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Tiny Witch is a Spelling Champ

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Happy Belated Halloween!

Thanks, everyone, for your patience with the website difficulties and the delay in results of the Tiny Witch caption contest. There were so many great entries that we have to go with THREE winners this time, each of whom came up with a very clever spell for our witch.

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From Fran:

Dpn, dpn purl and knit,
use scrap yarn, and a dash of wit!
(Tiny Witch’s spell for creating more tiny mochimochi!)

From Mireya:

skeins and spooks ,
needles and hooks,
wake to your delight,
condure and cast
purl and twirl ,
allow my needled knit with all their might!!

And from Glenys:

Spicky spacky, I see you,
Wonky wobbly, what would you do.
Trick or threat, stick or stones,
Potion I’ve made or maybe bones.
But first for breakfast, yup?
How bout eggs sunny side up?

I do believe that Tiny Witch is well equipped to charm her way around Mochimochi Land with these spells.

Since we have three winners, all three will get the Tiny Zombie Kit! Although Halloween is over for this year, we all know that Tiny Zombies are always in style.

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Gnomes vs Snowmen Opens Thursday!

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It’s almost time for the big fight! My new show, Gnomes vs Snowmen, opens this Thursday at gallery hanahou in NYC. It’s been an exhausting two months-plus putting together this show, but for me, it might be my most exciting project to date.

The show is made up of 45 foot-long panels that will be exhibited along the walls of the gallery. Here’s a little sneak peek of two of them!

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The Carrot Caper is a success!

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Snowmen build a Weapon of Mass Destruction

You can see a few more pieces in the pre-sale catalog PDF.

If you’re in the NYC area, I hope to see you at the reception (6-8 pm this Thursday), or stop by while the show is up through November 18th.

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In association with this year’s Pictoplasma NYC festival, gallery hanahou is excited to bring you the second installment of Anna Hrachovec’s miniature knit world, Mochimochi Land. The battle begins November 3rd, as a part of the Pictoplasma Character Walk!

Show dates: November 3rd – 18th
Opening reception: Thursday, November 3rd, 6-8pm
RSVP: info@galleryhanahou.com
(Please note: You do not need a Pictoplasma pass & there is no admission fee to view this exhibit)

This show presented in partnership with:

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Tiny Witch

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Update: See the winning captions here!

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Halloween is such a fun holiday to knit for!

The bad news about Tiny Witch is that the pattern for her won’t be out for a long time. The good news is that she will be in a new book that’s coming out next fall!

Now, for a Tiny Witch Caption Contest! Leave your caption in the comments (one per person), and we’ll choose our favorite on Monday. The winner gets a Tiny Zombie Kit!

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Halloweeny Bunnies

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Check out these fun Halloween-themed TIny Baby Bunnies that Joolieknits came up with!

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She made the vampire bunny, ghost bunny, pumpkin bunnies, and candy corn bunny as part of the Tiny Bunnies Movement. That means she’ll be hiding them for some lucky strangers to find!

You can see what the Tiny Bunnies Movement is all about in their Ravelry group, and get my free pattern for Tiny Baby Bunnies here.

And don’t forget that the Mochimochi Photo Contest is officially open! Fun mods like Joolieknits’ bunnies are perfect for it.

Tiny Mushrooms Shouldn’t Quit their Day Job

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This weekend Tiny Mushrooms told Tiny Gnome that they had a song to sing for him!

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We are edible,
and unforgettable,
though some are atrocious,
and very ferocious.
So pick us the plucky quad,
who are ripe, right from sod!

Translated from the shrooomese by Michelle! For her cute caption, she wins the Tiny Things Collection 3 patterns!
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After the song was finished, Tiny Gnome only said that they were way out of tune. How rude!

Tiny Mushrooms

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Winning caption by Michelle:

We are edible,
and unforgettable,
though some are atrocious,
and very ferocious.
So pick us the plucky quad,
who are ripe, right from sod!

Not to be confused with Plucky Mushrooms from Knitting Mochimochi, Tiny Mushrooms are actually even tinier!

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This is a first for Tiny Mochi Fridays: these guys weren’t knit by me, but by a super-awesome knitter who is helping me make some of the characters appearing in Gnomes vs Snowmen. I wouldn’t be able to pull the show together without the help of Lisa, Angela, Faith, and Tomo!

I have a feeling that Tiny Mushrooms are ripe for captioning, so let’s have a contest! Leave your caption (one per person) in the comments to this post, and we’ll pick our favorite on Monday. Winner gets the PDF patterns for Tiny Things Collection 3!

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Picture Perfect Poultry

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Since announcing this year’s Mochimochi Photo Contest, I’ve found myself checking the Flickr pool more frequently to see what’s new. This morning I am drawn to this cute Tiny Chicken by dhaus11!

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The photo is adorable—I love the bright background and the simple prop of the 1/2 teaspoon. And what makes the photo really work is just the simple fact that it’s in focus!

Especially when photographing tiny knits, making sure they’re in focus is key. Most point-and-shoot cameras have a macro setting that works great for close-up shots—on my camera, the icon for this setting looks like a tulip.

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(Of course, this photo isn’t in sharp focus because I took it with my phone!)

Other things you can do to make sure your photo isn’t blurry is to take it in bright natural light, and to steady the camera on something (it doesn’t have to be a tripod) as you push that button. If you can get your camera in place so that you don’t have to hold it at all, you can also use a timer, which will take subtle hand movements entirely out of the equation.

If you have other tips for taking good, in-focus photos, please share them in the comments!

(By the way, the pattern for Tiny Chicken is available for free on the CRAFT blog!)