Pass The Chips

I've fallen down the rabbit hole.  The hexipuff rabbit hole.

The Beekeeper's Quilt and the adorable, colorful hexipuffs are all over the place.  Everyone is making hexipuffs.

A couple friends and I had discussed a mini KAL - make hexipuffs, swap yarn, share in the joining.  We never got it off the ground, and I vowed to put this project on the far back burner.  I don't know what got into me, but the other day I decided to try one. 

Just one.  What could be the harm in that?  I have oodles of leftover yarn rolling around, and each hexipuff takes just a smidge.  I knit the hexipuff, stuffed it and closed the end - quick and easy.  A soft, cushy mini pillow.  All I need is several hundred more and I can have a whole quilt. This could be a problem, I said to myself.  Before I knew it I was digging through baskets and bags, looking for yarn remnants, lining up more colors to use.  Just one more hexipuff.


I have a lot of dyeing on my plate right now, and this new obsession could be either really good or really bad.  It's nice to have a quick knitting fix when I'm so busy.  But if I can't stop making them, they are a total distraction and time suck.  I'll never get any work done.

Be warned - hexipuffs are potato chip knitting.  You can't knit just one.