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Archive for May, 2009
Pile-able Pups Pattern is Here!
May 20th
Spring cleaning on your mind? Finally, it’s not just cat lovers who can stack their pets for the sake of convenience and tidiness. Announcing the newest pattern in the Mochimochi Shop: Pile-able Pups!
Make room for more with dogs you can store!
Distant relatives to Stackable Cats, Pile-able Pups feature a shape that practically demands consolidation. Perfect for OCD dog lovers! Techniques include provisional cast on, picking up stitches, knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, and mattress stitch.
You can buy the pattern as a PDF download for $5 here!
Update: Thank you to Lime & Violet for posting about the Pups!
Seedy Update
May 19th
Something Stacked, as Seen from the Back
May 18th
The pattern for Pile-able Pups is coming this week to the Mochimochi Shop!
Disappearing MTA Signs
May 15th
This is a bit off-topic, but I’ve always sort of admired these signs that appear in the subway stations of New York City:
I think it’s the simplicity, the font, and the size of the sign. At first glance, it almost looks like a minimalist ad campaign. Whether or not these notices are meant to be stylish, I don’t know, but something attracts me to them.
I’ve noticed recently that they’re being replaced with a less awesome design, which is disappointing. So before they’re all gone, I took a picture of one at the Broadway-Lafayette station.
Hearts & Daggers
May 14th
Hearts & Daggers is another 2008 album that I missed last year. Kathy Foster of The Thermals mentioned it in a recent interview, so I thought I would check it out.
Interesting! Petra Haden combines her mostly wordless a cappella with violin and Miss Murgatroid’s accordion to make a sound that is a mixture of lovely and creepy. Much of the album is a kind of pretty drone that sounds like it comes from the distant past, or a dark indie movie about the distant past. I’m liking it for short to medium-length periods at a time.
