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Giveaway: Huge Huggable Mochimochi

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Congratulations to Anne!

Sometimes I get jealous of crocheters because it’s seemingly so much easier to make dolls and characters and food and all sorts of really interesting creations out of crochet than it is out of knitting. Maybe that’s not really true and I’m just not creative enough to translate fanciful designs or ideas into knitting the way some people are with crochet.

Anna Hrachovec is one of those knitters who can turn wacky ideas into great knitting projects, and she has a whole series of books filled with what she calls mochimochi and what others might call knit amigurumi, to borrow a term from crochet.

Her 2013 book, Huge & Huggable Mochimochi, is full of 20 larger-than-life projects for fun knit items like the giant piece of birthday cake on the cover, big birdies, a giant hamburger with all the fixin’s, even a toy monster truck. (Huge in this case is still not all that huge; most of the projects are two feet long/tall or smaller.)

There’s a sweet pair of teddy bears, a capybara caravan, a stuffed submarine. Knit a giant pencil, or a huge toothbrush and tube of toothpaste.

No, I don’t know why you’d want to, either, but they’re still pretty darn cute, I have to say.

And as a writer, I may actually need a novelty knit pencil.

If you’d like a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, May 3. If you could knit any novelty shape, what would you knit? I’d kind of love a plush sewing machine.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

Comments

  2. I think I would knit a garden full of flowers with faces! I am starting to knit more. I am a crocheter first 🙂
    Thank you for this giveaway.
    Deb

  8. What a great giveaway! I would probably knit FOOD and/or trucks. Thanks for the chance to win!!

  9. I love knitting odd things! It’s so much fun! I really want to make a cupcake and some parakeets next!

  18. Wouldn’t some of these items be great to give to a day care center for fun or for teaching tools (like the pencil or toothpaste and toothbrush)? So much stockinette perfect for TV knitting and maybe stash busting?

  19. I would love a chane to win the book I don’t know what I would knit first love the big cupcake Louise

Have you read?

Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]