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Giveaway: Huge Huggable Mochimochi

April 27, by Sarah White. 22 Comments

mochimochi

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!

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Comments

  1. knittingdancer says

    April 27, 2015 at 10:01 am

    a dog

  2. Debbie Price says

    April 27, 2015 at 10:10 am

    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

  3. Patty Manders says

    April 27, 2015 at 11:21 am

    Oh, my DH definitely needs a monster truck!

    from windy VT,
    the Vermonster

  4. Margay says

    April 27, 2015 at 11:32 am

    Oh, the possibilities! I’d love a knit book toy – like Pride and Prejudice.

  5. Brekke says

    April 27, 2015 at 11:53 am

    A giant Cupcake!

  6. kim says

    April 27, 2015 at 11:57 am

    A bottle of wine

  7. Laurie says

    April 27, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    A giant knitting needle–or two.

  8. Linda says

    April 27, 2015 at 1:13 pm

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

  9. Karey says

    April 27, 2015 at 1:28 pm

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

  10. Barbara Young says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    If I can’t get a sewing machine, how about a hot air balloon?

  11. joyce says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    I would make a princess doll for my grandaughter.

  12. sierramay says

    April 27, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    A “oversized” plush chair, big enough my cat could sleep in it!

  13. Cherie says

    April 27, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    An ice cream cone! 🙂

  14. Pauleen Potter says

    April 27, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    I would love to knit characters and elements from the Doctor Who universe such as the Tardis, the Daleks and an adipose 🙂

  15. Ellen says

    April 27, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    I’d knit a hotdog in a bun!!

  16. annehaun says

    April 27, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    I would love to make a doll for my grand daughter.

  17. Theresa says

    April 27, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    I’d make a life-sized unicorn!!! I love fantasy creatures.

  18. Chloe says

    April 28, 2015 at 7:11 am

    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. Yvonne says

    April 28, 2015 at 1:27 pm

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

  20. lindarumsey says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:41 am

    I’d knit a fully furnished doll’s house!

  21. Nancy D says

    May 3, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    A cute vintage trailer 🙂

  22. Lulu says

    May 5, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    I’d love to knit a lamp!

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