Merrilee the Messenger is fast. Really fast. She’s so fast she wears racing stripes on all her outfits. She spends her days dashing here, there, and everywhere, cheerily delivering the urgent items in her prized purple bag. Need it in a flash? Don’t worry; Merrilee the Messenger is already on her way.

I never really pictured myself knitting tiny accessories for gnomes, but here I am doing it and having the absolute best time, too! That messenger bag may be my favorite thing I’ve ever knit. I skipped the scarf and the presents because there isn’t room for a scarf on this gnome, and I didn’t see a need for presents, but I may circle back on that one when the holidays roll around again.

I subbed a tiny pompom, made on a fork, for the double tassels on the tall hat. I felt like the two hair tassels were tasselly enough, and I wanted to try making a tiny pompom. It came out pretty good, but next time I will only wrap the finishing yarn once, and may even try thread instead of yarn, since it does gap all around its middle.

I also finished off the square hat with tiny braids because it just needed…something. I love the little braids.