What Are You Working On is a community diary series for all things crafty, in a variety of mediums and techniques.
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My local yarn store, Blazing Needles, had a class on knitted toys on their schedule. I arranged some child-free time and signed up!
Here is my current status (I am a slow knitter, I think)
The purl ridges on the "top" make the scaly skin pattern!
Here is the book:
Author Anna Hrachovec even has a mochimochi web page with even more ideas! In case the UFO, human beans, squirrel with wheels, pig with wigs, etc. isn't enough for you.
And there is a whole universe in teh google search!
I am head-over-heels in love with these little things!
What is so attractive about the miniature?
Many crafts have miniature version: quilts, doll houses, paintings, baking. They're all so darn cute. Faster to finish. Use less materials.
Do you make miniature anything? Does your craft or art have a miniature subdivision?
Recent Diaries of Arty Crafty Note:
WAYWO: Knit along with me redux+ I ordered my yarn and downloaded the pattern. I sense a skill-increasing project here.
ArtKos: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.291+ oh, will he still stop by our place now that he has his own group? ;-)
Night Two: Introduction to Nose Work sheddhead is being extraordinarily creative.
placeholder for Sara R's DKQuiltGuild post?
My progress this week:
On the Spontaneous Hat, I have one more cable row then I start the decreases for shaping the top of the hat. I am using Bernat Alpaca Blend, 70% acrylic and 30% alpaca. I think there is just enough woolishness in the alpaca to help the acrylic behave better during the cable rows. The fabric is soft when knitted, but seems a bit scratchy while being knitted.
I finger-blocked my Heart to Heart shawl-lette and took a couple photos the other night.
I can actually see the heart pattern now, with 7 of 19 increasing repeats done.