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Awesome Things
Content-Aware Magic
Mar 25th
I saw this preview of upcoming Photoshop magic on Pica + Pixel, and wow! It’s too amazing not to share.
If you’ve ever wondered what Photoshop does—well, this isn’t what it does yet, but I really want to get my hands on this new feature!
Mochimochi Yarn!
Mar 22nd
How cool is this: Rhichard at Koigu created a colorway especially for Mochimochi Land! It’s not every day that someone designs a special variegated yarn just for me, so I was thrilled when this package arrived of my doorstep the other day.
I think there’s something very optimistic about this colorway, which I love. It’s definitely special enough to warrant a new toy—any ideas?
If you’re not familiar with Koigu, they make a wonderful sock yarn that comes in brilliant colors (I’ve used it to make many of my Tiny Things), and you can find it in many yarn stores.
Thank you, Rhichard!
Hearts for Haiti at Churchmouse
Mar 16th
I just received happy news from from Churchmouse Yarns & Teas in Bainbridge Island, Washington, who last month sponsored a “Hearts for Haiti” charity fundraiser to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. They offered a collection of hand-knitted hearts (made from my free pattern) for people to purchase with all proceeds to be donated to Partners in Health. The event raised almost $1,200!
Annabella was nice enough to send over a couple of photos from the fundraiser.
She said there were bowls filled with little knitted hearts all over the shop. Cute!
It’s so inspiring to see knitters working together to help a very worthy cause, in a very fun way. Certainly when I designed the little pattern in 2007 I had no idea of the potential it had in the hands of others.
If you are interested in using any of my patterns to help raise money for a good cause, please email me at info [at] mochimochiland [dot] com.
Magic Drawer
Mar 15th
I was working at my desk last night when I realized that the left drawer in my desk is kind of magical. I always have it crammed full of polyfil for stuffing convenience, so whenever I open it a big cloud of fluffy white stuff appears. The identical drawer on the right side of the desk contains balls of colorful yarn, which is almost as magical.
I’m often at my desk working on a project with both drawers open, and I feel like the captain of some whimsical white knitting ship in a remake of Spaceballs.
Delicious Dishes
Mar 10th
I am so in love with these plates by artist Lisa Grue that are now on exhibit at gallery hanahou.
The plates are Royal Copenhagen porcelain and hand-printed by Lisa. The neon pom-poms are just the perfect touch too!
This is just part of Lisa’s show “Owls Have More Fun,” which is up through March 26th. You can also download a catalog of the plates from the gallery website. (Click on the link below the “go shopping” button.)
It’s kind of a dream of mine to make plates someday. But I probably can’t hope to make any this awesome!
