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Tiny Match is a Hottie

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I had no idea that a tiny match had so many pun possibilities! The prompt was “How does a tiny match introduce himself at a party?” It was hard to choose among all of the references to love matches and “light my fire” shout-outs, but this one made us laugh!

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Hi there, I’m Burny!

See, it’s a cute match name that sounds like a real person’s name. We liked that.

Anna submitted this winner, so she gets a free PDF pattern from the Mochimochi Shop!

We also can’t resist honorably mentioning these other two captions:

He hopes to meet his one true flame on match.com by radioactivegan

and

Let’s get lit! by Tiffany

Thanks everyone for your captions!

Giant Ball of Yarn!

Posted on by Anna

Update: Thanks to CRAFT for the link!

Soupy told me about a dream he had the other day…

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No, this is not a camera trick. But it’s also not completely made of yarn. It’s going to be part of my new show in Berlin! This big ball of yarn will become a kind of sun at the center of a fiber solar system, and it’s going to be knitting an asteroid belt out of itself… Anyway, it’s going to be cute.

The show will be part of the Character Walk of exhibitions in the Pictoplasma Festival, which is happening April 6-9 in Berlin. And I get to go to Berlin for the first time! Unfortunately, Soupy has an important business meeting and can’t come.

But I think I know what he’ll be dreaming about for a while.

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Many thanks to Lion Brand for the yarn! I’ll post more updates and info as the show gets closer.

Coos and Coys for Girls and Boys

Posted on by Anna

Since moving to New York a few years back, I’ve enjoyed Valentines Day more. Seeing many of the normally stoic subway commuters carrying around goofy stuffed animals and bunches of flowers for a day is kind of touching. I’m hoping that a few people out there somewhere will be carrying a pair of knitted lovebirds today too!

Here are some coo-able Coos and Coys made by my awesome pattern testers, most of whom used a surprisingly similar color palate…

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Thank you to Kari, Jennifer, Marilyn, and Marti for the test! There are also other Coos and Coys with neat variations on Ravelry.

And if you need a last-minute Valentine, remember that you can download free Coo and Coy ones here.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Tiny Star

Posted on by Anna

This week’s Tiny Thing is a very big deal to me!

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A knitted star is something I’ve attempted several different times in the past few year, and I never got it right until now. (There is a perfectly good knitted star pattern already out there by Kira Moffet, but sometimes it’s important to me to make my own version.)

There’s something else special about this Tiny Star—it will be going with me to Berlin in April for a new solo show! I’ll share more details about that soon, but right now I need to get back to knitting for it.

Let’s continue the caption contest next week!

Tiny Kits

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A few months ago, I started putting together kits for five of my Tiny patterns. I’ve been trying them out at some craft shows and also in a few shops—by all accounts, they’ve been a hit!

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Each kit contains the pattern, enough yarn to make 2 or 3 of the tiny projects (depending on the kit), and stuffing. I’m thinking about adding these to my own shop sometime soon, but for now they’re just available in retail stores. In NYC, you can find them at Knitty City, Brooklyn General, and Saffron. They are also carried at Schmancy in Seattle and at Clay Wood & Cotton in Beacon, NY.

If you’re a retailer interested in the kits, please contact me at info [at] mochimochiland [dot] com. If you’re interested in the kits but not a retailer, please encourage your LYS or local crafty boutique to get in touch!