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Mochimochi at NYC Maker Faire Sept 17
Sep 8th
I’m happy to announce that I’ll again be at the NYC Maker Faire next weekend in Queens! You’ll be able to find me in the library of the Museum of Science on Saturday, Sept 17th—I’m bringing my Teeny-Tiny diorama and I’ll have my new book there too. I’ll also be doing a toy knitting demo at the CRAFT stage at 1 pm on the 17th.
If you haven’t experienced a Maker Faire before, it’s a celebration of creativity that is lots of fun for all ages. Hope to see you there next Saturday!
Rainbow Rainycloud Mobile
Sep 7th
How lovely is this Rainycloud mobile that the sisters of Green Eyed Monster made for a kids’ room?
I love how the simple shapes sans eyes and bright colors make for a clean and happy piece. You can see more pretty pics of it on the Green Eyed Monster blog.
As always, if you’ve made something fun from a Mochimochi pattern, please add it to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group! It will appear on the gallery page, and it will automatically be entered in our next photo contest.
Tiny Sushi has a Black Belt in Puns
Sep 7th
Loved the caption contest entries this weekend! It was hard to choose a favorite, but I found this one irresistible…
Tiny Sushi to Tiny Edamame: Wasabi?
Tiny Edemame: Nato much, you?
That cute double-pun caption is from Bonnie!
I seriously considered knitting up some Tiny Edamame this morning just for this post, but that seemed a little crazy. However, I am thinking it would be awesome to do a collection of sushi bar tiny mochis, as some of you suggested, so edamame is next on my list for that!
For her caption, Bonnie gets the pattern for Flapjack Frogs!
And here are some other pun-tastic entries:
Has anyone seen my umami?
by Carrie
“Why don’t ya come up and sashimi some time?”
by twinsetjan
“Shrimply adorable.”
by Jennifer
Yawwwn
Sep 6th
Because of some unexpected travel delays, we’ll be choosing a winner of the Tiny Sushi caption contest tomorrow (so you get more time to enter if you haven’t yet).
Instead, here’s a funny picture of Soupy in mid-yawn while Nipsey sleeps nearby in a weird position!
Tiny Sushi
Sep 2nd
Winning caption by Bonnie:
Tiny Sushi to Tiny Edamame: Wasabi?
Tiny Edemame: Nato much, you?
I love how this guy turned out!
The idea to knit this little tiny ebi sushi came directly from the recent Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi giveaway contest that Hannah held on her blog BitterSweet: the winner suggested that I make a Tiny Sushi!
It seems like there have been Mochimochi contests left and right these days, but one more this week couldn’t hurt, right? Leave your caption for Tiny Sushi in the comments to this post (one per person, please) and we’ll choose our favorite on Tuesday to win…
The pattern for Flapjack Frogs!
Have a happy Labor Day to those who are celebrating. See you on Tuesday!
Podcast Interview with Knit Picks
Sep 2nd
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Alison, the director of Knit Picks, for their podcast. The interview is now up on their website!
It’s so funny to think about how this time last year I was talking to Kelley Petkun (the regular podcast host at Knit Picks) about my first book, Knitting Mochimochi… There was definitely plenty of new stuff to talk about this time around, and Alison was wonderful to talk to.
I hope it’s a fun listen, although I’m a weenie about hearing my own voice and can’t listen to it myself!
Knit Picks is also giving away a copy Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi and a bunch of Palette yarn to get started on your Tinys!
I used Palette to knit many of the samples that appear in the book—it’s one of my current favorite yarns. You have until September 6th to enter the contest on their blog. (And wowza, they’ve got more then 2,000 entries already!)
A big thank-you to Knit Picks for all their support!
Give School a Hug
Sep 1st
Kristen Rask just sent me photos of my window display at her store!
Schmancy is a super-fun vinyl and plush toy store in downtown Seattle, and I was thrilled when Kristen asked me if I would make something for their window.
As I mentioned previously, I used the Petite Pencil pattern from Knitting Mochimochi in bulky yarn to make the pencils, and I love how they came out so huggable. The piece of paper was a bit of a challenge to design, and the hardest thing was coming up with what the paper would say. I got to thinking about how schools and teachers are dealing with increasingly tighter budgets and demands to do more with less, so I figured school could use a hug!
If you’re in Seattle, I hope you’ll swing by Schmancy in the next few weeks and see it in person.
A big thank-you to Kristen for inviting me to do this and for rigging up the display!
Chicken Dance
Aug 30th
Leila sent me this adorable stop-motion animation that she made with her Which Came First knit!
Chicken & Egg from Leila Mays on Vimeo.
