Category: Events

Reminder: Trunk Show and Cupcakes this Saturday!

Just a reminder that this Saturday is your last chance to See “Greetings from Mochimochi,” My knitted installation at gallery hanahou in NYC!

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Join me at the gallery for a trunk show and tea party on October 30th, from 2 to 4 pm: enjoy tea and cupcakes and the chance to buy little creatures right off the installation!

There will also be a selection of my other pieces on display (just for viewing).

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Please RSVP to info@galleryhanahou.com so that we know how many cupcakes to get. See you there!

October 30: Mochimochi Tea Party + Trunk Show in NYC!

If you’ve wanted to check out my show at gallery hanahou but haven’t had a chance to stop in during the week, there will be another opportunity next Saturday (October 30th) to wrap up the show: a fun tea party / trunk show!

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Before we disassemble the whole installation (sob!), we’re going to give people an opportunity to purchase and take home many of the pieces from the landscape.

There will also be a selection of other pieces that I’ve made in recent years (for viewing only) that weren’t a part of this show, including my Swimming Lemmings from 2007.

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Also: tea and cupcakes!

If you plan to come, just RSVP to info@galleryhanahou.com. Hope to see you on the 30th!

Mochimochi tea party + trunk show!
Saturday, October 30, 2-4 pm
gallery hanahou
611 Broadway, Suite 730 NYC

November 4: Knitting Mochimochi Talk at Loops, Tulsa

loopslogoIf you’re in the Tulsa area, please join me on November 4th at Loops (the Utica Square location) for a talk! I’ll be there at 6-8 pm with the whole knitted cast from my book Knitting Mochimochi, and I’ll discuss how I came up with the designs, some toy knitting tips, and anything else you want to talk about. Brandi Simons, the local photographer who took all the photos from the book in the Tulsa area, will also be there.

There will also be a book and yarn giveaway, so mark your calendar!

Maker Faire was a Blast

Saturday was my first Maker Faire, and I was honored to be there as an official maker! Rebecca Reitz, the librarian at the New York Hall of Science (where the faire was held in Queens) had invited me to have a table at her library for the day. It turned out to be a great spot—many people were heading indoors once the thermometer hit 80.

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Helping me out all day long was my great friend Jen. I could not have been there without her! She manned the table while I was out doing my toy knitting demo at the CRAFT stage (which went really well, much to my relief), and she was way better at talking up my book than I was.

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Librarian Rebecca is a fiber artist herself (check out her blog)—she had a display of her beautiful pieces that combine crochet with wood and other natural materials. Our mushrooms got to know each other a bit.

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And I got to meet Robyn Love and her beautifully covered rocket! Rebecca contributed to the squares throughout the day with some amazing crocheted squares that made me seriously consider giving the craft another try. (Maybe someday.)

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I had so much fun seeing everything else at Maker Faire too—I can’t wait to go to another one!

Thank you to Rebecca for inviting me and also for the photos!

Mochimochi at Maker Faire in Queens Sept 25

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Maker Faire, which is produced by the supermen and women at MAKE and CRAFT, is coming to Queens this month! I’ve never been to a Maker Faire before, so I’m really excited. And I’m extra excited because I’ll be there with a display of my knitted toys!

You’ll be able to find me, my book, and my toys at the New York Hall of Science library all day on Saturday, September 25th. I’ll also be doing a demo at 2 pm at the CRAFT booth.

This should be a huge and very fun event, so I hope you’ll come out if you’re in the area!

Opening October 7: Greetings from Mochimochi

Update! The gallery will be open 2-4 pm on Saturday, October 30th for a tea party and trunk show!

Here it is, the official info for my show this October in NYC!

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Greetings from Mochimochi

a weird world of fun and chaos hand-knitted by Anna Hrachovec

October 7 – 29, 2010
Opening reception: Thursday, October 7, 7-9 p.m. – RSVP info@galleryhanahou.com

gallery hanahou
611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC

In her first solo show, craft artist Anna Hrachovec stretches the possibilities of knitting as a medium to create an expansive and wacky landscape installation. Crash-landed aliens, rat-infested skyscrapers, giant ants, and everything else that comprises the 8-foot installation is entirely hand-knitted by the artist, who used 200 balls of yarn and more than a million stitches to make it all come to life. And just for fun, the piece includes a working model train – converted into a silly knitted monster, of course!

Some of the elements in the piece are based on designs in Anna’s 2010 book of knitted toy patterns, Knitting Mochimochi.

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If you are in the NY area, please join me for the opening on October 7th!

Yarns provided by Cascade
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Naughty and Nicey Class at Purl Oct 16

I’m excited to say that I’ll be teaching another toy knitting class in NYC in October—this time, at Purl in Soho!

Just in time for kooky homemade Halloween costumes, we’ll be knitting Naughty and Nicey on October 16th!

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Here’s the class description:

Knit Naughty or Nicey with Anna from Mochimochi Land

Saturday, October 16th, 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Learn basic toy knitting techniques to make a set of toys that can double as a quick Halloween costume! Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land will show you how to use double-pointed needles to make Naughty and Nicey – an adorable devil and angel pair that you can be worn on the shoulders – from her book Knitting Mochimochi. Techniques covered will include knitting small circumferences on DPNs, stuffing, picking up stitches, and mattress stitch. You will just have to choose whether to start with the angel or the devil!

The cost for the class is $75 if you already have a copy of Knitting Mochimochi, and if you buy the book with the class, you get $5 off!

To sign up, call the store during business hours at 212-420-8796.