Assistance Plz

[soc_puppet]

Fellow Japanophiles: Your assistance please!

My mom has learned via her connection through FaceBook (I still refuse to get an account) that the Japanese exchange student who stayed with us about nine years ago has recently gotten married! And I would really like to crochet her something as a wedding/congratulatory gift.

Is there any particularly appropriate lucky symbol for weddings, marriage, a new life together, that sort of thing? I favor things with body over flat things, but I'd be willing to go for just about anything, probably. Though I'm really not sure how crocheting sekihan would work... Maybe if I use beads for the beans? And lumpy yarn for the rice? Hmm.

Is the falcon/eggplant/Mt Fuji combo just for New Years/first dream of the new year, or is it in general? (I should totally do that for New Years if it's not in general, 'cuz that would be really cute.) Would wedding animals be better? Should I just ask Mom to find out what their respective Chinese zodiac animals are and crochet those? Or, hmm, something specific to Okinawa, maybe?

I seriously feel like I'm grasping at straws here :/ I'll probably go with the zodiac animal thing if I don't get any suggestions.

Comments

[poor-choices.livejournal.com]

We have a wedding kimono at the museum that is decorated with cranes! I don't know that this is particularly typical, but it looks nice.

[soc_puppet]

Ooo, sounds pretty :o

Between you and Mati, that's two for cranes, so it looks like I'll be going with that :) Thanks very much for the suggestion!

[dogmatix-san.livejournal.com]

I was about to suggest cranes as well, although that's more a general-osmosis-impression than a specific hard fact, although I do know cranes stand for something positive like prosperity or such. I dunno how easy a crane would be to crochet though.

[soc_puppet]

Okay, that's two for cranes, and bonus potential symbolism; sounds like I'll be going with that, then :)

Thank you!