Super-Scary Mochimochi: 20+ Cute and Creepy Creatures to Knit

283 Pages·2012·9.53 MB·English

by  Anna Hrachovec

Copyright © 2012 by Anna Hrachovec
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Potter Craft, an imprint of
the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House,
Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hrachovec, Anna
Super-scary mochimochi: 20+ cute and creepy creatures to
knit /
Anna Hrachovec; photography by Brandi Simons. — 1st
edition
pages cm.
Includes index.
1. Amigurumi—Patterns. 2. Soft toy making. I. Simons, Brandi,
illustrator. II. Title.
TT829.H733 2011
745.592′4—dc23 2011046773
eISBN: 978-0-30796577-6
Cover photographs by Brandi Simons
Photographs on the following pages copyright © 2012 by
Brandi Simons: BS01, BS02, BS03, BS04, BS05,
BS06, BS07, BS08, BS09, BS10, BS11, BS12, BS13, BS14,
BS15, BS16, BS17, BS18, BS19, BS20, 100, BS21, BS22, BS23,
BS24, BS25, BS26, BS27, BS28, BS29
Photograph JLT01 copyright © 2012 by Jenna Leigh Teti All other photographs copyright © 2012 by Anna
Hrachovec The author and publisher would like to thank the Craft Yarn
Council of America for providing the yarn weight standards
and accompanying icons used in this book. For more
information, please visit www.YarnStandards.com.
v3.1

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to John, always my cheerleader and my first consultant on design
and the written word. Many, many thanks to Brandi for her gung-ho spirit,
endless creativity, and talent with a camera. The whole Simons family—Mike,
Sonnie, and Sarah—deserves lots of ice cream for their hours of help and
patient modeling. Another big thank-you to my sister-in-law, Jenna, for her
photography session with my two drowsy cats.
Thank you to Robert Sheaff at the University of Tulsa and Jeremy Hopkins at
Modern Day Dentil in Owasso for their generosity with space and equipment
that is normally used for much more important tasks.
My thanks to Audrey for her help with brainstorming weird monsters, and to
Angela for her advice about lacemaking and also her testing help. As always, my
parents and sister, Leah, supplied ideas and multiple props, even if they weren’t
aware of it because they were on vacation at the time.
I cannot thank my testers enough for making the patterns in this book user
friendly. Many thanks to my mother-in-law, Bonney, and to Denise, Jennifer,
Jenny, Jessica, Joan, Kari, Kelly, Kristen, Lisa, Marilyn, Mary, Marti, and Rikke.
Thank you to Shannon and Stacy at Cascade Yarns for supplying the beautiful
yarn used in every project in this book.
I am extremely grateful to Joy Aquilino for her concept and initiation of the
publication process. Thank you to my editor, Betty Wong, and to Caitlin
Harpin for diligently seeing the book through its publication journey. Many
thanks to Linda Hetzer for her careful and always thoughtful editing. I am also
very thankful for the support and enthusiasm of Kimberly Small and everyone
else at Potter Craft.

INTRODUCTION: BOO!
ENTER IF YOU DARE
Weapons Inventory (stuff you need to get started)
Knitting for Little Ghouls (childproofing)
Monstersizing (checking gauge)
The Gory Details (basic toy knitting techniques)
Secrets from the Toy-Knitting Grave (additional techniques and tips)
OLD-SCHOOL GHOULS
Vampire Brats
Sarcophacat
Bitty Witches
What-to-Werewolf
Zombie Sleepover
BACK-YARD BEASTIES
Compact Fluorescent Eels
Conjoined Lab Rats
Killer Bees
Little Miss Widow
Mama Bear Cave
CREEPY NEW SPECIES
Sour Tooth
Hurly-Burly
Minitaurs
Flatso
Toaster Ghost
MIX ’N’ MATCH MONSTERS
Create a Custom Super-Scary Mochi
KNITTING ESSENTIALS
KNITTING ABBREVIATIONS
RESOURCES
INDEX