MDK Summer Camp: Virtual Workshop with Mochimochi Land

Get in, knitters—we’re going to Mochimochi Land!

Details

This is a recording of a virtual workshop that took place on August 15, 2025. Your purchase includes a kit to make Hot Doggie, Ice Cream Doggie and Doggie Slider—a trio of treats—plus the patterns, two stickers, and a souvenir MDK Summer Camp 2025 patch. 

The Class

She had us at “tiny dogs.” These mini toys take minimal yarn and time yet produce maximum joy.

In this class, Anna Hrachovec, the imagination behind Mochimochi Land, will introduce you to her too-sweet-to-eat doggie patterns.

We’ll cover many of Anna’s tiny toy techniques as we go—knitting a small sausage-shaped piece for a simple body, adding I-cord limbs, and picking up stitches for the ears. A little simple embroidery, and poof, it’s a doggie! We’ll use a tiny bit of mattress stitch to attach the bun together, and poof again, it’s a hot doggie!

Anna will also touch on the techniques used in her other Doggie Treats patterns, the Ice Cream Doggie and Doggie Slider. Plus, she’ll share tips on how to create different breeds with some simple mods.

The Projects

Hot Doggie:

Ice Cream Doggie:

Doggie Slider:

What’s in the Kit?

Your workshop kit includes everything you need to join the dog craze.

You’ll receive:

• 9 bobbins of fingering weight yarn, enough to make 3 delicious doggies.
• Set of size 1 US (2.25mm) double-pointed needles
• Tapestry needle
• A baggie of stuffing to plump your pooches
• Adorable doggie stickers all the way from Mochimochi Land
• An exclusive MDK Summer Camp 2025 patch

Your Confirmation

Check your order confirmation email for all the information you will need for class.

The confirmation will include:

• The Zoom link for the video recording of the workshop.
• A PDF with patterns for Doggie Slider, Hot Doggie, and Ice Cream Doggie.

Our Workshop Leader

Anna Hrachovec is a Chicago-based designer and artist who is obsessed with knitting little toys and bringing them to life through stop-motion animation. She named her woolly world Mochimochi Land after learning to knit in Japan, where she fell in love with the characters that inspired her early designs.

Anna has published five books of knitting patterns in addition to hundreds of patterns and knitting kits. Anna’s first picture book, Catside Up, Catside Down, was published by Feiwel & Friends in September 2023. A sequel—Short Dog, Long Dog—was published this year.

Anna’s animation clients have included Nickelodeon, The Washington Post, and Sesame Street. A new animated series based on her knitted world, Woolly Woolly, debuted on television in France and Canada in 2025.

Workshop Q & A

Is MDK Summer Camp suitable for beginners? Yes! The projects require these basic skills: cast on, knit, purl, pick up stitches, basic increases and decreases—plus a willingness to work with double-point needles. 

Do I have to order the kit in order to participate in the virtual workshop? Yes, because of the specificity of materials, this is an all-inclusive experience.

How should I get ready for the workshop? Your confirmation email will include a PDF that will contain a short homework task to complete before the workshop, the link to the video recording of the workshop, and patterns for a set of doggies to print out if desired.

What’s the format? With Anna’s instruction and an overhead camera focused on her hands, we’ll learn several techniques for making the delicious doggies. 

What if I want to work at my own pace? That’s perfectly fine. The recording will be available to participants indefinitely.