The fourth tiny thing is a Tiny Computer.
He and his mouse recently got into an argument about which website to make their homepage: the computer wants pcworld.com and the mouse (somewhat ironically) wants lolcats.com. Now they are not speaking to each other.
The third tiny thing is a Tiny Fish.
This fish dreams of being on So You Think You Can Dance. I don’t have the heart to tell him that it will never ever happen.
The second tiny thing is a Tiny Volcano.
He is sad because all of the villagers are running away. But also happy because now he can destroy their village.
I am tentatively dedicating the month of July to the knitting of tiny things. I don’t have a plan for these tiny things except to challenge myself to make as many new ones as I can. Because everyone loves tiny things!
The first tiny thing is a Tiny Brain.
He thinks he’s so much smarter than me because he didn’t just spend the last two hours knitting something small and inconsequential.
Update: Thank you to Becky at the CRAFT Blog for posting the brain!
These used to be arms that turned out to be not the right size for what I was making. I’ve kept them around for some reason, then one of them picked up a pair of eyes somewhere. Strange!
They seem to be somewhere between arms and little creatures now, so I’m having trouble throwing them away or frogging them.
Hey everybody! I’m writing about knitted toys right now for something special to be published in the future, and I’d like to ask for your help!
I want to come up with a fun list of the different kinds of people that we knit toys for. Who have you knit toys for as gifts? I’m especially interested in hearing about more unconventional toy recipients—someone with an interesting occupation, such as a truck driver, or maybe someone with an interesting relationship to you, like your great-great-aunt.
Ideally, I would like like to hear about people for whom you’ve knitted Mochimochi Land toys, but any kinds of knitted toys are OK.
So, who have you knitted toys for, and what did you knit? Please comment! (And thank you for your help!)
I made this guy last month as an experiment. It was an interesting project, but a little chaotic with all the colors.
I made a couple more, then decided I was finished with the project. Too stressful! I’m going to save my pictorial ideas for cross-stitch, I think.
It turns out that Pile-able Pups come in more than one breed!
Grace of Kathryn Ivy whipped up a lovely set of neapolitan-flavored dogs…
She was nice enough to blog about the project in detail, with lots of wonderful photos.
Lisamarykay1 proved that a single Pile-able Pup can be just as cute on its own. Especially if it has some treats to keep it company!
This guy looks a little like a cross between a dog and a seal, no? So cute!
I say this a lot, but it’s always such a thrill to see other knitters’ results from my patterns. Can’t wait to see what other varieties of pups pop up!
Thank you to Grace, Lisa and Alice for your testing help!