Anything Knitted and Crocheted: One of my favorite knit toy designers...next to Alan Dart and Jean Greenhowe.

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Friday, June 18, 2010

One of my favorite knit toy designers...next to Alan Dart and Jean Greenhowe.

I am in love with this knit toy designer: Anna Hrachovec aka Mochimcohi Land. Check it out: Stitch and Bitch-London. There is an article on her new book and her trip to London. You can find her on her blog, Facebook and Twitter. Knit Picks is having a contest for people to win a copy for her new book, Knitting Mochimochi Land. Below is an excerpt for the Baby Gators patterns from the book.

Knitting Mochimochi by Anna Hrachovec -- Excerpt

I am working on a couple of her designs right now. One is called Hugs + Squoze and Baby Pundits. They are very adorable. (I am using the pictures from Anna's site until I get mine knit, just need to show just how adorable they are)

Hugs + Squoze

Baby Pundits

Aren't they adorable?

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.