.

Row 1: Using fill­ing colour yarn, ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, ch 1, turn.

Row 2: sc in each of next 2 sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 3: sc in each of next 2 sc, switch to white yarn, fas­ten off fill­ing yarn, ch 1.

Rows 4 — 12 (9 rows): repeat row 2. At the end of row 12, switch to black yarn, fas­ten off white yarn, ch 1.

Rows 13 — 24 (12 rows): repeat row 2. Fas­ten off, leav­ing a 10″ tail for sewing. Weave in ends.

Assem­bly:

Start­ing from the end with the fill­ing colour, roll up the strip tight­ly. Sew end of strip to the maki roll, then sew through the diam­e­ter of the maki roll in dif­fer­ent direc­tions a cou­ple of times. Fas­ten off, weave in ends.

And we’re done! Easy, right? I found it pret­ty hard to stop mak­ing them :S But what can one do with so many tiny sushi rolls? They’re very light, so great for ear­rings! I’ve made these yam roll ear­rings for the shop :D

And I made a futoma­ki brooch sort of in a free-form style. It is list­ed in my Etsy shop — cus­tomiz­able and fresh­ly made-to-order! :D

And here we have it, futomaki and friends :D

But wait, we’re not done with sushi mak­ing! In our next episode we will make easy nigiri! Stay tuned! :D