Tiny Knit Panda: Sir Fancy Panda

 The super-awesome Kylie from the super-awesome website Daily of the Day had a request: a knit panda.  And not just any panda - a fancy panda.  Well, little did she know that not only do I specialize in pandas, but I specialize in fancy pandas.  

The result:  Sir Fancy Panda (Esq.).  Not only is this panda just plain adorable, he's also got a fancy panda bow tie.  Yeah, he knows he looks pretty fly.

The pattern comes from Mochimochi Land and was modified to include the fancy bow tie.

Some more pictures below!

Tiny Bee

Just a quick update to show one of my newest creations - a tiny bee mochimochi.  This pattern comes directly from the Mochimochi Land website (not available in the book, if you're wondering).  I was surprised at how easy this was to make, but I'm pretty happy with the results!

And another note:  I'll be upgrading the camera I use to take these photos soon.  I hope that less Photoshop will be required to brighten them up with this change... :)

More pictures below!

Tiny Computer

I spend way too much time on the computer, but don't blame me - I have to write and analyze data!  That's beside the time I spend on Facebook, Twitter, Daily of the Day, and various blogs...  

A few months ago, I had knit this tiny computer from a pattern in Teeny Tiny Mochimochi and it has remained one of my favorites because it's both adorable and strange.  The computer is a little dated - there's no flat screen on this guy and it's not a laser mouse - but it's still functional.  Even the tiny knit gnome gets in some time checking his emails since he just tried 40 free hours from AOL with a CD-ROM he received in the mail.  Good deal.

Below are a few more pictures of the computer...

Happy Fourth of July!

In celebration of America's Independence Day, here are a few pictures of a knit firecracker, made from a pattern in Teeny Tiny Mochimochi.  Even knit adorable things can be patriotic!

This week is quite the busy week (aside from all the knitting because, you know, I do have a job that pays the bills), but I'll be updating with a few different projects, including a knit R2D2 made for a friend and a bunch of new teeny tiny Mochimochi.

More pictures of the firecracker below!

Knit Television

One of the first items I ever knit from the Knitting Mochimochi book was the television.  How could I not knit a television?  It's a television!  It's knit!  It's awesome!

Because I was a beginning knitter, I made a number of mistakes with this pattern, but since that time, I've learned from those mistakes and improved significantly.  Nonetheless, I still think this knit TV is still pretty cute.  

Gnome in the City

While I specialize in tiny adorable knit things, once in a while I'll tackle a larger project, especially from the "Knitting Mochimochi" book.  These projects take significantly longer than the tiny mochimochis, but they're well worth the effort.  

Below I have a few pictures of the city I knit using a pattern from Knitting Mochimochi.  The entire pattern was quite straight-forward, yet the most time-consuming part was the asphalt portion - lots and lots of rows of gray.  The buildings were fun, though, and putting eyes on each of them gave them all the adorable touch so characteristic of Anna Hrachovec's patterns.  

You might also notice that the tiny gnome found his way to the big city, as did the tiny caveman.  It's a melting pot.

Tiny Gnome

Probably one of the most-knit patterns from Mochimochi Land is the tiny gnome, at least based on all the photos on Flickr (see this one!).  And with good reason - the knit gnome is adorable.  I've made a couple, one of which is living with my dear mother, but I've never added any images of my gnomes.  Below are a ew pictures that I've taken of this little guy, but there are certainly more to come - this little gnome enjoys working on his little knit computer, exploring the knit city, and chopping down trees in the knit forest.  More to come in the future...