Year: 2009

Look Cats!

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Hey look we have cats!

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Their names are Tucker and Zissou, and they’re brothers who are almost identical. They are John’s brother’s cats, and they’re staying with us for a couple of months while he relocates.

They are so cute and fun! Zissou loves playing with twist ties (specifically the big kind that hold together electronics cables), sitting in laps, and sleeping on plastic bags. Tucker loves playing with rubber bands (specifically cloth-covered hair bands), getting brushed, and sleeping in piles of socks.

I wish we could keep them forever! But they are also great trial kitties, and they’ve been so much fun that now we are sure that we want to get cats of our own sometime very soon.

Tiny Things Wrap-up

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If you missed it, I just spent the month of July knitting tiny things—one for every weekday, for 23 tiny things in total!

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I spent a lot of time on these, but it was so satisfying to have a big collection of them in the end. Some were easier than others—I remember whipping up the Tiny Ice Cream in very little time, while the Tiny Vacuum Cleaner was one of the hardest for me to design. I had fun with them all, but some of my personal favorites are the Tiny Forest, Tiny Lion, Tiny Cheeseburger, and Tiny Computer. What are your favorites?

As I think I’ve mentioned in the comments, I would like to make some of these available as patterns, but I haven’t yet decided in what form to publish them. (And I have a ton of other projects going on that I need to finish up first!) I’m really happy to see the great response these guys have gotten and it’s wonderful to know that there is interest in patterns.

I’m going to try to keep up the series with one new tiny thing each week. In the meantime, I’m adding a new (non-tiny) summertime pattern to the Mochimochi Shop later this week. More to come on that soon!

Update: Thank you to Super Cute Kawaii for posting about the tinys!

Tiny Garden Gnome

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Update: You can find the Tiny Gnome pattern in this PDF download and in my book Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi!

The twenty-third tiny thing is a Tiny Garden Gnome.

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He recently went to Nome, Alaska, where he was very disappointed not to find a “G.” (Thanks, John!)

It looks like Shannon was the first commenter to suggest a gnome, so she gets a free pattern. Thanks Shannon!

So the month of Tiny Things has come to an end, but I’ve had so much fun with it that I’m thinking I’ll turn it into a weekly feature on the blog. Sound good?

Tiny Trash Can

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The twenty-second tiny thing is a Tiny Trash Can.

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He likes to make friends, but the way he relates to other things could use some work.

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Melissa gave me the idea in the comments, so she gets a free pattern! Thanks Melissa!

Tiny Cheeseburger

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The twenty-first tiny thing is a Tiny Cheeseburger.

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He is going through a tiny crisis because he just found out he is made of soy.

Burgers were mentioned by several commenters, but knittedteacups was the only person to mention a cheeseburger, so she gets a free pattern!