you can make a mario hat, or the mario power mushrooms. I have a how to on how to take an old shirt and turn it into a pillow, and the shirt i used happens to be an old mario shirt. LOL
Mario Ami:
http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.com/2009/08/mario-plushie.html
Mario and Luigi Hats:
http://funkychika3.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&max-results=2
Power Mushrooms:
http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.com/2009/05/mario-brothers-mushrooms.html
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"Row 1: Shell in 5th ch from hook (beginning ch counts..."
What's in the parenthesis is is telling you that the 5 chains you skipped count as a dc (double crochet stitch). ^^ LOL just as Pamela <3 explained. LOL
Here's some sites I use to translate Japanese patterns:
http://abigailscraftshowto.com/2010/06/how-to-read-japanese-amigurumi-patterns/
http://weloveamigurumi.livejournal.com/434126.html
http://snuffykin.livejournal.com/51751.html
Crochet Geek has some good vids...
i found this.. http://www.beadinggem.com/2009/09/how-to-make-kumihimo-style-braided.html On youtube there's a video too. http://youtu.be/0RNbFjvZycs
Hope it helps...