Author: Anna

Walking is Hard

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Anna

I thought I’d share one of my stop-motion animation tests today. As you’ll see, my model and I are still getting the hang of walking—he started leaning way too far forward, but instead of starting over, I came up with a quick solution to that problem.

I hope to have a test that incorporates some bunny slipper action soon. And I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how best to animate some knitted characters—the physics of it are just a bit trickier than I originally thought. Anyway, I’m having fun with this new project!

Confused Moose is Not a Nightclub

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Anna

I thought I would do some little illustrations of the toys that will be appearing in my upcoming book Knitting Mochimochi (coming out June 29th!).

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This guy’s name is Confused Moose. I guess I would be confused too if a flock of pastel birds moved into my antlers. I would also be confused to wake up with antlers on my head, for that matter.

All Bunnied Out

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Anna

I don’t know about you, but I think I’m all bunnied out for a while after last week. Let’s see, what is the complete opposite of bunnies… robot dinosaurs, perhaps?

OK, so this is a really cute robot dinosaur. But good enough!

When I didn’t have bunnies on the brain last week, I set up a Facebook page for Mochimochi Land. So I hope you’ll become a fan if you’re a Facebooker. And I’ve been Tweeting on Twitter for ages now, so you can find me there too.

Ninjabun Feels Left Out

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Anna

Let’s not forget this sneaky bunny during Bunny Week!

Thank you to everyone who sent in their great bunny photos, links, and stories this week—I think Bunny Week was a success, so we’ll have to do more themed weeks on the blog in the future. (Ideas are welcome of course!)

You have until the end of the day today (Saturday, April 3rd) to get the Dust Bunnies pattern for free with any $5 purchase from the Mochimochi Shop.

Have a wonderful Easter, everyone!

Let’s Make Rabbits

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Anna

These bunnies are not doing anything naughty at all.

I was just in a bookstore with my sister-in-law this afternoon, and she came running to me with this book. We agreed that it had to be part of Bunny Week.

Let’s Make Rabbits is by Caldecott winner Leo Lionni, and it’s about drawing pictures of rabbits and making them out of paper, and not about anything biological. (But you could have fooled us, with that cover!)

Betty the Bunny

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Anna

This bunny thinks it’s bipedal!

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Tara sent over this photo of her daughter’s cute bunny Betty. It sounds like Betty has a great personality (she’s buds with their pet chihuahua mix), and I love her speckles and eye patch too.

Tiny Bunny

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Anna

It’s Bunny Week in Mochimochi Land! You get a free Dust Bunnies PDF pattern with any purchase of $5 or more from the Mochimochi Shop through April 3rd. (A link to download the pattern will be emailed to you within 24 hours of your purchase.)

Of course I had to make a Tiny Bunny for Bunny Week!

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He thinks this whole “Bunny Week” thing is a whole lot of nonsense.

Rachel suggested I make a Tiny Bunny (a “tiny disapproving bunny” to be precise!) last year, so she gets a free pattern!

Bunny Bank

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Anna

This bunny will save your money!

My awesome sister-in-law knows just what I like, and she gave me this bunny bank for Christmas last year! He doesn’t have any money yet, but he sure looks cute on my shelf. You can get your own here.