ZK2025 [almost] in Review

Coming to you live from Rochester, Minnesota, at the 2025 Zombie Knitpocolypse, this Pretty reporter brings you news that all the chickens have indeed been found on the 3rd floor at the Hilton.

Missed your chance to find a chicken? No worries, head straight to the Mochimochiland website or to Ravelry to find the pattern and knit your own! Knit 1, or knit 24 to share with friends!

Not into chickens? There are so many other playful pattern options, so stop and play for a bit in Mochimochiland! The Mochimochi Master of the site (and the knits) is Anna Hrachovic, and this reporter fan-girled hard when she met Anna at ZK2025! 

Anna's talk was superb, 

as were so many parts of this knitting retreat. From laughing and playing with friends 

to laughing and playing with yarn, 

the last few days have been a whirlwind of fun for more than 160 knitters from around the country. Also present was the ever popular Eunice, from Why Knot Fibers, who even donned her crochet bikini for the hottest of the hot days... 

This reporter also witnessed sheepy shenanigans on the stairs (escalator does not start with "s"),

Eunice's adventures with fiber and knitting,

refreshments,

naps and coffee, 

and her ongoing search for a tape measure that would indicate that the body of that sweater she's been working on for two years is finally long enough to start the ribbing. 

Words on the street is that she even found some new friends 

and a chicken! Lucky duck!...errr, sheep.

This reporter sincerely hopes that Eunice got some sleep last night, and that her head is not pounding this morning...but I did see her getting pretty "chummy" with the photo booth guy...

...and she did take a dip in the titty pool ("knitted knockers" for charity) late into the night...

Thankfully, this reporter practiced restraint with the spirits, but she may lose her resolve and restraint when it comes to breakfast at Hollandberry Pannakoken

and the Market later today!

If you're near Rochester, MN, that market will be open to the public at 1pm, so make your way over! In the meantime, this reporter thanks you for stopping by, and encourages you Knit in Good Health! 😘

PS - Not sponsored by anyone but Pretty, who lives to share what she loves! Do you knit yet? If you don't, you should...knitters are fun, and knitting is good!

Picture Pages

Picture pages. Because I was looking through my photos, and realizing that there were many that should be in the blog, but were not yet! I've had a busy last couple of weeks at work, and today was my last day for the next 6 weeks...🎼🎶School's out for Summer! (Or, as I said, the next six weeks.) To celebrate, my daughter suggested that we take an impromptu trip to Cedar Point, so we did, as soon as I was off the clock! The 6-year-old, now 48 inches, picked the first couple rides including the Corkscrew (his first time!)...TWICE! In line with his daddy and me, he was pumped!

He enjoyed the classic coaster (hence twice, and eventually a third ride later in the day!), and the afternoon was off to a great start! Eventually, it did start to drizzle...but it was ok. Not too cold, and we were moving a lot, so it was still a great day!

Before we headed for home, my son-in-law checked the wait time on Top Thrill 2, just 45 minutes! I wasn't sure I'd fit in the seat (last year, I had to take the fat-lady "walk of shame" from Millennium Force...sad face here), but I DID fit this seat! And IT WAS AWESOME! As we got to the front of the line, the guy assigning seats said, "You wanna try something for me?" I didn't even think about what he could mean, but I was pumped to be assigned to the FRONT SEAT!!! So fast! So flippin' fun! No photos (you can't take ANYTHING on TT2, rightly so, but then I also couldn't even buy the pic they took) but the one pic I took in the car on the way home shows that I was still running high on adrenaline an hour later!

Pretty sure those black dots are the pieces of bug I did not get off my face...lol! I rode Top Thrill Dragster back when it was new-ish, and it was awesome then, but also a super, super short ride. You barely had time to react to the thrill, then it was over. Now, with three launches and a max speed of 120mph on the last one, I have no words...just shouts of excitement coming into this park every time! 

In other news, we have started taking that very adventurous 6-year-old to one of our favorite parks, with rocks to climb and waterfalls to find. Know what we learned? This kid, like his Pop Pop, is part mountain goat, apparently!

His mom used to go with her dad (aka Pop Pop) when she was a kid, so I'm sure this random Thursday afternoon trip she took with her father and her son was a walk down memory lane. 

In between those trips, Jess and I took the boys to a children's museum, where they all had fun...not that they'd show you that in the photos...

and next week, I head out to the Zombie Knitpocolypse 2025! So, I have things to do and people to see before then. Will there be another ride on Top Thrill 2 before I leave? Most likely not, but when I get back, I'm going sgsin! Hopefully I'll get to head to CP with my granddaughters when they come to town this summer! 🤞🏼

Got Summer plans? Tell me about them in the comments! Want to get to "The Point" with me? Hit me up, I am so ready for a fun summer!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

Which Came First?

It's a tale question as old as time: Which came first, the chicken

20 tiny chicken bodies, with wings.

or the legs? Wait, is that right question?

24 tiny chicken bodies, with wings and legs.

Right or not, it's easy to see that the chickens came well before the legs on these Tiny Knitted Chickens!

24 tiny chicken bodies, with wings, legs and eyes.

24 tiny chicken bodies, with wings, legs, eyes and LIPS.
By the way, the pattern is FREE, and fairly addictive!

Boy were they a fun knit! As a bonus, three boys helped me count my chickens, and then we counted all the Chicken Lips, too! Fun-filled Saturday here...how are you doing?

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

PS - Don't look so surprised...we all knew it would happen. I was destined to knit a chicken (or 24) eventually.