Annie, an avid knitter of Grass, recently sent me a video that she and her friend made about a grassy adventure in the front yard.
Annie says they “failed” at the stop motion, but I think they did a fine job, and the video is hilarious. (I especially love the smoking scenes!)
Maybe next year’s photo contest will have to include a category for video…
To kick off this year’s photo contest, the pattern for Dust Bunnies will come free with any Mochimochi Land purchase through June 15th!
A link to download the pattern will be sent to you within 24 hours of your purchase.
That’s right, it’s time for the second-ever contest in Mochimochi Land!
We’re looking for the cutest, funniest, most original photos of toys made from Mochimochi Land patterns. The first place winner will get a box full of cute and unusual goodies straight from Japan: craft books, supplies and kits, toys, and more! There will also be prizes for second and third place.
The finalists will be selected from photos uploaded to the Mochimochi Friends group on Flickr. All of the photos that have been uploaded in the past six months (after November 30, 2007) are already entered to win! Then everyone will get to vote for the winners right here in August.
Here are the simple guidelines:
Eligibility
To be eligible, your photo must contain at least one toy made from a Mochimochi Land pattern. This can either be a pattern from the Mochimochi Shop or one of the free patterns on the Mochimochi Blog. The pattern may be modified, but not beyond recognition from the original pattern.
How to enter
Simply upload your photo(s) to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group. If you don’t have a Flickr account, it is free and easy to register (though we recommend signing up as soon as possible, because it takes a little time for your account to be approved for sharing photos in a group). You can upload as many photos as you want, within reason.
Deadline
The last day to enter the contest is July 31st. We’ll be announcing the finalists shortly thereafter. Then everyone can vote for their favorites right here on the blog in early August, so be sure to check back then.
Check out last year’s winners for inspiration, then get those shutters clicking!
Update: Thanks so much to Limenviolet, the Craft blog, and Plush You for announcing the contest!
It recently occurred to me that it might be time to do some dusting…
A new pattern coming very soon!
I took this photo with my phone camera a few weeks ago. It’s a building on 11th Avenue in New York, not far from where I live.
I like how it’s a normal building, then it just stops, as if part of the backside melted away. Not sure what’s going on here.
A few of these little guys will be part of the prizes for the upcoming photo contest. Full details next week!
If you missed it in CRAFT magazine, you can now get the pattern for Which Came First?, the reversible chicken and egg, right here in the Mochimochi Shop!
This simple pattern calls for knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, I-cord, and mattress stitch.
It may not get you any closer to the answer, but at least it’s a fun project!
On my last day in Japan last month, I was in a crowded JR train and noticed TWO ads featuring cute girls and plush mascots, one right across from the other in the car.
They’re advertising completely different things, and neither of those things are toys.
This girl and her panda puppet want you to drink Kirin green tea.
The panda seems more interested in eating the cap, though.
And this girl and her giant frog are hawking loans, of all things.
As cute as that frog is, I’m not sure if it would motivate me to take out a loan from this particular company. Then again, I’m not Japanese.