The other day I noticed that my desk drawer that I normally keep stuffing in was empty. I had just opened it to refill it when Nipsey decided he had found a new bed!
It didn’t take him long to figure out that this bed wasn’t as comfortable as he had expected, and it was such a tight fit that I had to help him out. But not before documenting his humiliating position!
If you live in NYC, you can take an upcoming Tiny Knits class with me on June 19th at Brooklyn General!
Here’s the class description:
Teeny-Tiny Toy Knitting
Take quick and simple knitting to the extreme by learning to make miniature toys no bigger than a peanut! Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land will show you the basic techniques and minimalist details needed to knit an adorable Tiny Panda or other toy in about an hour. Techniques covered include knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, I-cord, and simple embroidery. The finished projects make cute trinkets, embellishments, or accessories.
Date/Time: Sunday, June 19, 1-3 pm
Price: $50
Level: Intermediate (some experience with circular knitting is helpful)
Supplies needed:
– Tiny knitting kit, which can be purchased at Brooklyn General OR Fingering-weight yarn in 2 colors
– Set of size 1 double-pointed needles
Sign up on the Brooklyn General website or call 718-237-7753. Hope to see you there!
I’ve been a bit obsessed lately with the new tUnE-yArDs album, “Whokill,” so I thought I’d share this video of one of the songs. It reminds me of the Fang Island video I posted here last year. Face painting and classroom fun!
Remember the colorful mochis I was knitting for a new art piece that’s going up in the Lion Brand Studio in August? I’ve continued knitting them in whenever I find some time—between other projects, when I watch TV, or go to knitting groups. I think their numbers are really climbing, although I don’t have an exact count right now because some are still in Berlin from being in my last show. (They were playing the part of asteroids on the 26-foot-long asteroid belt.) Soon, I’ll have to figure out exactly what I want to do with them!
It’s interesting how my eyes find patterns in the colors when I just dump them out of the bag I keep them in and let them fall randomly.
For the piece, which will be more or less two-dimensional and will hang on a wall, I’ll make sure they all have noses and are all face up (though their bodies will be oriented in all different directions), but how to arrange them? I originally planned to keep it as a big random bunch, although lately I like the idea of shaping the mass into a longer curve that has some movement.
There’s a big part of me that wants to add some really big mochis to the crowd, and have them be performing some action like eating the smaller ones or something. But I kind of want to challenge myself to keep it abstract.
I hope to add many more mochis in the next few months; with enough of them, some could act as a base layer, and others could kind of float on top. I think this would add a lot of depth and interest. (I tried a bit of that in the photo below, but I don’t think it really comes through in the image.)
Here’s another quick arrangement, this time by size, with the biggest in the middle and the smallest on the outside.
Even though this now feels like a pretty silly project that I took on, knitting hundreds of these little guys one by one, it also feels like I’m stretching my brain in a good way to figure out something to do with them that is worth the time that I’ve put into making them. I have about two and a half more months to make up my mind.
I should also mention that this knitting madness is made possible by the generosity of Koigu, who contributed lots of their beautiful brightly-colored yarn!
Thank you all for the Tiny Ballerina captions! It’s hard not to be charmed by her, and she knows it!
I’m tutu cute!
That winning caption comes from Jeannie, who wins the pattern for Tubby. Congrats!
Winning caption by Jeannie:
I’m tutu cute!
Thank you all for your enthusiastic comments on my post about the new book! I’m planning to keep up the Tiny series on a weekly basis at least until it’s released in August. That will make the series continuous for more than two years!
This time, Tiny Ballerina needs a caption, and we hope you can help!
We’ll pick our favorite (ie cutest/funniest) caption on Monday. The winner will get a free PDF pattern for Tubby!
I’m super excited to finally make a big official announcement about my next book!
Published by Potter Craft, Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi will present more than 40 patterns for mini knits! I chose some of my favorites from the first year of the my Tiny Things series, and there will be a few never-before-seen projects in it too.
I love how this book was born out of a fun challenge that I started on this blog with much input from all of you awesome readers and commenters.
It’s coming out in August, so we still have a few months to wait, but the book can now be preordered on Amazon and the Barnes & Noble website. Once it’s released, you’ll also be able to find it in many local yarn stores, and I’ll also have signed copies available in the Mochimochi Shop. I’ll be sharing some sneak peeks leading up to the August 16th publication date, so please stay tuned for ridiculous amounts of Tiny!
Look what a lucky baby in Australia gets to gaze up at!
Circling crocodiles might sound scary, but this is just super cute. Schmendy, who dreamed up the gator mobile, has plans to add a Gargle giraffe at the center later.
The Baby Gators pattern is from my book Knitting Mochimochi, and it’s also available for free on my blog!