Category: Events

We ❤️ YarnCon

YarnCon this year was the best ever, and that’s saying a lot because this beloved Chicago indie fiber fair was already the best thing of its kind 🧶✨

Thank you to everybody who came out, everybody who checked out POOCHIPOOCHI Land, everybody who said hi, and everybody who bought stuff from me. (I love that I had to restock books, and almost sold out!)

The biggest thanks to Kristine Brandel for being the best imaginable help with this event (including all the prep that goes into it), and the biggest thanks to the wonderful people who work so hard to make YarnCon special every year!

VKL 2025!

The Vogue Knitting Live skyscrapers made a personal appearance at the NYC show’s art gallery last weekend, walking a runway, posing in an art gallery, buying all the yarn possible, playing in a yarn ball pit, etc, etc!

It was fun to bring the props from the videos out to let these guys play IRL as their animations—all TWELVE of them—played on a monitor nearby.


(These are the first six—I still need to upload the rest to YouTube.)

My classes were also a ton of fun—I hope those who took them would agree! We made unicorns together and tiny knitted versions of ourselves and our favorite people. This was honestly the first time I felt (almost) totally relaxed about teaching and just enjoyed it. (The document camera on my hands with the footage projected on a screen helped a lot.)

Thank you to everyone who took my classes, who bought stuff from me, who checked out my little diorama, and who said hello in their gorgeous hand-knitted and -crocheted outfits. And thank you to the people of VKL!

You can see a little reel with videos and more photos of cool stuff from the show on my Instagram.

December 13th: Knit kitties with me and Modern Daily Knitting!


I am thrilled to be teaching an all-new virtual workshop with Modern Daily Knitting. On December 13th, join me online to knit my classic Cat in a Box, just in time for cozy winter gifting. You’ll come away with all the skills you need to knit a Cat in a Bag and a Cat in a Life Preserver—and all the yarn you’ll need, too! We’ve created custom cozy cat kits (that include stickers!) for the occasion. 

Sign up and get the kit on the Modern Daily Knitting website. I can’t wait to see you there! 

See you at Vogue Knitting LIVE NYC in January!

Vogue knitting LIVE is returning to NYC in January 2025! I was excited to be asked to spread the word with the help of some animated skyscrapers. These little videos have been appearing on the Vogue Knitting social accounts and in their newsletters. With more to come!

I’ll also be teaching at this event! Here are the classes I’m offering:

🦄🌈✨ Tiny Toy Knitting Basics: Unicorns and Rainbows
In this class, we’ll knit a tiny unicorn together, covering all the techniques from start to finish: knitting on double-pointed needles, I-cord legs and horn, and embroidering a magical mane and tail. We’ll also go over how to use mattress stitch to shape knitted tubes into a little rainbow, so your unicorn can have a friend! This is a great class to start with if you’re new to knitting toys, tiny toys, or circular knitting. The simple unicorn body can also be turned into all sorts of four-legged creatures!

👨🏻👩🏽🤷‍♀️ Knit a Tiny You (or Anybody)
In this *all new* project-oriented class, we’ll start with a basic pattern for a 1”-3”-tall human, then go into all kinds of ways you can customize it to create individuals representing yourself, your friends, your favorite celebs and characters—anything that walks on two legs! Techniques that we’ll cover include I-cord and circular knitting, shaping through basic increase and decrease stitches, embroidery, color work, needle felting, and anything else that might come up through participants’ interests.

I’ll probably also be displaying my artwork and vending at the marketplace. It’s gonna be a big weekend!

Registration is now open at the Vogue Knitting website. See you there!

Yarnover classes in Minneapolis September 20-22

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Who needs a tiny knitted kitty to massage?

I’m looking forward to bringing more of these tiny cats into the world this September at Yarnover! This is a weekend of classes, a marketplace, and more brought to us by The Minnesota Knitters’ Guild. 🧶

I’ll be teaching a tiny cat knitting class AND a toy design class too! Sign up for both, and you can knit a cat with me, then get ready to knit whatever kind of toy you can dream up. Registration for non guild members is now open ✨

🐈 What: Yarnover 2024 classes
🐈 When: September 20-22, 2024
🐈 Where: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West

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Moe information and registration on the Yarnover website!

Mochimochi Land at H+H Americas

Mochimochi Land is headed to H+H Americas next week! This is an industry show for those involved in the business of handicrafts. I’ve attended in previous years, since it’s held in Chicago, but this is my first time as an exhibitor. I’m so excited!

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If you’ll be there, be sure to pay a visit to Mochimochi Land at booth 1505 (all the way to the right once you walk into the exhibit hall). I’m bringing a world of knitted toys, plus a display of the cats from Catside Up, Catside Down. 😺
If you’re a local yarn store owner, you can learn about stocking Mochimochi Land kits and books 😀
I’ll also be on a panel about craft book publishing on Friday 5/3 at 12:15 on the main stage. 🤓
See you there, yarn industry friends!

Dovetail Holiday Market TOMORROW (12/2)

Chicago friends, I’ll be vending at Dovetail Brewery’s holiday market this Saturday, 12/2—come on out for some chill holiday shopping!

This will be my first holiday market in…13 years!? 😳😬 I’m pretty excited. I’ll have copies of my new picture book, a bunch of cat kits, a few lil knitted friends, and more.

There will be good food and cool vendors and of course great beer.

Hope to see you there, 1-7 on Saturday 12/2 at 1800 W Belle Plaine!

Book signing & trunk show at The Bloomin’ Spindle

Chicago Friends! Here I am realistically posing in front of The Bloomin’ Spindle, in real life, with my real new book. Come see me here on Sunday 11/26 at 11am for a book signing and trunk show! I’ll be hanging out until 2pm or so with books, cat kits, and probably some cat animations too.

If you haven’t visited The Bloomin’ Spindle, it’s a gem of a yarn store and well worth the trip from wherever you are.

Hope to see you there!