Let's make happy
Tiny Fairy
Jan 6th
Winning caption by Amanda:
Periwinkle Sparkletoes
Fluttering on by your snoring nose
Hither and thether
Light as a feather
She sneaks a quick kiss on your cheek
And takes off with your teeth!
But don’t worry my good fellow
There’s money under your pillow!
A Tiny Fairy has it rough—most people don’t even believe in her! Maybe we can help boost this little lady’s self-esteem by giving her a caption that describes her unique fairy-ness.
Leave your Tiny Fairy caption in the comments to this post (one per person, please), and on Monday we’ll pick our favorite to win…
an adorable Hello Kitty tape measure from Tomo and Timo!
Thank you to Tomo of Tomo and Timo for contributing the prize again this time!
Hand Knit Tiny Mochis Now Available
Jan 5th
Just a quick note to say that I recently added some hand-knit tiny mochis to the shop! These are each knitted by me, so if you’re not a knitter, you can still have one of your own!
I haven’t done a lot of knitting-for-sale before, but I do love knitting so much that when I have extra time and no new designs on the needles, it’s nice to knit up a few of my personal favorites.
Quantities are limited, of course!
Gnomes and Snowmen (and me!) Headed for VK Live
Jan 4th
Vogue Knitting Live is coming to NYC again next weekend!! I’ll be there, and I’m even bringing a couple of armies with me…
You’ll be able to find me and my Gnomes vs Snowmen in the Art Gallery area of the Marketplace, which is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, January 14th and 15th (with a preview for VK Live attendees on the evening of the 13th). I’ll also have books and kits for sale there, including a super-secret new kit! You’ll have to stop by to find out what it is.
Aside from my own display, you’ll be able to find me at the Lion Brand booth at 6 pm on Friday, January 13th, where I’ll be doing a Q&A. Then on Sunday the 15th I’ll be doing a book signing at the Knitty City booth at 11 am.
I can’t wait to see lots of familiar faces and meet many more knitters too. Please stop by and say hi if you’ll be there!
New Year, New Niece
Jan 3rd
Look who I got to meet over the holidays!
This little Christmas baby is my brand-new niece Nora. (That’s her mom, my sister, holding her.) She was just three weeks old when I met her and held her for the first time! Weighing just seven pounds, she is quite a bit lighter than my cats. Having little experience with babies and lots of experience with cats, I was making constant baby-cat comparisons throughout the visit. (They’re pretty much nothing alike.)
My Christmas present to Nora was supposed to be a mobile to go over her crib. Unfortunately I got caught up in the logistics of the thing, so the hanging part still has to be finished, but here’s what the animals look like.
Since the baby can’t grab onto things yet, and she can’t even see so well, I didn’t get a photo of her with them. But I’ve been told that my sister’s cat expressed interest in the wool toys. Score one for cat!
Needless to say, I’m thrilled to have a niece. She was an awesome way to start the year!
Tiny Dragon
Dec 30th
I had been meaning to knit a tiny dragon for a while now, and it was only after I decided to do it for my last post of 2011 that I realized that 2012 will be the year of the dragon! Very auspicious.
Happy New Year, everyone!
2011 Favorites
Dec 29th
Let’s look back on the best stuff that’s happened in Mochimochi Land this year! (Click on the images to read the original posts.)
**Favorite New Patterns**
Flushie
Flapjack Frogs
**Favorite Mochimochi Mods**
TheBon’s Santa Smurf
Green Eyed Monster’s Rainycloud Mobile
**Favorite Tiny Mochis**
Tiny Ebi Sushi
Tiny Sewing Machine
Tiny Skunk
**Favorite Tiny Captions**
I am 16mm going on 17 mm…
by Karen
Tiny dyslexic lemon isn’t afraid of being squeezed, but don’t show him the melon baller!
by Michelle
**Favorite Extra-Weird Projects**
Cupcake Planet
Mochimochimochimochimochi
**Favorite Cat Photos**
Nipsey has a Drawer-venture
Soupy is a Lolcat
**Favorite Non-Cat Animal Photo**
Monorail Squirrel
**Favorite Random Cute Things**
Mini Rubber Cat
Yeti Sighting
And that is the year in Mochimochi Favorites! It’s been an amazing year full of crazy cute Mochi madness. Please add your own favorites in the comments!
Mochimochi Land in 3D
Dec 27th
You know those old-school 3D glasses, the paper kind with the red and blue lenses? Like these:
Maybe you have a pair in the bottom of a drawer somewhere? Go get them right now so you can enjoy the rest of this post!
A very cool person named Jess Mireau took these photos at my 2010 show Greetings from Mochimochi. How awesome is this?!
I didn’t even know that they made 3D cameras like this, but Jess tells me that she used one called the Fujifilm W3, on loan from her friend Cory, who has an entire blog dedicated to 3D photos. Jess is an animator herself—you can see her amazing work at jam-i-am.com.
