Blocked!

My Trillian scarf is blocked and dry. It came out nicely.

I hope to get some modeled pics soon! In the meantime here are a few shots of our weekend!

Last-minute birthday earrings

Today the Girl’s BFF’s mom asked if we’d join them to celebrate her (the mom’s) birthday at Crown and Crumpet, a local tea shop. Of course I said yes, and talked to the Wee Boy about using our best manners, etc., beforehand. 😜

Luckily, my husband took the Boy out just long enough this afternoon for me to whip up a couple of pairs of earrings as a gift.

i like to cut up old greeting cards when i gift them- they are secured and look nice to boot.

The tea was lovely, and I think it was fun for the Girl to experience some of the desserts she’d read about in Harry Potter, even if they were not quite authentic, according to our English birthday mum. It was fun nonetheless!

Outdoors, UFO

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We spent another good chunk of the weekend in golden gate park today- exploring, climbing trees, burning off excess energy…

massive tree

these kids will climb anything!

these workout stations are great for energetic kids!

And I squeezed in a bit of UFO knitting. Poor Trillian has gotten very little attention, due to 1) more exciting projects and 2) carpal tunnel. #2 is really the bigger cause, because the smallish size 4 needles tend to hurt me more than, say, a size 8, and I can only do a row or two at a time. Slow going!!

But a row or two is something, anyway.

Wee sweater, modeled!

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The Wee Boy’s sweater was finally dry today, and we had some nice outings that provided good backgrounds for FO photos.

botanical gardens in golden gate park

our favorite library

I thought it might be a tad fitted, but it turns out he has plenty of room to grow!

As a bonus, the Girl wore her Wonder Woman sweater, so I got a few good shots of it as well.

Wee sweater

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The Wee Boy’s sweater is looking good! It looked like this yesterday:

Now I’ve picked up the button band/shawl collar and have knitted four rows. Yeah!

Because his last hand knit sweater was lost, he’s very concerned about me putting his name in this one. Good kid!

Now for fun, a few pics of an afternoon in golden gate park:

Dino hat, street art

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Last night I finished crocheting another hat for our preschool’s fundraising auction! This time, a dinosaur!

And for fun, here are some pics of a super fun block the Wee Boy and I came across on an errand this morning.

Yarn bombings!

The boy couldn’t resist giving the crochet pieces some cuddles.

Koi sidewalk!

Goofy!

Christmas Eve

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Aside from late-night gift wrapping, today wasn’t particularly Christmas Eve-y. We started with a trip to the local grocery co-op, where I giggled to myself over the absurd prices of (sometimes absurd) items.

We also hit Imagiknit (twice!), and admired their holiday window decorations.