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Mochimochiland #knitballpit Balls
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On January 3rd, Mochimochiland posted a pic of my little friends. They made it safely! Right after that, she stopped posting individual people's shipments, because there were too many. I just made the cutoff.
On January 3rd, Mochimochiland posted a pic of my little friends. They made it safely! Right after that, she stopped posting individual people's shipments, because there were too many. I just made the cutoff.
Mochimochiland said knit a ball pit, and I said okay!
Mochimochiland said knit a ball pit, and I said okay!
This guy was knit on October 25, 2008, on US 2 needles, with the leftovers from the Bamboo Pop I got from one of my friends at our Knitted Knockers meetup. There wasn't enough left for a knocker, but there was enough for a couple of small knitballpit balls.
This guy was knit on October 25, 2008, on US 2 needles, with the leftovers from the Bamboo Pop I got from one of my friends at our Knitted Knockers meetup. There wasn't enough left for a knocker, but there was enough for a couple of small knitballpit balls.
The second ball was knit the same day, but would not get a face until nearer to ship time, months later.
The second ball was knit the same day, but would not get a face until nearer to ship time, months later.
I had to wait somewhere in my truck the next day (the 26th), so I brought my other knitted knockers scrap, Cascade Ultra Pima cotton.
I had to wait somewhere in my truck the next day (the 26th), so I brought my other knitted knockers scrap, Cascade Ultra Pima cotton.
There was so little of this Ultra Pima left, that I ran out just past the halfway point :(
There was so little of this Ultra Pima left, that I ran out just past the halfway point :(
I decided to redo it on a size smaller needles. I think I did that one more time, too, going down one more size, to US 2, and still ran out!
I decided to redo it on a size smaller needles. I think I did that one more time, too, going down one more size, to US 2, and still ran out!
Instead of giving up, or trying to go down to size 1, which I didn't have with me, I just used the other yarn I had with me, Fair Isle Harbor in White. I figured the ball could just have white hair :)
Instead of giving up, or trying to go down to size 1, which I didn't have with me, I just used the other yarn I had with me, Fair Isle Harbor in White. I figured the ball could just have white hair :)
The bottom of this pattern is a lot more lumpy looking than the top.
The bottom of this pattern is a lot more lumpy looking than the top.
Ball 3 I made out of the leftovers from the Pride Hat I made for my friend Timb (see my projects). This is a bulky yarn.
Ball 3 I made out of the leftovers from the Pride Hat I made for my friend Timb (see my projects). This is a bulky yarn.
Ball 4 I made with the Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash leftovers from the 4 small stockings I made (see my projects). This was knit on US 9s.
Ball 4 I made with the Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash leftovers from the 4 small stockings I made (see my projects). This was knit on US 9s.
I'm not counting the pink and blue balls in the numbering, because those are from months earlier, different pattern, just for fun, in Everyday Baby "Pink," and Caron One Pound "Grotto." You can also see the Hummingbird Moon (green/white/blue) ball from my Time Traveler Socks (see my projects).
I'm not counting the pink and blue balls in the numbering, because those are from months earlier, different pattern, just for fun, in Everyday Baby "Pink," and Caron One Pound "Grotto." You can also see the Hummingbird Moon (green/white/blue) ball from my Time Traveler Socks (see my projects).
I didn't measure beforehand, but after the 4th ball, I had 11g of Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash left.
I didn't measure beforehand, but after the 4th ball, I had 11g of Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash left.
Ball 5 I made right after ball 4, same yarn and needles, but I did a round of the same yarn in the green colorway, which I'd also used for the stockings. I had a couple of yards left, and thought I'd add a detail to use it up.
Ball 5 I made right after ball 4, same yarn and needles, but I did a round of the same yarn in the green colorway, which I'd also used for the stockings. I had a couple of yards left, and thought I'd add a detail to use it up.
Top, nice and smooth.
Top, nice and smooth.
Bottom, kinda lumpy. It's just the nature of increases (here) vs. decreases. I noticed the lumpy bottom on a bunch of other balls posted by Mochimochiland. It has me curious about smoother increases.
Bottom, kinda lumpy. It's just the nature of increases (here) vs. decreases. I noticed the lumpy bottom on a bunch of other balls posted by Mochimochiland. It has me curious about smoother increases.
I ended up with about the same amount of each yarn, maybe a yard each, completely using up the 3 red skeins, and 1 green skein I had, and used for the Christmas stockings (see my projects).
I ended up with about the same amount of each yarn, maybe a yard each, completely using up the 3 red skeins, and 1 green skein I had, and used for the Christmas stockings (see my projects).
Adding faces last-minute on December 24th, 2018! I brought the finished balls with me from Los Angeles to NJ to see dad's side of the family, then to FL to see mom, and then to TN to her cabin.
Adding faces last-minute on December 24th, 2018! I brought the finished balls with me from Los Angeles to NJ to see dad's side of the family, then to FL to see mom, and then to TN to her cabin.
December 27th, 2018. I thought January 3rd was the absolute cut-off, so we shipped these this day. I think there were a few more days of buffer, though.
December 27th, 2018. I thought January 3rd was the absolute cut-off, so we shipped these this day. I think there were a few more days of buffer, though.
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Finished
October 25, 2018
December 28, 2018

Mochimochiland #knitballpit Balls

Project info
Knit Ball Pit by Anna Hrachovec
Knitting
Ball
Mochimochiland's #knitballpit
various
Needles & yarn
Caron One Pound Century Collection
812 yards in stash
Blue Grotto
Blue
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in California
March 31, 2018
Bernat Softee Chunky Ombres (Super Bulky)
16 yards in stash
29134 School Yard
2018 01 WL186693
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in California
May 22, 2018
Caron Simply Soft Solids
306 yards in stash
0.03 skeins = 9.3 yards (8.5 meters), 5 grams
Black
2018-10-02H97003
Black
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in Florida
December 14, 2018
Caron Simply Soft Solids
315 yards in stash
9701 White
2018-05-30 H97003
White
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in Florida
December 14, 2018
Cascade Yarns ® Ultra Pima Paints
none left in stash
0.02 skeins = 4.4 yards (4.0 meters), 2 grams
SYM13
7A7706
Blue
Open Book
May 19, 2018
Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash
23 yards in stash
0.21 skeins = 28.6 yards (26.2 meters), 21 grams
18 Poinsettia
150718
Red
Anacapa Fine Yarns booth at the Ventura County Handweavers & Spinners Guild Annual Harvest Sale and Show in Camarillo, CA, USA
October 27, 2018
Ella Rae Chunky Merino Superwash
3 yards in stash
0.03 skeins = 1.0 yards (0.9 meters), 3 grams
26 Pesto
0426
Green
Anacapa Fine Yarns booth at the Ventura County Handweavers & Spinners Guild Annual Harvest Sale and Show in Camarillo, CA, USA
October 27, 2018
Premier Yarns Everyday Baby
153 yards in stash
Pink
6818
Pink
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in California
July 20, 2018
Premier Yarns Everyday Worsted Solids, Marls & Heathers
155 yards in stash
Baby Pink
15-109
Pink
Jo-Ann, Etc., in Fort Myers, FL
March 14, 2018
The Hummingbird Moon Over the Moon Sock
104 yards in stash
I'll Get You My Pretty
Green
Gypsy Wools in Boulder, Colorado
June 4, 2018
Universal Yarn Bamboo Pop
none left in stash
0.07 skeins = 20.4 yards (18.7 meters), 7 grams
211 Frosty Morning
Gray
Santa Clarita Valley Knitted Knockers meetup
August 18, 2018
Notes

Mochimochiland put out a call to action, to knit balls for a knit ball pit they wanted to host at Vogue Knitting Live, 2019, in NYC, at the end of January. I used up various bits of scrap yarn over the months between the initial call and the end of the year, when I finally shipped them off. I knit them all in CA, brought them with me to NJ to see dad’s side of the family over the holidays, then to FL to see mom, then in her truck as we drove to her cabin in TN, and finally shipped them to GA from there, and then they traveled to NYC for the big event!

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October 25, 2018
December 28, 2018
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Knit Ball Pit
by Anna Hrachovec
from Mochimochi Land Ravelry store
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  • Project created: February 14, 2019
  • Finished: February 14, 2019
  • Updated: April 24, 2019