Category: Mochimochi Land News

Knit Yourself a Toilet!

Posted on by Anna

It is my great honor to announce the release of the pattern for Flushie the Toilet!

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Flushie wants to be your new intimate friend. This intermediate pattern makes an interactive toy—Flushie’s lid can open and close for hours of potty talk! Perfect for toilet trainees and immature adults of all ages.

A pattern for Professor Plunger is included; additional accessories are limited only by your imagination!

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The pattern for Flushie is available as a PDF download for $7 in the Mochimochi Shop!

** Bathroom Bonus **

Every Flushie purchase through August 7th comes with a FREE pattern for Tubby the Bathtub!

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(A link to download the Tubby pattern will be emailed to you within 24 hours of your Flushie pattern purchase.)

Tiny Interview on CRAFT

Posted on by Anna

Diane of CRAFT just posted an interview with me about my two years of tiny knitting on their blog.

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Her great questions really made me reflect on what the challenge is all about. For example, what have I learned from this process?

I’ve learned that animals and plants are easy to knit, and toasters and mailboxes are more difficult (but can be really exciting when done right). I’ve learned that I have more sticktoitiveness than I had ever thought, and I’ve learned that bamboo needles are extremely durable.

Thanks Diane!

Tiny Kits Now in the Mochimochi Shop!

Posted on by Anna

UPDATE 5/20: Thank you to CRAFT for blogging about the kits!

I’m happy to announce that my Tiny Kits are now available in the Mochimochi Shop!

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The kits come with a pattern (obviously) and enough fingering-weight yarn (Cascade Heritage, which is a wool/nylon blend) and stuffing to make multiple Tinys. Make them into earrings, gift toppers, or carry them around in your pocket for good luck!

Available kits are for Tiny Zombie, Bee, Panda, Burger, and Frog.

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You’ll just need a set of size 1 DPNs, a tapestry needle, and a couple of hours to make the little guys.

p.s. These patterns won’t be in Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi, in case you were wondering!

Toy Design Class at Brooklyn General June 26

Posted on by Anna

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With encouragement from nice knitters on Twitter, I’ve decided to offer a class on designing your own knitted toy! Wouldn’t that be fun?

If you’re experienced knitter who loves toys in the NYC area, I hope you’ll sign up for my 3-D Toy Design Class at Brooklyn General on June 26th. (Experienced just means that you have an understanding of basic construction and experience with knitting in the round.) You’ll bring a sketch of an animal, doll, or any other kind of character, and we’ll make a plan for how you can turn it into a knitted toy design.

I think it will be a blast seeing what people come up with and figuring out the best design together. A little simple math and geometry will be involved, plus a lot of tricks and techniques that I’ve picked up in 4 years of toy designing.

Date/Time: Sunday, June 26, 1-4 pm

Price: $75

Level: Experienced (an understanding of basic construction and experience with knitting in the round)

Supplies needed:
– One or two sketches of toys you’d like to design
– Worsted-weight yarn in two colors and size 5 double-pointed needles

Sign up on the Brooklyn General website, or call 718-237-7753.

Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi Coming in August!

Posted on by Anna

I’m super excited to finally make a big official announcement about my next book!

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Published by Potter Craft, Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi will present more than 40 patterns for mini knits! I chose some of my favorites from the first year of the my Tiny Things series, and there will be a few never-before-seen projects in it too.

I love how this book was born out of a fun challenge that I started on this blog with much input from all of you awesome readers and commenters.

It’s coming out in August, so we still have a few months to wait, but the book can now be preordered on Amazon and the Barnes & Noble website. Once it’s released, you’ll also be able to find it in many local yarn stores, and I’ll also have signed copies available in the Mochimochi Shop. I’ll be sharing some sneak peeks leading up to the August 16th publication date, so please stay tuned for ridiculous amounts of Tiny!