Look who’s finally arrived in the shop!
The Zaru the Monkey pattern is finally here, and I hope you find him worth the wait. This guy wants to swing from your trees and make general mischief with his ridiculously long tail. Knit him for yourself and your monkey-loving friends!
He’s now available as a PDF download for $6 in the Mochimochi Shop.
It’s a really long tail!
See how I designed Zaru in this guest post that I did for Whipup last year.
New photos from my April solo show The Wooly Woods are now on my art website!
Most of the photos were taken by my sister-in-law Jenna, who was my awesome travel companion to Berlin for this show. (Check out her gorgeous website, especially if you live in the NYC or New England area.)
I’ve also just listed the remaining eight pieces from the show in my shop. Shipping is free within the US!
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I just put a new tutorial up on the How-to page: How to join I-cord legs together. It’s an essential technique for knitting tiny gnomes, pirates, chefs—all manner of little creatures that walk around on two legs.
Many of my patterns for tiny people and other characters use the technique of joining legs together seamlessly into the piece. It’s a simple process, but one that’s best shown in a series of photos that I can’t normally fit into the space of a pattern. So here’s a tutorial on exactly how to do it.
Is it really the last day of May? I guess that means we need to squeeze in a few more of your bird photos today to finish out the month!
From Salla Ahola, adorable tiny pigeons go on a spring boat trip.
I’m a little worried for the purple bird in the front of the boat, who doesn’t seem to be wearing a life vest! But I guess birds can fly, too, so maybe a spill wouldn’t be a big deal.
Two picnicking squirrels encounter a hummingbird in this sweet scene by Jennifer:
Actually, there’s something very pigeon-like about that hummingbird, although I can’t quite put my finger on it…
And last but not least, FatalsAttraction recreated a haunting scene from a classic Mochimochi horror flick…
Don’t mess around with ghost chickens, I guess!
Thanks again to all of you who entered our Fine Feathered Photo Contest! Whether or not you joined in this time, please keep adding your photos of Mochimochi toys to our Flickr group. They might appear here on the blog, and they’ll automatically be entered in our big annual photo contest in the fall!
Two knitters took on the theme of birdwatching for their Fine Feathered Photo Contest entries. A baby goose and a bluebird take to the park in this sweet and simple scene by heyseanmcbride:
And the birds find an especially interesting subject in this photo by susanyu2:
That magnifying glass!
I hope you are all enjoying this bird-themed week as much as I am. More fowl photography tomorrow to see the week out!
Another Fine Feathered Photo Contest favorite: Ilana gave us a scene from the kitchen of a fancy bird restaurant.
Her caption:
Irate Chef Chicken waits impatiently with an order ticket in hand as his cook desperately tries to finish frying that steak.
The pigeon waiter just kills me!
It’s time to play… Feuding Flocks!
I would totally watch this game show. And of course the host is a tiny gnome!
I have a feeling there are no kisses on the lips from this host, though.
This awesome scene dreamed up by ForeverWrens is another of our favorite entries from the Fine Feathered Photo Contest. As classic game show fans, John and I love it!