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Eve’s Octopus Hoodie

Posted on August 30, 2026 by Anna

By special birthday request, I just finished making my daughter this crazy octopus hoodie 🐙

I didn’t make the hoodie, but I made the 24 tiny octopuses that are now stitched to it. This project took over the last two weeks of summer break for me (and it was about all I could work on since my kids was basically free range those weeks)— a fun way to end summer.

Much to my relief, Eve was delighted with how her octopus hoodie turned out, and she even wore it on her first day of school. A mom who’s a knitter couldn’t ask for more 🥰

The pattern is a slight modification of a design that can be found in…get this…my upcoming book! (It’s easy to find for preorder if you look for it!)

My Knit Stars class is back at a special price 💫

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Anna

Summer is a great time to get nerdy about our interests—to really go deep and have a new experience with what’s normally a casual hobby. What if this summer you did that with knitting toys?

For the first time, my Knit Stars masterclass is available on its own, AND it’s on sale right now!

What comes with the class? First of all, this adorable pattern that’s not available anywhere else.

The Squeezable Kingdom is my favorite kind of knitted toy project, combining big and small, lots of interactivity, and characters ripe for storytelling and even animating!

The masterclass includes my personal instruction on how to tackle all the tricky parts of the castle (which you work in bulky yarn), how to do all the little bits that go into the characters who live with the castle (worked in fingering-weight yarn) and how to modify them to make an endless variety of tiny people and creatures.

Additionally, I give a look into my design process, and there’s even a segment on how I animate my characters. And of course, like all Knit Stars classes, it comes with a documentary-style peek into my life, my studio, my neighborhood, and what else I’m up to in my creative life.

Why do I look so serious? Probably because I had a camera pointed at me in public!

Previously this masterclass was only available as part of the Knit Stars Season 7 package, but now it’s available on its own, and at a limited-time special price.

If you’re interested in going deep and wide with all of the Season 7 classes (and they are wonderful!) the full Season 7 package is also available for a limited time at a really generous discount. (Just scroll down the shop page a bit to find it.)

I had a fantastic experience making this masterclass—there’s really nothing else like it—and I love hearing from people who have enjoyed it.

⭐️ The links I’m sharing here are affiliate links, so if you complete any purchase through them you’re also supporting me and my work!

A virtual weekend with the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Anna

I recently had the pleasure of joining the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild for a presentation and a series of workshops, including a stop-motion animation workshop!

Due to a series of flight cancelations, the weekend had to be conducted virtually, but the guild members were amazing at quickly adjusting to that and helping make it happen in the smoothest way possible.

I was especially impressed by the animations that first-time animators Bethany, Cheryl, and Lori created in our last workshop. They were so creative! You can see the results here in my instagram post about it.

Big mews! Preorder meow!

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Anna

I’m so excited to announce my first knitting book in more than 10 years. And it’s CATS!

KNIT MINI AMIGURUMI CATS! features 20 cat-themed amigurumi knitting projects, each of which is no bigger than a mouse. From cats in containers to cats at work to cats you could eat if they weren’t so cute (and made of yarn), this book is absolutely packed with all manner of knitted furball fun.

The intermediate-level patterns are worked in the round with minimal seaming. Technique tutorials and all knitting essentials are included, so beginners and knitters who need a little refresher can find everything they need inside. Just add yarn scraps, double-pointed needles, and a little stuffing for all the tiny kitty knitting you can stand!

Now available for SPECIAL preorder from the Mochimochi Shop! If you order the book from my website, you’ll receive a signed copy of the book. Plus…

…four all-new bonus kitty stickers! Plus…

…Exclusive early access to a demo video showing you how to knit cat fries!

Preorders will ship the week of June 30th, 2026.

I had so much fun making this all-cat knitting book. I hope you will love it as much as Soupy and I do!

New Matryoshkats Kit is here!

Posted on May 7, 2026 by Anna

Cats, listen up! Our popular Matryoshkats pattern is now a Matryosh-kit! The deluxe kit makes TWO SETS of Matryoshkats, one in warm pinks and purples and one in cool blues and greens. 🩷💙

The seamless pattern is worked in the round on double-pointed needles in a delightfully simple way: each cat half is an un-stuffed ovoid shape that you’ll partially invert to make a hollow cup. You’ll pick up a small number of stitches to work the ears and tail.

The kit includes the pattern, a bit of polyester stuffing (for the innermost cat), and two arrays of wool yarn (Cascade 220, a favorite in Mochimochi Land). Just add size 5 needles and a tapestry needle!

The Matryoshkats Kit comes packaged in a 6-inch square kraft box, purfect for gifting or knitting on the go. 💝😺

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Woolly Woolly is now on YouTube!

Posted on April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 by Anna

The Woollys are celebrating because we have big news!

You can now watch FULL EPISODES of Woolly Woolly on YouTube! WAHOO!

(Note that this is a new channel, different from the one I shared last year, available in the USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.)

Woolly Woolly is a children’s animated TV show based on my knitted world of Mochimochi Land! It’s about a family of gnomes who knit their way through life and solve problems using creativity and a little bit of make-believe magic. Everything is knitted in Woollywood, and the Woollys can knit everything!

The series is produced by PVP Media in Canada and Normaal in France with some of the best writers and animators around. And I was involved in the production process as a creative consultant. (A big contribution of mine was to repeat “That’s not how you hold knitting needles!” until they got it right 😉)

The show is computer animated in a beautiful, tactile stop-motion animation style. The director, Emmanuel Linderer, based the animation style in part on my stop-motion animations and GIFs, but took it to a brilliant new level that wows me every time I see it.

New episodes are added to the Woolly Woolly channel all the time, so if you subscribe you’ll see them pop up for you when they’re out.

Thanks for watching!

YarnCon is coming!

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Anna

Omelet is getting excited about YarnCon!

Don’t tell him, but I haven’t yet decided if he’s coming this year. 😬 But I CAN say that there will be a world of tiny knitted cats and dogs and dinosaurs there, along with plenty of kits, including hand-dyed tiny dinosaur kits that you can check out in person and choose by color combo.

Haven’t heard of Yarncon? It’s just the most fun and interesting yarn market in Chicago! It’s a great place to see what all the cool indie dyers are up to. And they let me unfurl Mochimochi Land there! AND it’s free to attend!

Visit Yarncon April 11-12 at the Chicago Plumbers Union Hall, 1340 W Washington Blvd. Check out the YarnCon website for more info. See you there!

The Gnome Genome Project was 10+ years ago!

Posted on February 20, 2026February 27, 2026 by Anna

A couple of anniversaries slipped by me last year, so I wanted to take a moment to recognize them before I forgot about them entirely!

First up is The Gnome Genome Project, a 2015 solo show of my gnome-themed knitted work at Everyday Mooonday, a beautiful gallery in Seoul.

This show was a huge undertaking, and a dream of an opportunity to share my world with people on the other side of the globe—and it all happened thanks to gallery owner Diny Lee.

The Gnome Genome project had me mining my psyche for all associations with knitting and gnomes, and the end result comprised a classic tabletop vision of Mochimochi Land, giant gnomes with lilliputian climbers, a community gnome knitting and distribution project, various other gnome sculptures and experiments, and a loop of some of my stop-motion animations.

I was also newly pregnant while installing it (with lots of help from my husband, John). So the memories are a bit foggy, but I recall working very hard, being very unsure whether I could pull it all off, and feeling very happy when it all became real.

Perhaps you contributed gnomes to this project?