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Pepto Has Arrived!

Posted on by Anna

I’m happy to announce that Pepto the Elephant has finally joined us in the Mochimochi Shop!

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(For those of you who already bought Tums, check your email for a super-special rate on Pepto!)

Pepto had the good fortune to be test knit by some very clever crafters.

Joan always cracks me up with her photos. Here we have a Pepto that snuck into the medicine cabinet when no one was looking…

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And I already shared some photos of the special RED Pepto knitted by Miki. Here’s another one:

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Get the pattern to make your own Pepto here, or get both the Pepto and Tums patterns here.

White and Squishy

Posted on by Anna

I’m excited about the color (non-color?) white today.

Someone (whose identity shall remain anonymous) sent me a photo of a very special white version of the grass.

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Maybe there was an overnight frost, or maybe grass is just white in this crafter’s world. In any case, it’s super cute! Love the eyes, too.

Thus inspired, I couldn’t wait to make a white cloud today.

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The Rainycloud pattern is coming any day now to the Mochimochi Shop, so please check back soon!

Mochimochi?

Posted on by Anna

This is a first attempt at making a little mochi ball, modeled after the mochis at the top of this page.

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I was hoping for puffier cheeks, which turned out to be much more of a challenge than I had expected. The shiny plastic eyeballs make it cute enough, but then I think these little beady eyes could make a pile of tangled yarn look cute if you just stuck them on top.

I’ll keep working on this one – with any luck, it will reappear in a better form as the next free Mochimochi Land pattern.

Tunes for Tots

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I received the loveliest email the other day from Lisa, a mom of two who lives in New Zealand.

She told me about her music group for preschoolers that she runs called Tunes for Tots, and she sent me this adorable photo:

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I can’t get over how cute these kids are sitting in boxes.

Lisa said that the parents in the group knit each child a special toy for his or her birthday. What a great thing for every kid to get a handmade toy! She also mentioned that the she is planning on knitting up some grass to use as props in some of their songs. I love this idea too!

As I mentioned to Lisa, I hope that my patterns (most of them, at least) can appeal to both children and adults, so her email made me very happy.

Thank you to Lisa for sharing her great story!

An important side note – when knitting a toy for a small child, please make sure you follow all safety precautions.

My New Favorite Tee

Posted on by Anna

I got this t-shirt in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

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It’s from a store called Graniph that I love. They’re always chock-full of t-shirts with designs by the most cutting-edge artists from around the world, and this time, I was happy to find that some (not all) of their shirts were made of a softer material than usual. My pink purchase is one of these soft ones, and features a design by German artist Jon Frickey. Kinda cute, kinda scary – I love it.

And I just learned that Reed Space in New York is carrying Graniph tees for a limited time. Cool!

Precipitation

Posted on by Anna

It was a little overcast today.

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The raindrops are strung up in pairs, so their lengths are adjustable.

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I’m thinking about Rainycloud as a name.

Update 5/3/07: Yay CRAFT blog! Thank you for another mention, Natalie!

Coming Soon!

Posted on by Anna

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I was thrilled to have my Sleepy Snake & Mischievous Mouse featured on the CRAFT blog and Softies Central! Thank you to both of them!

If you’re visiting my site via either of these links, or if you’re just curious, the pattern will be available soon in my shop. (It’s being tested as we speak!)

If you would like to sign up on my mailing list and receive email notices when new patterns are available, please send an email to info [at] mochimochiland [dot] com.

Update 5/1/07: I am so unbelievably psyched that Boing Boing picked up on my silly Snake and Mouse too! Of course, what better time for my server to go down for most of the day?