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Knitted Things
Vogue Knitting Live is this Weekend!
Jan 20th
So VK Live starts tomorrow! I’ll be there all weekend, and I’m bringing someone new with me…
Be sure to stop by the gallery area and say hi!
Mochis in TV Japan Ad
Nov 17th
Just before my show opening last month, I was fortuitously connected with a producer for TV Japan, which is a Japanese-language network available in the US and Canada. She was making a commercial promoting the upcoming season of programming from Japan, and was looking for some cute models to create a fun city scene to intersperse between the show clips. It just so happened that I had recently created an entire knitted world for my show, so she borrowed almost the entire installation for the commercial!
Because the ad includes clips of shows that I don’t have rights to use, I unfortunately can’t show the finished product here (it aired in mid to late October on TV Japan), but the producer sent me some photos from the shoot!
They did a live-action shoot of the little world, using something (wire or magnets, I think) to make toy cars move around. Aside from the cars, they also incorporated characters that the producer handmade herself.
I wish I could have been there just to see how it was all done!
It was very cool to have my toys involved in a commercial project, and I would love to do more things like this in the future.
Tiny Football is Blushing
Nov 8th
Thank you all for your cute tiny football captions over the weekend!
It turned out that Raydra had the best answer to the question “What does this tiny football contemplate when he’s just been kicked in the mud?”
I really hope that cute pom pom didn’t see that.
Nice job, Raydra! That means you get a free pdf pattern from the Mochimochi Shop!
Petite Pencil Pattern on The Storque
Sep 28th
Today’s “How-Tuesday” post on Etsy’s blog The Storque features a free Mochimochi pattern! Head on over to learn how to make your own Petite Pencil from my book Knitting Mochimochi.
Julie at The Storque also had some nice things to say about my book in the post—thank you, Julie!
And if you’re a new visitor to my blog from Etsy: welcome!
Tiny Banana Peel Hilarity
Sep 27th
It turns out that a tiny knitted banana peel was ripe for all kinds of comedy—there were many hilarious captions among the 70-plus suggestions!
It was hard to choose just one, but the win goes to…
That’s what you’d call a slip-stitch…
Congrats, Juul! That means you get a free PDF pattern from the Mochimochi Shop.
Honorable mentions:
How to break out of comedy and be taken seriously as an actor!
(Bonney)
“Bet no one else can do the splits as well as me!”
(Karen)
Just a moment ago I was giving a wonderful hug… Now? I feel kind of empty inside.
(MrsB)
i’m more appealing than that mushy ol’ banana anyway!
(Kara S)
What a fruitless day I’ve had!
(Peg of Tilling)
I need to check my liability insurance!
(claire)
Nice job, everyone!
