Knitted Factories for “Luv-able & Hug-able”

Oh boy, this Thursday is the opening of “Luv-able & Hug-able,” the fantabulous holiday plush show at gallery hanahou in NYC! I’ll be exhibiting some handmade plushes along with more than 40 other artists.

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Please come to the opening this Thursday if you’re in the area (I’ll be there!)—otherwise, you can see the plushes online starting next week at the gallery website. (Holiday shopping, anyone?)

Here are my own contributions to “Luv-able & Hug-able,” three anthropomorphic factories that convert one type of tiny thing into another.

Trees into Lions:

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Pandas into Gnomes:

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Cheeseburgers into TVs:

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These original knits, along with some individual Tiny Things, are now available through gallery hanahou. If you’re interested in purchasing any of them, please contact info@galleryhanahou.com.

Luv-able & Hug-able
December 3, 2009 – January 9, 2010
Opening Party : Thursday, December 3, 6-9 pm RSVP info@galleryhanahou.com

gallery hanahou
611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC
Extended Holiday Hours Mon-Sat 12 pm – 6 pm
CLOSED December 24, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Update!: Thank you to Becky at the Craft Blog and Cuteable for posting about the factories!

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Comments (32)

#1 written by Jessie
about 9 months ago

Oh. Em. Gee. These just might be the coolest thing ever! I especially love the Cheeseburgers into TV’s Factory. Enjoy the showing! ;D
#2 written by tropicalgirlknits
about 9 months ago

WANT!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously Anna, these are awesome!!! The pandas to gnomes factory is my favorite!
#3 written by Anna
about 9 months ago

Thank you! I wasn’t planning to post so many photos, but then I just liked a lot of the ones that I took the other day.

I also got a chance to see the other plushes in the show today—they’re all so great!
#4 written by Dad
about 9 months ago

I can hardly believe my eyes! And you gave me a heads-up too! Did we drop you too often?
#5 written by Aimee
about 9 months ago

Oh my gosh, cutest things ever!
#6 written by Elizabeth
about 9 months ago

they are sooo cute!!!!!!!!!!
i want to hug them!!! <3
the factories are really awesome, too!!!
#7 written by lydia
about 9 months ago

AMAZING! these are all so great. the luv-able and hug-able show always draws such awesome talent.
#8 written by Beth
about 9 months ago

OMG! The pandas into gnomes just about killed me with the cuteness – They are two of my favorite things – My kindergarten class is panda themed and my friends are always finding cute gnomes for my collection!! I love the trees into lions as well!!! Actually everything you make is great!
#9 written by tropicalgirlknits
about 9 months ago

I have a question Anna: Will we see more of “Puffy, the Cuter Polluter” and the fingernail? Saw him and loved him…
#10 written by Leah
about 9 months ago

I am astonished. I mean, you told me about this conversion concept, but I just couldn’t picture it. You really pulled it off, wow! I hope the show goes wonderfully!
#11 written by Ramie
about 9 months ago

These are GREAT!! So creative! I love the gnomes! You should put out a book of tiny knitted patterns. I would make the mini gnomes in a heartbeat for my mom, collector of all things enchanting.
#12 written by Deb
about 9 months ago

Seriously, these are some of the most amazing creations yet! I absolutely positively adore the tiny pandas/gnomes converter. Positively! These are truly fabulous!!! You’ve outdone yourself—again!!! I would just love to make the mini gnomes…I mean pandas and gnomes are two of my favorite things too!!!
#13 written by Hartje-Bloem
about 9 months ago

How sweet can it be
#14 written by AuntSara
about 9 months ago

Oh my! those are great!! i love the gnomes! My mom collects them, will you be posting or offering the patterns? they are so cute.
your toys are so awesome, I am so glad i got to take your class when you where here in october. makeing the patterns i have has vastly improved my knitting skills.
#15 written by Samoofish
about 9 months ago

These are fantastic! I agree with Ramie that you should have a tiny toys book. The panda/gnomes is my favorite, not sure why, but how can you resist tiny gnomes?
#16 written by Miki
about 9 months ago

I love the theme and your attention to detail is (as always) a work of art!
#17 written by Anna
about 9 months ago

Thank you, everyone! I had so much fun making these guys (and it took soooo long), so it’s super to get a positive response.

I am planning to make the gnomes pattern available as part of a set in my shop sometime soon. I’m working on the first set of patterns right now, and they’ll be available early next year.

And I am also hoping to publish a bunch of the tiny patterns as a book… I’ll let you guys know soon if it’s happening for sure!
#18 written by Kimberly
about 9 months ago

These are fantastic. By far, for me, one of the most entertaining and enjoyable creations you’ve posted ever! I smiled instantly.
#19 written by joan
about 9 months ago

absolutely utterly awe-inspiringly unbelievably amazingly unquestionably altogether-enviably **BEYOND FANTASTIC**
#20 written by Susie
about 9 months ago

Oh I just LOVE these! I really love the pandas into gnomes. They are just too cute! Awesome job!
#21 written by Gritty Lous
about 9 months ago

Anna, Have you ever worked in a factory? Did you play with Transformer toys when you were little? I think you could redesign GM’s assembly line and put them back in the black. Seriously, these are absolutely amazing and if you DO do another book, these have to be in it.
#22 written by Runo
about 9 months ago

Love (1)
#23 written by Gabby
about 9 months ago

BOOK!!!
#24 written by Gabby
about 9 months ago

By that I mean I want your book soooooooo bad!
#25 written by MonkeyGurl
about 9 months ago

I shouldn’t be, but I am absolutely STUNNED by your talent. And also? the thought of sewing in all those ends… But the result is so totally worth the trouble. I’d like to be in your head for a day, just to see how things work in there. (I realize that sounds mildly psychotic, but I mean that in the most complimentary way.)

Have a great time at the show!
#26 written by Seanna Lea
about 9 months ago

These are terrific. I really wish I had the $$, because the pandas to gnomes would be perfect for one of my friends!
#27 written by Christi
about 9 months ago

Anna, I love the conversion factories! I like the trees to lions as a concept best, but the pandas and gnomes are probably cuter! If they don’t sell in the gallery, give me a shout! I may be interested…
#28 written by Seastar198
about 9 months ago

The cuteness! All those little things to knit! So cute! So tiny! I think the factories with the eyes are just adorable! *love**
#29 written by Mildawg
about 9 months ago

I love them all! One thing about trees-to-lions: doesn’t that seem a little environmentally unfriendly?
#30 written by Kimberly
about 8 months ago

Mildawg, it would all be enviornmentally unfriendly if it actualy existed I mean using food resources to mass produce televisions, taking an endangered animal to make lawn ornaments? And I mean, the panda one would theoretically be cruel too. Not to mention the exhaust and toxic waste that could possibly be put out by such a machine!

Good thing its all made up, not real, and just for fun!
#31 written by Laurie Ann
about 8 months ago

I love the way your mind works. Pandas into gnomes indeed. I totally need the gnome pattern.
#32 written by Pippa
about 8 months ago

These are incredible. They make me so happy!

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