First I found them in the kitchen playing with the toaster.

I thought it was a one-time thing, but then I discovered they had gotten into my cereal. Yuck!

When I found them in my desk drawer, I knew this problem wasn’t going away.

In fact, they seem to be making a special effort to do naughty things.

I can’t even wear my favorite shoes anymore.

Now that they’re using our toilet as a swimming pool, I’m thinking it’s time to just move out.

I admit that I may be to blame for our tiny gnome problem—it’s possible that a couple of gnomes that I knitted escaped into the walls and multiplied, but there’s really no way to trace where they came from. The point is that you should get your home checked for tiny gnomes today, before it’s too late.

When he first moved in, all the tiny gnomes ran away and hid. But one brave little gnome decided to overcome his fear and make friends.

Even Nipsey thinks he’s an OK guy, even if he is a rather big cat toy.

I’m a bit in love with him myself, so a pattern is in the works!

Last week I dropped everything because I decided on a whim that I just had to knit a piano. Meet Plinky!

Plinky was one of the more challenging knits I’ve undertaken in a while, but I’m pretty happy with how he turned out. I don’t currently have a name for his bench friend, so I’m open to suggestions. (If I use yours, you’ll get the pattern for free!)

I’ll be working on the pattern in the next couple of months!

Many questions have arisen in the process. What is the best non-boring color for a piano? How many keys should a silly nonrealistic representation of a piano have? And of course: lid or no lid?? (That last one has yet to be resolved.)

In my tiny designs, I aspire to make everything as simple as possible, which is a fun challenge. It’s also fun to go a bit in the opposite direction sometimes, and try to make something that involves some geometry and math. (Not swatching, though. Let’s not get carried away.)

Probably by the end of the week I’ll know if this piano has potential for a pattern, or if it was just a fun experiment in knitted instruments. I’ll keep you updated!

Don’t know how to knit? Take a pill!
Sewing too hard for you? Take a pill!
Can’t figure out crochet? Take a pill!

Warning: taking more than three of these pills daily will result in addiction… to craft!

Gulnoza wrote that very fitting prescription, which I think many people would benefit from! So she wins the pattern for Sleepy Snake & Mischievous Mouse. Yay!

Thanks everyone for your prescriptions. There were lots of great ones!