Author: Anna

Class at Brooklyn General March 7th

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I’m so excited to be teaching a class on how to knit my Tiny Elephant at Brooklyn General next Sunday!

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If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll join me in learning the basics of knitting small with double-pointed needles, plus other techniques like I-cord and picking up stitches.

Participants in the class will get the Tiny Things Collection 1 pattern (including Tiny Elephant, Tiny Corn, Tiny Violin, and Tiny Toothpaste) PLUS the yet-to-be-released Tiny Things Collection 2 patterns. That’s right—you’ll get the new patterns before anyone else!

The two-hour class will be 10 am to 12 pm at Brooklyn General on Sunday, March 7th, and the cost is $50 plus materials. (You’ll need size one dpns, fingering-weight yarn, and a small tapestry needle.) To sign up, please call the store at 718-237-7753.

I’m planning to hang around a bit after the class for a trunk show of my patterns, so please stop by and say hi even if you don’t take the class. See you there!

Jell-O-Scape

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I was wowed when I saw these photos of a Jell-O San Francisco done by Liz Hickok on Beautiful Decay last week.

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On her website, she describes how she makes the molds, then lights them from below and photographs them for exhibition. Because they fall apart so quickly, many of her exhibitions are comprised only of photos and videos of the Jell-O sculptures.

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Aren’t they incredible? I love the idea of a knitted landscape too (something I’m in the beginning stages of working on), so I’m finding this project especially inspiring!

Soupy’s Spoon

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Soupy found a plastic spoon in a bag of takeout that we got, and he started playing with it obsessively! Soupy and his spoon were practically the cutest thing ever.

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He got a little self conscious about it when I started taking pictures, but he still played with it for me.

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He loves his spoon so much that we can’t just take it away from him, so now we have a plastic spoon lying around our apartment, along with balls of paper, cardboard boxes, and other pieces of trash that our cats treat like treasure. Sometimes these “toys” get a little out of hand.

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But you just can’t say no to that face, right?

Tiny Lamp

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This guy’s a little tired of everyone always yanking his chain!

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He can only hope that someone will hook him up to a “clap on” system someday.

Shelbi was the first to suggest a Tiny Lamp in the comments back in July of last year, so she gets a free pattern!

In the Tent with Anna Sui

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I stumbled into a chance to go to the Anna Sui Fall 2010 show at Bryant Park yesterday! It was fun to be in one of the tents with all the fashion industry insiders. (Myself, I was wearing jeans and a sweater with cat hair on it.)

I only had my phone camera with me, so I took home some blurry shots of glowing models. This is the best one, from the end of the show.

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The show itself was really fun – I’ve never worn Anna Sui before, but almost everything on the runway had me thinking “I would totally wear that.” There was a lot of knitwear mixed in the collection, and I found a photo of my favorite piece on Style.com (where you can see photos of the full show).

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I so want that pinky purple mountain sweater set!

Two Factories Available

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Update: The yellow Cheeseburgers into TVs factory has been sold and is no longer available.

I should mention that these two Tiny Things Conversion Factories are available for purchase!

Trees into Lions:

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Cheeseburgers into TVs:

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These are original knitted pieces that I made for the third annual “Luv-able & Hug-able” plush show that took place in December at gallery hanahou.

The price has been reduced to $200 each. Email me at info@mochimochiland.com if you’re interested!

Oh, and if I may do a quick brag: my third Tiny Thing Conversion Factory (which sold at the show) made it into Flickr’s Explore feature and has been viewed more than 11,000 times!