Update: See how this animation was made in this “making of” post!
Tiny hedgehog’s got a date! His plan is to impress his lady hedgehog with this delicious apple he found. Tiny hedgehog is going to be late for his date.
Thanks to Maureen for the help with this one!
There’s more than one way to knit a tiny owl. With just a few tweaks, Donna made one out of a chicken!
That is, she used the tiny chicken pattern from Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi as a base to make a very respectable little owl. I’m especially impressed by those hypnotic eyes!
For those of you who don’t have a copy of the book, the tiny chicken pattern is actually available for free! And of course, if you’re not up for modifying your own owl, there’s always the new tiny owl pattern in PDF and kit form.
I spotted Donna’s owl in the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group—please share your mochi photos there so we can find them!
Wow, thank you for an awesome pattern launch last night! Even with an initial glitch with the pattern page (that had John and me freaking out for a few minutes—thanks to those of you who alerted us to it), we had a terrific response!
And now for the official-official announcement: The Tiny Woodland pattern collection is now here!
Tiny fox, owl, tree, and hedgehog can be knit up in a matter of hours with minimum yarn. Have a free weekend? You can knit a whole forest! The pattern collection is available as a PDF download for $6 in the shop. (Want them on Ravelry? Just send me a quick email when you check out with your Ravelry name, and I’ll add the patterns to your library when they’re available, in about a month.)
These projects are great for scrap yarn, or pick up a kit to make three owls, hedgehogs, or foxes for $12 a pop.
Because woodland creatures have a tendency to be some people’s all-time favorite animals, I put extra work into getting the designs just right. I also wanted the photos to be just right, so when it was time for the photo shoot I called in Soupy to do what he does best: Soupyvise.
It’s like supervising, but it’s nonverbal, and he might destroy what you’re trying to do without warning.
Here’s something else I tried as a main image.
I liked the idea of shooting down on the projects, kind of in a Wes Anderson style, but I just couldn’t get the lighting right, and the burlap texture (which is the same as the background in the top photo) was too distracting and also made the image look slightly crooked.
And yes, I did have to hot glue the tiny owl to the twig. Oh, the sacrifices my mochis make for their art!
Anyway, I think the world is becoming a little more adorable this weekend thanks to all of you who are getting the patterns. Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who submitted cute and silly captions to our week of woodland creature caption contests! It’s been such fun reading them all this afternoon.
John and I really hate picking favorites, but we’re willing to do it for you cool people. So here we go!
Our favorite tiny owl caption is by Sadie:
Tiny owl doesn’t give a hoot about practicing for his flying test; he knows he’ll be able to wing it!
Our favorite tiny fox caption is a tongue twister courtesy of Devon:
What’s a knit kit without a kit to knit? ;)
Cristina’s tiny hedgehog caption gets props for being both weird and cool:
Day 32 of secretly integrating myself into pinecone society, and they’ve yet to become suspicious.
And Salla came up with a tiny tree caption that is sweet and understated:
Tiny tree is always well-grounded and his Woodland friends would describe him as being down-to-earth.
Congratulations to these worthy witty wordsmiths, each of whom wins the new Tiny Woodlands PDF pattern collection, which—yes!—is now available in the shop.
But wait, we have one more winner! Of all the lovely poems we received, one stood out for its fun story and clever rhymes:
There once was a spiffy wee fox,
Who took pride in his vermilion locks.
He ran this way and that
To avoid becoming a hat;
Oh that sneakily stylish li’l fox!
That was authored by Sophia, who wins the PDF pattern collection, PLUS tiny kits for the fox, hedgehog, and owl!
If the above image looks a little familiar, that’s because these were the mystery preview kits that we were sending out in July. So many reveals in one blog post!
Thanks again to those who participated in our little contest. I hope you all enjoy the patterns!
Update: Congrats to our caption contest winners! Also, the tiny tree pattern is now available!
If you’ve noticed a theme to this week of caption contests, you might have guessed that a tiny owl, a tiny fox, and a tiny hedgehog could use a tiny tree for a friend. You would be right!
Hurry up and give us your best tiny tree caption, because we’ll announce all of the caption contest winners later this afternoon, in conjunction with the release of the Tiny Woodland pattern collection. Keep it to one caption per person in the comments, please, then check back later for the winners and the patterns!
Update: Congrats to our caption contest winners! Also, the tiny hedgehog pattern is now available as a PDF download and as a kit!
It’s day three of our week of caption contests, and that means we’re just one day away from new tiny patterns!
Today this tiny hedgehog needs a caption, one that sums up what it means to be a tiny hedgehog in a way that is both adorable and profound. Or you can win us over with anything that rhymes with “hedgehog.”
Our favorite hedgehog caption (along with our favorite owl and fox captions) will be announced tomorrow, and the author will receive the new patterns for free!
As always, please keep your captions to one per person per post.
Update: Congrats to our caption contest winners! Also, the tiny fox pattern is now available as a PDF download and as a kit!
The new tiny pattern collection is now just two days away! Thank you for all the tiny owl captions yesterday—we got so many more than I had expected.
Today I challenge you to caption the next creature in the collection, a tiny fox! Like with yesterday’s caption, John and I will choose a winner on Thursday, and that person will receive a free copy of the new patterns. (And again, please keep your captions to one per person per post.)
Update: Congrats to our caption contest winners! Also, the tiny owl pattern is now available as a PDF download and as a kit!
School’s back in, the air is getting crisp, and new seasonally-appropriate tiny patterns are coming this week!
We’re also long overdue for a caption contest, so let’s fix that right now: Caption this tiny owl with your cutest owl pun, and the winner (to be announced Thursday) will receive the new pattern collection. We’ll have a new caption contest going every day this week, so be sure to check back for more chances to win! (Please keep your captions to one per person per post.)