Category: Press mentions

Tiny Interview on CRAFT

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Diane of CRAFT just posted an interview with me about my two years of tiny knitting on their blog.

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Her great questions really made me reflect on what the challenge is all about. For example, what have I learned from this process?

I’ve learned that animals and plants are easy to knit, and toasters and mailboxes are more difficult (but can be really exciting when done right). I’ve learned that I have more sticktoitiveness than I had ever thought, and I’ve learned that bamboo needles are extremely durable.

Thanks Diane!

Tiny Burger Kit on NY Mag Website

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This is kind of old news, but in April my Tiny Burger kit was featured on the New York Magazine website as a nifty gift for Mother’s Day!

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The kit was featured as a product available at Saffron, the lovely boutique in Brooklyn that carries my kits and a few of my hand-knit Tinys.

There are several retailers now carrying my kits— if one is near you, please check them out and help support a local business!

In NYC:

Brooklyn General
Knitty City
Purl Soho (coming soon!)

Outside of NYC:

Clay Wood & Cotton (Beacon, NY)
Cloverhill (Catonsville, MD)
Essential Knits (Grantham, NH)
Schmancy (Seattle, WA)

My Tiny Kits are available at wholesale prices to retailers, so please email me if you’re interested in them for your store!

Astounding Knits

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For those of us who love seeing daredevil knitting projects that go way beyond sweaters, Lela Nargi’s new book is a new favorite!

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Astounding Knits by Lela Nargi is a kind of record book for knitted art, unusual projects, and general yarn craziness. And I am honored that Luvgun is included!

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You can find him featured in the “Knits of War (and Peace)” section, along with Marianne Jorgensen’s tank covering, Seann McKeel’s knitted origami cranes, and more.

There are a few patterns in the back, but this is mainly a coffee table book that even people who aren’t ready to pick up the needles can enjoy. You can find it on Amazon and in other bookstores, hopefully including many local yarn stores.

Lela has also started a blog for updates about the people involved with the book.

Mochimochi in CraftSanity

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Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood of CraftSanity just launched a great new magazine full of all kinds of projects—knitting, crochet, papercraft, recipes and more. She was nice enough to feature me in her first issue too!

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Opposite the feature is the pattern for my Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi Snowmen. I hoped it was a project simple enough for her readers who have some knitting experience but don’t knit all the time.

The magazine is available both in print and as a PDF download.

On top of that, Jennifer just released a podcast of a conversation with me that she recorded a few weeks back. I always avoid hearing my recorded voice when possible, so I haven’t listened to it myself yet. But I remember having a great talk with her about knitting toys and what I was up to in 2010. (You can also see a photo of me desperately trying to get Nipsey to pose with me on her website.)

Thank you, Jennifer, and congrats on the new magazine!

Interview in Knit Today

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Thank you to UK magazine Knit Today, who interviewed me for their December issue!

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As you can guess from the photos, I mostly talked about my installation that was on exhibit in NYC in October. It’s really nice to have it get some coverage even after it’s been taken down. I also hope to show it somewhere else in the near future.

The next issue of Knit Today will include one of my patterns, so be sure to check it out!

Juxtapoz and Roger Ebert

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This is just too wild—in the same week (last week), my work was featured on Juxtapoz and tweeted by Roger Ebert!

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Helen Soteriou interviewed me for Juxtapoz, which (if you don’t know) is a popular online art magazine. It was so much fun to do an interview for an arts publication, so I was thrilled. Thank you Helen!

And then Roger Ebert (ebertchicago on Twitter) posted to a photo of one of my Tiny Things Conversion Factories! He asked for a caption to the photo, and his 200,000-plus followers were happy to oblige. (Many of them made references to to grandmothers and psychedelic drugs.)

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I agree that it looks extra weird without any sort of title or caption, so I’m just happy that it caught Mr. Ebert’s interest. Thank you to my Twitter friends for alerting me to it!