I’m so looking forward to chatting with the Zombie Knitting Network on April 9th! I’ll talk about the Mochimochi Land journey, share some animations, take some questions, and show some quick tiny knitting tips. See their Instagram post and the Instagram post about it and the Stockinette Zombies website for more information.
The Washington Post (!) recently asked me to make a series of six short stop-motion animations visualizing what’s happened with inflation in the U.S. since early 2020, for an interactive piece by Damian Paletta. I said yes!
The project was an absolute blast to work on, and a terrific challenge with all the air physics involved, plus a tight deadline.
The resulting piece requires a subscription to view, but you can also see the animations in this Instagram post.
Here are a couple of my lovely sketches based on the concept from the art director.
As you might imagine, making a balloon shrink and expand and float took some movie magic. By “magic,” I mean it was a lotta lotta DPNs to erase in Photoshop.
Here’s a wider behind-the-scenes look at my set. This shows my attempt to light everything to the best of my abilities.
Of course, I had to make a bunch of characters and props in a short amount of time for this project. Fortunately, they were all tiny and quick to design and make.
And there were quite a few things I didn’t have to design from scratch: the sun, the original-sized balloon, and the clouds are from my book Adventures in Mochimochi Land. Plus, a (modified) Bluebird of Crappiness stood in as Fed chairman Jerome Powell!
Big thanks to Emily Wright for hiring me for this dream project!
This pattern is free, and for its use I’m requesting a contribution to an organization that’s helping Ukrainians and refugees.
Here are some suggestions.
Click or scroll down for the full pattern on my blog. You can also download the PDF version of this pattern via Ravelry.
Well our leprechaun parade never really got started today, on account of the grand marshal getting stuck in his pot of gold. The situation is developing, as you can see!
But we DID have some wee Irish friends stop by today—swipe to see a peppy little leprechaun from Kim A…
…and a lucky crew from Gwen B.!
Kim and Gwen are both getting gift cards for the Mochimochi Shop for their participation. Keep tagging your Mochimochi Land creations with #mochimochiland so we can all see and enjoy!
☘️ Happy St. Paddy’s Day! ☘️
How about we do something entirely silly for this up-and-down month of March: a leprechaun parade!
Make a leprechaun or “friend” from my Tiny Leprechaun and Friends pattern, and share it on Instagram with the hashtag #tinyleprechaunparade. I’ll gather the leprechauns next week for the tiniest St. Patrick’s Day parade.
🍀 You don’t have to buy the pattern to join in: my Good Luck Clover pattern is free and would make a happy parade participant too!
Should we have prizes in the parade? Gift cards for Best “Float” and other silly categories are a strong possibility!
I made it to late February this year before feeling the need to call in the littlest knitter in Mochimochi Land.
There are plenty of other reasons to make extra love right now (and all the time), but stupid, stupid war is a big one. 💔
OK, this is incredible: Manchester resident and long-time Mochimochi knitter Huey recently completed the huge feat of knitting every single project from my book Huge & Huggable Mochimochi! (Yes, there is a whole book of extremely not-tiny Mochimochi Land projects!) He started this project back in 2014, and he even matched all the yarn colors from the book! I am so wowed by this. And honored!
You can see more photos on Huey’s Instagram. The book is available from online bookstores and also in the Mochimoch Shop.
Keep tagging your photos of Mochimochi Land projects with the hashtag #mochimochiland so we can all get excited about them!
Unrequited love can still have a happy ending! See the full version with music in this Instagram reel.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Patterns: Tina the Tiny T-Rex, Tori the Tiny Triceratops