Bananas and Fiber...

It's just bananas, I tell ya!

Yes, I have knit some bananas. In fact, I've knit a whole, tiny bunch.

And there were monsters. Excuse me, Nomsters. Hungry, Nesting Nomsters. Sooo cute!

You know what else is bananas? My friends and I have been going to Woolapalooza since 2009! That's more than 10 years, yo! (Excluding, of course, 2020, the Year of Doom.) 

Every year, on Memorial Day weekend, we have met up, climbed into cars and traveled to Wayne County for a day of fiber, farm animals and fun! 

2017, I think...so fun!

There will be knitting, and much laughter. If we are lucky, the day will end with a margarita or two, and a little roll in the yarn that we have brought home! Oh, it's going to be a good day for Pretty!

One of my fave photos of this festival!

2010 yarn overload

Do you have big plans today? For the weekend? It's a long one for us in the US, and I know that many will have a cookout and gather with family to celebrate an extra day out of the office. Please also take a moment to reflect on those who have sacrificed more than anyone should have to for the sake of God and/or country. 

Enjoy your weekend, and if you happen to be planning a trip to the Great Lakes Fiber Show today, look for Pretty and her crew...X marks the spot!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

Knitting as Germ Warfare?

As it does every week, Saturday has rolled around. Today is a sunny, lonely Saturday, as the boys and their parents have some sort of "germ." So, it's just me and Pop Pop having a lazy day, with none of this

Gotta wipe those faces after Mitchell's ice cream!

or that

or this other...at our house, at their house, or anywhere in-between

and it is a little sad. 

Don't worry...there is knitting! As my preferred way to keep busy while waiting out the germs (rather than warring against them) as we watch golf, work the Wordle, Quordle and Spelling Bee, knitting is keeping me sane and helping me to drink in these quiet moments. So, what am I knitting?

Here are some face-washers I'm working on for the kiddos. Mama has requested grey, as they are to be kept in the kitchen for after meals. 

My free pattern, Gramma's Favorite Dishcloth

And here are some cats, in miniature (as you may have come to expect from Pretty)! 

Cat in a Bag, Cat in a Box, Cat on a Life Preserver

The cats are much lazier than the apple conquering t-rexes,

and I'm not sure a cat on a "floatie" is a good idea (claws, you know!),

Don't pop the preserver!

but they were sure fun to knit! Thanks MochiMochiLand makers!

I have a few more face-washers to finish, but I am thinking of doing something really bananas with my knitting soon, so I hope you'll come back in the next couple weeks to hear about it! In the meantime, there is nothing quite so lazy as a Saturday afternoon nap, and I think that I will indulge. 

How about you?

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

A Little Story

Let me tell you a little story about a not so little knitter who liked to knit little things. The knitter's name was Pretty, and she really liked the tiny. Once upon a time, she made a dollhouse and decorated it with miniature dolls, furniture and other decor. It was pretty cool.

Another time, she played with Polymer Clay and sold some fun things in an Etsy shop. More recently, she started knitting Mochimochi, and after the first two Human Beans, she was hooked! You've seen the beans, the bitty bathroom and even three little pigs, but she didn't stop there. No, she didn't stop before she made one,

two,

three little gnomes,

and three little dinosaurs, who really seemed to enjoy the impatiens in her flower box!

Speaking of boxes, she also knit a little cardboard box, which this tiny cat happens to love! She fits, so she sits, and she enjoys the fresh air next to the flowers.

Speaking of cats...and snails...Pretty also heard that snails love gardens and plant life, so it makes sense that this little snitten also found its way into the flower box! 

If she doesn't stop knitting these tiny things soon, the flowers will be crowded out of their own box! But she can't seem to stop, and she found another tiny cat on the table just this morning. 

The box cat (now out of her box) is not entirely sure what to think of this new addition, though all those yarn scraps sure look fun to both of them!

I suppose this is the end of my little story, for now anyway. I wonder what else will fall off my needles? Stay tuned if you are also wondering. Although this post is not sponsored, if you enjoyed it, please check out Anna Hrachovec and her very cute (and sometimes miniature) patterns at mochimochiland.com! So very fun!

Thanks for stopping by, friends, and Knit in Good Health!

Cat in a box, and
Cat in a bag!

A Little of This, A Little of That

What has Pretty been up to this week? 

Well, I'll tell ya...it's been a little bit of this, 

and a little bit of that, 

and a little bit of these things too.

Yep. Toilet and Sink (with mat and tiny soap), in miniature knitting. They now live in my powder room, and I may or may not also be knitting a matching Bathtub...

I really don't know what else to say, except that Anna Hrachovec, creator of Mochimochi Land and so many tiny knits, is an absolute genius! 

I have no defense...and I couldn't stop at 1 pig either, there had to be three. They live in my kitchen.

My friends may or may not be staging an intervention, but I am having so much fun! The patterns are on Ravelry, on the Mochimochi website, and there are even a couple of whole books of patterns you can get! 

(Not sponsored, I promise, but I do have three books, 2 in print and one on my Kindle, plus a couple of individual pattern bundles. Slightly obsessed am I! And now I also have many, tiny, knitted things! Lol...)

Of course, this is not a surprise to those of you who know me IRL, and I am sure that I am not finished yet. After all, without the cats, I can leave tiny things everywhere! (I wonder if the Human Beans have ever blogged...?)

So, I suppose that's what I've been up to...at least since the bunnies! What have you been up to? Whatever it is, whether tiny or humongous, I hope that you're finding your fun in it!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

(I did knit the tubby!)