Being a traffic cone must be tough, and the life of a Tiny Traffic Cone would have to be even harder! Despite all the abuse he gets in his work zone world, however, Tiny Traffic Cone is still concerned with keeping up appearances.
Does this stripe make me look fat??
That cute caption was submitted by Emi! For her caption, Emi wins a free pattern for Stackable Cats. Yay!
Thank you all for your many great captions!
I’m so excited to finally share some previews of my new book, Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi, which is coming out August 16th!
The first project I want to feature is one of my favorite inanimate tiny mochis, Tiny Computer.
He and his mouse haven’t spoken to each other since 1998, when the mouse mentioned something about a system upgrade.
Tiny Computer is one of the more complex projects in the book, but that’s actually not saying much when everything is about an inch tall—Tinys are all about simplicity. It’s knitted in three pieces, monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and then stitched together. Seaming takes only about a minute, of course! I think most knitters could probably finish the project in under three hours, with fast knitters coming in at under an hour.
I snapped this picture of my photographer Brandi Simons at work during our Tiny Computer shoot. It was fun coming up with simple props to show the scale of the tiny knits, and Brandi just happened to have the perfect mouse to go with our slightly outdated-looking PC.
I think Tiny Computer would make an excellent desk trinket or ornament for your favorite computer geek!
You can pre-order Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Then on August 16th, you’ll be able to find it in many local yarn stores, and signed copies will be available in the Mochimochi Shop.
Stay tuned for more previews!
So here we have our Tiny Princess, waiting for her tiny prince to come…. Or maybe we heard that wrong?
Tiny Princess is keeping herself busy taking photos with her new camera while she’s waiting for her tiny prints to develop.
And we thought she had been pining for some guy! As Jan points out, Tiny Princess is just waiting for her prints to come. This is the 21st Century, after all, people! (Looks like our Tiny Princess thinks she’s a real Cindy Sherman with her self portrait.)
For enlightening us all, Jan wins a free pattern for Flushie. Yay Jan!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the caption contest!
A couple months ago I made a diorama as a little visual promo for Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi—I’ll mostly be using it for in-person events, so I thought I’d share some pics here for people who won’t be able to see it in person.
A diorama! The last time I made one of those, I think I was still in elementary school. I had a blast coming up with the scene that the Tinys from the book would inhabit. I determined early on that I needed a Tiny Chicken crossing the road, and her motivation turned out to be a pair of Tiny Fried Eggs.
(The Tiny Armadillo to the right is playing the role of roadkill.)
Tiny Bride and Tiny Groom are perpetually tying the knot, with Tiny Xs and Os serving as their wedding party.
And somehow a Tiny Caveman beating a Tiny Computer with his club seemed appropriate.
To make the diorama, I used many of my samples that I already had on hand from taking the photos that appear in the book, so the only things I had to make new were the scenery and the letters. But those letters were a ton of work! I timed it, and it took me exactly 30 minutes to make one of the inch-tall Es in “Teeny-Tiny.” I love how they came out though.
Soupy, of course, says he could have done way better. And gimme that Tiny Chicken.
If you live in NYC, you’ll be able to see this in person and get a signed copy of the book on September 8th at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio! (Check their website closer to the date for the details.)
Look who’s going to make a splash soon in Mochimochi Land!
I’m kind of ridiculously excited about this design—as fellow toy designer Katie Boyette must know, it feels like a real accomplishment to figure out how to knit a toilet. The pattern for Flushie the Toilet and his sidekick Professor Plunger will be in the Mochimochi Shop any day now.
Flushie seemed somehow appropriate for today because it’s my birthday, and I’m turning 30! I am not ashamed to be a real grownup age and knitting toilets for a living.
Tiny Pineapple may neither be a pine nor an apple, but that doesn’t mean he can’t do a whole lot!
Grilled, mashed, baked, conserved,
Dried, fried, sliced or preserved,
Tiny Piney can do them all,
Even though he’s oh-so small!
That clever poem is courtesy of Gulnoza, our caption contest winner! That means she wins a free PDF pattern for Uh-Ohs. Nice job!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a caption—there were many really cute ones! (And now I get to go eat that pineapple.)
With your help, today we present the epic tale of Tiny Viking, who braved the wooly wilds on the vast outskirts of Mochimochi Land.
According to Shama D, first our Tiny Viking decided that she would conquer the dreaded fiber-breathing dragon!!!
(The part of the dragon is played by Tiny Dino, who will appear in Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi!)
His breath made this conquest so not worth it, though, so she moved on.
Next, Erin Berry tells of her quest to conquer “the ring.” But alas, that’s just a stitch marker…sigh.
And finally, Mandy recounts the day that Tiny Viking set out to conquer the Isle of Fair with needles in hand. But no matter how many times she tried, she ended up with tangled yarn.
And that was the end of Tiny Viking. Just kidding—I hear she took up crochet and is now spending her days happily making granny-square sails for her ship.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the caption contest! (There were many other cute and hilarious captions!) And for Shama D, Erin Berry, and Mandy, I have three Potter Craft totes to send you. Congrats!
Look what came the other day!
Finally, my own copy of Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi! But as you can see, it was quickly claimed by a Tiny Gnome.
First he found the Tiny Hot Dog, and immediately demanded that I make him one. (I told him to finish looking at the book first.)
Next he checked out the who’s-who of knitted folks like him. Tiny Mermaid seemed to catch his eye…
Then he found his favorite page!
Tiny Gnome decided he had seen all the highlights worth seeing. Now where is that Tiny Hot Dog I promised?
Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi is coming out August 16th! You can pre-order it on Amazon and the Barnes & Noble website. In August, you’ll be able to find it in many local yarn stores, and signed copies will be available in the Mochimochi Shop!