Don’t worry, you can totally water your air plants! These are set up so that the plant part easily slides apart from the knit part.

And once you’ve slid them apart (the way my brain wants to say ‘once you’ve slidden them apart’ certainly tells us something about how grammar works in my head), you can plop the plant bit in water (just a glass or a bowl or your sink or whatever is handy), and set the knitted bit off to the side somewhere dry.

My air plants seem to be happiest if I soak them for about 10-15 minutes every week or so (more if it’s super dry like in the winter when the heat is on, less in the summer when the air is so wet it’s chewy). Once they’ve had their drink, I set them on a towel for a few minutes to get the drips off, then slide the knitting back down on top of the plant.

Or I mean yes, you can totally use fake air plants if that’s easier. I’ll never tell.

The pattern is Peculiarities, just in case you want some of your own little plant buddies!