Mochimochi Land « Archive for August 2008

Announcing Pundit Babies!

Aug 31st

Election season is now at full tilt. Get through the coming months of negative ads, dodgy debates, and endless analysis with a new pattern from the Mochimochi Shop!

Make a tiny army of your party animal of choice, or knit up one of each if you’re a swing voter!

Techniques include knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, I-cord, and mattress stitch.

Buy the bipartisan pattern as a PDF download for $5 here.

Beep Boop Crash

Aug 27th

Posted by Anna in Not-So-Cute Things

7 comments

My hard drive crashed last week. The techy people I took it to told me it would be a week to fix, but it’s now been well over a week, and their new estimate is “we have no idea how long it’s going to take.”

I was hoping to keep this mundane and somewhat embarrassing news (no, I hadn’t backed it up in a loong time) out of the blog, but the situation has disrupted my work and brought a few of my projects to a halt, and I’ve also lost some photos I had been planning on sharing on my blog. It’s taking long enough now that it seems like time to whine publicly.

In the meantime, I’ve started scrambling to replace stuff I’ve lost (only temporarily, hopefully). Among these things is a new top-secret pattern coming very very soon.

Disco Smurf’s Captain Capacitor

Aug 25th

Posted by Anna in Knitted Things

3 comments

I get so excited when I see the first completed toy that someone else has made from one of my patterns. It always seems like a small miracle that a few lines of written instructions can yield a similar but totally unique creation in another’s hands.

Disco Smurf was eager to make a Captain Capacitor for her dad for Father’s Day (it’s coming up soon in Australia, apparently), and she’s already finished!

Love his expressive eyes!

By the way, the pattern for Resisty the Resistor will be coming a bit later, so stay tuned!

Free Pattern: Captain Capacitor

Aug 21st

Posted by Anna in Free Patterns

10 comments

This is a free and easy pattern for everyone to enjoy. Please check out the Mochimochi Shop for more patterns that you’ll love!

Hey geek knitters! Get started on a knitted circuit board with Captain Capacitor! He’s ready to save the day with his superhuman energy storing capabilities.

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