Nihon Vogue is Japan's preeminent publisher of books on handicrafts, with hundreds of titles on knitting, sewing, quilting, embroidery, paper crafts, tole painting, and more. Many of their books have been translated into English and other languages, including works by Hitomi Shida, Keiko Okamoto, Reiko Washizawa, Shizuko Kuroha, Yoko Saito, and other internationally recognized needlecraft designers.

Gayle Roehm has knit from Japanese patterns for most of her knitting career, as a result of living in Japan and studying the language for many years. Gayle now teaches at knitting gatherings around the U.S. and occasionally publishes her own designs. In addition to other knitting guides and dictionaries, she has translated and augmented such iconic titles as the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible and 1000 Japanese Knitting & Crochet Stitches.