Month: January 2010

20/10 VISION this Thursday at gallery hanahou

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Update: You can now see photos from the opening on the gallery hanahou Flickr page.

20/10 VISION is a group show opening at gallery hanahou this Thursday (1/21) featuring local NYC and not-so-local artists’ takes on the new decade. I’ve been watching the pieces come into the gallery, and it’s really an amazing mix!

The gallery and the participating artists will donate 20% of the proceeds from this show to relief efforts in Haiti.

There will also be a collaborative live drawing at the opening created by the artists, which will be sold at silent auction with 100% of the proceeds going to Haiti.

20/10 VISION: perceptive artists focus on the new decade
January 21 – February 19
Opening reception (with collaborative live drawing!): January 21, 7-9 pm

gallery hanahou
611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC

New X-stitch Pattern: Cute is Always in Season!

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Update: Thank you to Natalie at the CRAFT blog for posting about my new patterns!

Cold winter weather got you down? Beat the seasonal-affective-disorder blues with a cute new cross-stitch pattern, now available in the shop!

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The pattern is written as a chart with symbols indicating colors. A full list of supplies needed and tips for beginners are included.

Buy the PDF pattern for $5 right here!

The Tinys are here! The Tinys are here!

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Yes, the much-anticipated patterns for Tiny Things are finally in the Mochimochi Shop!

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This first collection includes patterns for a Tiny Elephant, Tiny Corn, Tiny Violin, and Tiny Toothpaste. Got some sock yarn scraps lying around from former projects? You don’t need much to make these guys! Or, if you’re not so miniature-inclined, these patterns will work with heavier-weight yarn too.

Techniques include knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, I-cord, picking up stitches, and simple color knitting.

Buy the PDF collection of patterns for $5 here!

Awesomely Strange Botan Rice Candy Sticker

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A couple months ago I picked up a box of Botan Rice Candy. It did not disappoint in the sticker department!

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It appears to be a bunny selling ice cream behind a counter. I get that the pink thing on its head is part of the (red?) uniform of an ice cream seller, but what’s the white thing under it—bangs? The fluffy tail of another, smaller bunny hiding under the ice cream seller bunny’s hat?

Botan Rice Candy stickers always seem to raise more questions than they answer.

Tiny Baby

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She’s always making a fuss whenever she wants something. Really, it’s so immature!

(She also seems to be doing pushups. That’s one tough baby!)

Knittedteacups suggested a Tiny Baby back in July last year, so she gets a free pattern!