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Archive for January, 2010
Tiny Baby
Jan 8th
She’s always making a fuss whenever she wants something. Really, it’s so immature!
(She also seems to be doing pushups. That’s one tough baby!)
Knittedteacups suggested a Tiny Baby back in July last year, so she gets a free pattern!
PixelJunk Shooter
Jan 7th
I love a good two-player game, and the husband and I recently had a lot of fun with Pixeljunk Shooter for the PS3.
You’re on a rescue mission to save scientists who are trapped in a winding cave full of burning-hot lava and icy ice. You have to strategically cool the lava and melt the ice to blast through without accidentally killing too many of the people you’re trying to save!
The art is simple and beautiful, the controls are simple and very fluid, and before we knew it, it was 2 am and even though I could barely keep my eyes open, I wanted to complete just one more level. It’s possible to play by yourself, but I imagine it’s way more fun as a team.
Tiny Patterns Coming Soon!
Jan 6th
Remember these guys?
A pattern collection of the four of them will be soon be available in the Mochimochi Shop. Look for them next week!
2010 Thoughts and Plans and Stuff
Jan 4th
I hope everyone’s new year is off to a great start! Because this is as good a time as any to be self-reflective, I thought I’d share some thoughts on the new year for Mochimochi Land.
I don’t have any specific resolutions for Mochimochi Land, but I plan to make it an exciting year in toys! The biggest anticipation for me is my book coming out in June. Argh still six more months away! I put a lot of 2009 into working on it (and so did my awesome testers), so I hope people will enjoy it and treasure it and sleep with their arms around it. Or just enjoy it.
Of course I have plans for lots of new patterns to add to the Mochimochi Shop this year, FIVE of which I am simultaneously working on right now. (This month will see the first Tiny Things collection and a new cross-stitch pattern!) In addition to continuing to always improve at designing knitted toys, I’m hoping to get better at designing in two dimensions and convert more people to cross-stitch.
I’m planning to keep up the weekly Tiny Series for a while, but I probably can’t do it indefinitely. Or maybe I can. We’ll see!
There are a few other big projects that I’m working on that need to stay under wraps for now. Don’t you hate that? I know, I shouldn’t have said anything. Just forget that I’m working on top-secret huge exciting projects.
Oh, and John and I are putting together plans for a site redesign! I can’t say when it will be done, but our plan is to create a pretty new website that’s easy to use and has more features.
I hope you will all continue to read my blog and leave comments in 2010 if I promise to keep blogging. Let’s make it another toy-rific year together! (Sorry, but this awful pun is here to stay for another decade.)
Tiny Tiger
Jan 1st
He thinks he’s pretty special because this whole year is devoted to him!
Larka_Luna suggested a Tiny Tiger in the comments back in July, so she gets a free pattern. Yay!
Happy 2010, everyone!
