Mini Project Weekend

This weekend was a perfect storm of tiny projects for me. Having just finished some larger projects and not yet ready to start some others that I had in mind, I ended up testing out a lot of smaller things that I had set aside for scrap yarn. Scrap yarn is a bit of strange term in my mind when the leftovers are often half skeins or more from projects that used multiple colors, etc. so some of these projects could be repeated another half dozen times before I actually use up that yarn.

So, from what appears a whirlwind of activity but was just a lot of little things:
Frankenbear, completed:
I can't decide, he may still need a mouth or something to make him look a little cuter/cuddlier. He definitely wins points for bright colors, but isn't quite as cute as the photo for the pattern.

Whale Cat Toy:
I had more than enough leftover yarn to make several more Frankenbears, but didn't have the ambition or a list of who to give them to. Instead, in an effort to make a sleeping cat wake up and run around the house a bit, I whipped up this quick cat toy and loaded some catnip into it before stuffing it and sewing it shut. The catnip must have been fragrant enough because it did cause said sleeping cat to wake up and start throwing the little whale around the house. Of course, I'm not sure it will see much more play now that the initial catnip smell is gone, but we'll see. It took so little effort that it was worth it either way.

Neon Baby Monkey Socks :
I don't know any monkeys, let alone baby ones, but Monkey is the name of the original sock pattern that was adapted for this pattern for baby socks. I don't know who might want to dress their precious little one in socks this bright, I just wanted to try out the pattern and see how baby socks compared to adult socks. Turns out they're crazy fast... and I had way too much knitting time on my hands that night. For now, these are just sitting around waiting for the right person or a possible future gift.