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Tree Practical Joke

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I just shipped off this one-of-a-kind knitted toy-sculpture for Plush You! LA, which is coming up in just a couple weeks at Munky King!

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I have a couple of less violent “practical jokes” for trees in mind (leaf blowers, etc!) that I might make later on when I find some time.

If you’re in the LA area, you should definitely go to the opening of Plush You! LA on August 26th. You’ll see lots of amazing and crazy plush toys made by all different kinds of craft artists.

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Plush You
8.26.10 – 9.19.10
Opening Reception: Thurs, August 26th 7-10pm
Munky King Melrose

Ghostbusters Car

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This car is frequently parked on my street and gets lots of attention from passersby.

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As the Xed out rodents symbol indicates, it’s owned by someone with a business trapping animals. I have to assume this is a pretty effective marketing campaign, if only for the surrounding neighborhood.

Every time my mother-in-law Bonney visits us, she insists that this car should make an appearance on my blog. Since it’s her birthday today, she gets her wish!

Tiny Things Collection 3 Patterns Now Available!

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Just added to the Mochimochi Shop!

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What do a gnome, a frog, a stack of pancakes, and a trash can have in common? The answer is completely nothing, and that’s what makes the newest Tiny Things pattern collection so much random cute fun.

I chose four of my favorite designs from my ongoing Tiny series for this new pattern collection. All use fingering weight yarn and size 1 double-pointed needles, and the simple techniques include picking up stitches and I-cord.

As always, if you’re in a not-so-tiny mood, these projects can be scaled up easily by using thicker yarn and larger needles.

You can buy the PDF pattern collection for $5 here!

Sugar-Sweet TV Guy

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I am drooling over this pastel TV Guy from Hello Maddy in the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group!

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I’m also finding myself studying that cupcake fabric to try to decide which one I want to eat. (The chocolate cake with yellow frosting seems to have my name written on it.)

The pattern for TV Guy can be found in Knitting Mochimochi. And remember to add your photos of Mochimochi toys to the Mochimochi Friends group pool—they will be automatically entered in the next Mochimochi Photo Contest!

Interview on Yarncraft Podcast

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Interested to learn about how I design all of my patterns? You can hear me talk about my design process on episode 72 of the YarnCraft podcast, which went live today. (Spoiler alert: I way prefer experimentation and frogging over swatching and math!)

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The podcast also includes interviews with designers Margaret Hubert and Kristin Omdahl—very different designers, very different processes!

Thank you for the interview, Zontee!