What’s a knitted solar system without stars? Lots and lots of stars…
Being a star factory isn’t quite as fun as it might sound, but I’m hoping the finished effect will be worth the tedium. I can’t wait to arrange them into constellations.
In case anyone is wondering, I’m planning to release a star pattern a bit later on this year. For now, these guys are headed for my show in Berlin next month. 37 down, 13 to go!
Last Thursday I was at the opening of the needle felting show at gallery hanahou. It was so cool!
I got to meet Hine Mizushima, one of my fiber art heros, for the first time. Here’s a quick iPhone pic I took of her section of the show:
All of the pieces in the show were amazing and really different—here’s a look at the sculptural works of Kit Lane.
Moxie was nice enough to squeeze me into her sold-out workshop on Saturday. I had never tried needle felting before, and it was so much fun! It’s really like working with clay in many ways. I gained a new appreciation for the incredible pieces that these artists create, and I went home with this little bug and a photo of me and Moxie:
(We’re standing in front of her neat-o pieces in the show, but you can’t really see them in the photo.) Moxie was an excellent teacher—if you ever have a chance to learn from her, I recommend it!
The needle felting show is up through the end of March at gallery hanahou‐check it out if you’re in NYC!
Here’s a new one: Darcy modified the body of the Tiny Lion (from Tiny Things Collection 2) to make a royal pea!
…as in The Princess and the Pea, for a fairy tale swap she did with other knitters. How fun!
I love this photo, and the tiny crown (Darcy’s own design) is adorable. I’m realizing that this is a fairy tale I haven’t thought about in a long time. Let’s hope this little pea doesn’t get squashed under a tower of mattresses anytime soon!
It turns out that our Tiny Tater Tot is quite the rock star! Look what I caught him singing the other day…
This ain’t a tater for the faint of hearted
No silent bite, cause it’s crunchy and salted.
I ain’t gonna be just a tater in the crowd
You’re gonna shout my goodness
as you eat me out loud….
It’s my life, it’s now or never
I ain’t gonna last forever
I just wanna make your taste buds sing.
Those rockin’ lyrics are courtesy of Diana K, the winner of this week’s caption contest!
Diana will get a PDF pattern from the Mochimochi Shop plus the new Tessellation Dinos cross-stitch pattern. Congrats!
I was super impressed by all the clever caption suggestions this time—here are a few honorable mentions:
PEEL?! I thought you said purl.
Wait a second, i’m guessing now we aren’t going to a BASH either.
by Joan
The tater tot thought and thought,
why did people want him hot?
The grisly truth was then revealed–
He was wanted as a meal!
by Amanda
No longer satisfied with being tucked away along with a few of his friends in a tiny section of a small plastic tray, tater tot dreamed of graduating out of grade school lunch and becoming an exchange student in high school, wanting to be known as a tater tot no more, but as a french fry tater teen.
by Gargoylegrl
My polkadotted cousins are speck tators, and my plain, russet cousins common taters. The kids at the circle cut fry place are rotaters. I may be a tater tot now, but when I grow up, I will be a computater, not some imitater!
by Shelba
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Winning caption by Diana K:
This ain’t a tater for the faint of hearted
No silent bite, cause it’s crunchy and salted.
I ain’t gonna be just a tater in the crowd
You’re gonna shout my goodness
as you eat me out loud….
It’s my life, it’s now or never
I ain’t gonna last forever
I just wanna make your taste buds sing.
Last night I ate fancy tater tots while Bon Jovi sat at the next table. And it wasn’t even a dream! Just a New York evening. Now I’ve got rock anthems and fried potatoes on the mind…
This little tot needs a cute caption, so please leave yours in the comments! (One per person, please.) The winner on Monday will get a free PDF pattern of their choice from the Mochimochi Shop PLUS the new Tessellation Dinos cross-stitch pattern. Caption away!
Just unleashed these terrible lizards in the Mochimochi Shop!
The cross-stitch pattern comes with both a symbol chart and a color chart for easy reading. Good for geeks of all ages!
The PDF pattern is now available as a $5 download right here.
If you’re intrigued but have never cross-stitched before, check out my new beginner’s tutorial on the How To page.
Updates:
Photos from the show
More photos of the planets
This big round bear, along with the giant ball of yarn and the snowman that I’ve recently posted, is going with me to Berlin next month to be a part of the Pictoplasma Festival, an annual celebration of character art!
My pieces will be on exhibit from April 6th through the 10th in a new installation called “Mochimochi Worlds,” held at Smallspace gallery. If you’re in the area, please join us for the opening at 7 pm on April 6th!
The show will be part of the Pictoplasma Character Walk that is open to the public.
I’m so excited to be involved in the festival, and I’ve been having a blast working on this new show—it will be made up of nine randomly-themed planets and other celestial bodies. Knitters who stop by the gallery will be able to pick up patterns to make some of the alien life forms they see.
I can’t wait to go to Berlin for the first time and see what other character madness is happening at the festival!
Thank you to Lion Brand for providing Hometown USA and Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn for the big planet bodies.
TheBon on Ravelry made this perfect little Papa Smurf using my Tiny Santa pattern!
I love how small modifications make all the difference with tiny knits. I bet you could make any number of people and characters. Let us know if you’ve made unusual mods to a tiny pattern!