Did you know that Jumbo Gnome has some handsome relatives?
Dknits made these fashion-forward guys with some adorable sweater variations. I’m totally crushing on them.
Look, duckies!
Remember to your own photos of Mochimochi knits to the Flickr group so we can all see! They’ll also automatically be entered in our big photo contest this fall.
Time to start showing some stuff from my new book—I’ve been waiting so long for this!!
It’s really hard to choose which scary mochi to start with, but I have a lot to say about this guy…
Meet What-to-Werewolf! He’s a teen werewolf who improvised a costume for those waxing and waning nights when he still wants to be on the prowl.
His wolf hoodie is completely removable, revealing an otherwise ordinary boy.
Teeny-tiny people notwithstanding, I rarely knit human dolls, so this guy’s special for that reason alone. It’s even more rare that I knit separate clothes for dolls, so that made this project extra fun.
And let’s talk about that mirror photo! It was one of the most difficult we had to shoot—it turns out that doing a mirror shot and making it look like it’s in a miniature bedroom is tricky! Thankfully my photographer Brandi Simons had worked with me on my previous two books, and she knows how to create just the right environments around my toys.
First we had to find the right size and shape of mirror. That wasn’t too hard, but once it was photographed, the black-framed locker mirror looked just like an iPad. So to make it more mirror-like, Brandi tinted the frame brown and sharpened up the rounded corners in Photoshop. We also needed some miniature versions of stuff that a teenage werewolf would have in his room, and we ended up going with a combination of random little stuff (thank you, Wal-mart cheap party favor section) and things we printed out for mirror decor.
Here’s the photo again, annotated:
It was a huge relief when everything came together, thanks to Brandi. I feel so lucky to get to work with such a crafty photographer. I hope come September some of you will be knitting and photographing your own What-to-Werewolves!
Super-Scary Mochimochi is now available for pre-order from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Starting September 18th, it will be in local yarn stores throughout the US, and signed copies will be available from the Mochimochi Shop too.
More Super-Scary previews are on their way in the coming months, so stay tuned!
Throw the tiniest disco party ever with the newest patterns in the Mochimochi Shop!
I’ve been on a little bit of a tiny human kick lately, so it only made sense to put together some of my favorites in a Tiny People set! These little guys knit up super fast with fingering-weight yarn and size 1 needles, or use any kind of scrap yarn to make them—you only need a little bit!
The patterns are available as a PDF download for $6 in the Mochimochi Shop.
Having not seen The Avengers, I may be behind the summer blockbuster times, but I can still appreciate the cleverness of Mariannes_stuff’s adorable Loki puppet.
I gather that he’s the bad guy of the movie, but if he looks anything like Marianne’s version, he sure is a cute one!
And look—little Loki too!
Marianne used the Puppet Love pattern as a base for her little baddie. You can read a bit more about her process on her Ravelry project page.
Add your own photos of Mochimochi knits to the Flickr group so we can all see! They’ll also automatically be entered in our big photo contest this fall.
I’m psyched to see that some daring knitters are challenging themselves with Mochimochi projects for the Ravellenic Games! They even have an adorable badge, created by BreiKonijn.
As you may have heard, the Ravellenic Games got some unexpected publicity a few weeks back when its previous Olympics-inspired name got on the radar of the US Olympic Committee’s lawyers. Although now renamed, it seems to me at least that the spirit of the Ravelleniads (assuming that’s what they’re now called) has only been strengthened, with knitters stretching their skills to accomplish new fiber heights, all while enjoying the Olympic games coverage from London.
Although I’m not involved in the organization of Team Mochimochi, I’m excited to watch from the sidelines—I see that some knitters have already started posting photos of their accomplishments on their Ravelry discussion thread! (They also seem open to new members.)
Goooo TEAM!! And let us know in the comments if you’re taking part in the Ravellenics!
Remember this guy?
A new pattern collection including him and three other tiny people is coming to the Mochimochi Shop soon! Stay tuned…
I got to spend last week on vacation with my sister and adorable niece Nora! I already knew that Nora was a fantastic baby, but I found out on our trip that she is also an aspiring yarn artist.
At almost eight months old, Nora still shares many similarities with my cats. I’m thinking that will change quickly, but I’m hoping the yarn obsession is here to stay!
The time has come to choose the winners in our Lion Brand Bonbons giveaway!
Earlier this month, I asked you to leave a comment on the giveaway post telling us about the smallest thing you’ve ever knit, for a chance to win the new Bonbons yarn from Lion Brand. At the time of choosing, we had 293 comments—wow!
The tiny gnomes have been bugging me to involve them more in the official business of Mochimochi Land, so I thought I’d indulge them by letting them choose the winners out of a bowl.
Before choosing the winners, the gnomes insisted on first going for a swim in the pieces of paper. This was a big waste of time, if you ask me, and two them suffered from paper cuts, just as I had warned them.
I finally got them to choose one winner each. The first gnome picked ZZZ, which we decided must be 222.
Commenter 222 is coryy:
The smallest thing I ever knit was an olive–and I messed up the shape, so it became yoda’s head. I knit a teeny sweater to go with and a belt, and ended up with a yoda finger puppet!
The next number they picked was 165….
That’s beffuh:
The smallest thing I’ve ever knit was a hat for a matching Christmas jacket I made for my sister’s stuffed animal bear. I made it up in the car on the drive over and it turned out quite well, I must say! :)
And our final number is 106…
jessicac:
The smallest thing has been the gnome from your book! I wish I lived closer to the Lion Brand studio.. ;)
(The gnomes were especially excited about this last winner.)
Each of these winners will get three packages of Bonbons yarn! The yarn comes in three varieties (acrylic, cotton, and metallic), each of which comes in two beautiful color assortments—check them out on the Lion Brand website.
If you are one of the winners, look for an email from me soon asking for your information.
After choosing the winners, the gnomes decided that they would rather keep the Bonbons for themselves, since the little balls of yarn are appropriately tiny gnome-sized. Selfish gnomes!
I told them they would have to learn to knit first—I’ve tried to teach them several times, but their attention spans are just about as short as they are.
A huge thank-you to Lion Brand for sponsoring this giveaway, and thank you to all of you who entered with your comments about super small knits! (By the way, the gnomes had a little help from random.org.)