Yesterday on Ravelry I got wind of Robyn Love’s new knitted city window display at the Lion Brand Studio on 15th street in NY. I must go see this in person!
The idea reminds me of my cities under attack by giant cute things, except way bigger and with more details like tiny cars and pigeons.
You can see more photos from the display at Robyn’s blog.
Spring just can’t come fast enough, am I right?
Until the temperature stays above 50 degrees for consecutive days, we’ll have to settle for warm thoughts and spring-like images, like this charming Snails and Slugs mobile made by Ravelry user colala.
I want one of these for my bedroom!
You can make your own Snails and Slugs with this free pattern on the Mochimochi Blog.
Kate Jeffery also recently finished an outdoorsy mobile of her own, with cute bugs!
As I mentioned last month, you can get Kate’s dragonfly pattern for free on Ravelry.
Unlike my other trips, this time lots of toys are coming with me! Including this work in progress, who will be making a Mochimochi Land debut sometime this spring.
Update: I made it to Tulsa, but unfortunately my little WIP guy did not, along with the rest of my checked baggage. Let’s hear it for carry-ons.
Another Update: My bag is here, only 34 hours late! Let’s hear it for wearing your own underwear again.
Some ideas just won’t leave you alone until you’ve found a way to make them work. I’ve tried making a knitted eighth note before, but didn’t like the results, so recently I tried making a mini sixteenth-note version with sock yarn.
I actually think they’re pretty cute, but the pattern isn’t very much fun, since you have to knit the two notes separately and join them with two I-cords, which are a pain to sew onto both notes. (I also tried picking up the stitches for one side, but that was even less fun than seaming.)
Maybe returning to worsted-weight yarn will help make this a better knit, so I’ll probably give that another try someday. But for now, I want to move on to something else!
Here are a few of my favorite photos of Hearts (and the animals who love them) that people have made since a year ago.
A beautiful heart mobile from shessassy:
A super-happy heart (and kissing chihuahuas) from Dudimus:
A fluffy-stuffy heart (with neko-chan friend) from Tomoko:
A perfectly practical heart pin cushion from Pragmatic:
A simple heart brings together crocheted love birds from littleboxes:
Hearts take no time to make, if you need a last-minute gift!
Kate Jeffery, aka discosmurf on Ravelry, designed a cute little dragonfly for a bug-themed mobile that she’s making, and she put the pattern up on Ravelry as a free download!
Let’s see who’s making an appearance today!
discosmurf’s groundhog Top Hat seems proud to be king of his mound of dirt.
His mound seems a little less thrilled by it all.
beforesunrise’s Murray (named after Bill, of course), also doesn’t seem to be afraid of a thing this morning.
He even invited a few friends over!
teaYarnly’s Godfrey forgot what day it was!
Huuuh?
But it’s not all springlike predictions from our groundhogs this year.
Godfrey the First at chez Mochimochi spent a few quiet minutes contemplating his shadow…
And giolou’s little guy woke up to quite a frightening sight!
A big thank-you to discosmurf, beforesunrise, and teaYarnly for testing the pattern. I hope we see lots more Godfreys pop up year round!
