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Archive for March, 2009
Robyn Love’s Knitted City at Lion Brand
Mar 16th
Yesterday on Ravelry I got wind of Robyn Love’s new knitted city window display at the Lion Brand Studio on 15th street in NY. I must go see this in person!
The idea reminds me of my cities under attack by giant cute things, except way bigger and with more details like tiny cars and pigeons.
You can see more photos from the display at Robyn’s blog.
Passion Pit
Mar 13th
Just heard Passion Pit on the All Songs Considered podcast about upcoming SXSW performances. It’s happy—a bit reminiscent of The Postal Service, except I think it will take much longer to tire of Passion Pit.
This is “Sleepyhead” from their album Chunk of Change. (Best not to look directly at the video for long though, because it’s super dizzying.)
I think I read that they’re coming out with another album in May. Can’t wait!
Buggy Mobiles
Mar 12th
Spring just can’t come fast enough, am I right?
Until the temperature stays above 50 degrees for consecutive days, we’ll have to settle for warm thoughts and spring-like images, like this charming Snails and Slugs mobile made by Ravelry user colala.
I want one of these for my bedroom!
You can make your own Snails and Slugs with this free pattern on the Mochimochi Blog.
Kate Jeffery also recently finished an outdoorsy mobile of her own, with cute bugs!
As I mentioned last month, you can get Kate’s dragonfly pattern for free on Ravelry.
A Shy Cory
Mar 10th
Two months ago John set up a new 50-gallon fish tank in our living room and populated it with 25 cory catfish. They are too cute!
I just spent the past ten minutes trying to take their picture, but they’re a bit camera shy. The best I could do was a photo of a single cory at rest.
It doesn’t show up so well in the photo, but one of the cute things about corys is the way that their gills are pink, which makes them look like they’re always blushing.
You can see photos of all different kinds of corys at PlanetCatfish.
Giant Snails Attack the City! Now Available Here
Mar 9th
I’m now back in NYC after a productive trip to Oklahoma. I was having some amazing toy photography done there by my friend Brandi Simons, for a project that I’m eager to talk about at a future date.
The city always seems bigger after I’ve been gone for a few days. At least there aren’t any giant snails attacking it!
This one-of-a-kind knitted piece is now available for $80. It measures about 6.5″ wide and 6″ tall.
Please email me at info@mochimochiland.com if you’re interested in purchasing it.
