Category: Press mentions

Craft Industry Alliance Podcast interview

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I recently had the honor of being interviewed on the Craft Industry Alliance podcast!

The podcast is hosted by Abby Glassenberg, co-founder and president of CIA. So Abby is a pretty big deal in the crafts industry, but I’ll always know her as a plush maker—back when I was working at gallery hanahou in NYC, Abby was one of the artists we invited to take part in our plush toy show! As I talk about on the podcast, that show was one of the big influences on my journey of knitting toys, and it shaped my thinking about plush toys as objects of art and design, and not just kids’ playthings. (Although toys made for kids are awesome too, of course!)

As I expected, Abby was really easy to talk to, so I hope that makes for an enjoyable listen. Thank you Abby and Craft Industry Alliance for having me on!

Mochimochi Land Kits in Chicago Reader Gift Guide

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The Chicago Reader featured Mochimochi Land kits in their 2018 All-Chicago Holiday Gift Guide!

Can you spot the tiny gnome in this collection?

I love that the kits are listed under the “self-care” category. Because knitting really is self care, whether you’re making something for yourself or for others!

If you’d like to pick up some Mochimochi Land kits in the most Chicago way possible, you can find them at Yarnify in Printer’s Row.

Interview in Simply Knitting

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Simply Knitting magazine interviewed me for their back page “On the Needles” feature in their July 2016 issue. It was a fun interview! Among other things, they asked me what the younger me had wanted to be when I grew up. (Answer: a flight attendant, the owner of a science museum, and the lady who rides the elephants in the circus. Who knows, two of those three dreams may still come true.)

This issue also comes with a free pair of 5mm needles AND a highly detailed Alan Dart pattern for a knitted astronaut. Gotta love Simply Knitting!

Last Word Feature in Let’s Knit

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Update: Congrats to Kim for winning the Bumble Bee Beanie kit giveaway!

Let’s Knit, the UK knitting magazine, has a one-page feature on me for their back page in the July 2015 issue!

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I’m talking about how I first learned to knit, how Mochimochi Land got started, and about my new book.

Thank you to Molly at Let’s Knit for the nice feature!

One of the cool things about this magazine is that it always comes with a little gift. So with my copy I received a kit for a knitted baby Bumble Bee Beanie. Would you like to have it? Leave a comment saying why, and I’ll pick someone to give it to next week!

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Interview in the Chicago Tribune

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Here’s something that feels a bit surreal: My face got printed really big in the Chicago Tribune yesterday!

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The paper interviewed me about how Mochimochi Land came to be and a bit about my other interests. I have Beth at SoHo Publishing to thank for the Tribune taking notice of my work, because they found me through her press release about Vogue Knitting LIVE—which is this weekend in Chicago!

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It took me a while to work up the nerve to actually read how my words came out in print. I think I come across OK, but for the record I don’t spend all my time reading snooty magazines!

The article and an accompanying video are also online on the Tribune website.