I finally finished the ties on William's pixie hat, just in time for the colder weather (well I guess a few weeks ago would have been just in time, but still there is lots of cold ahead). Tuesday and I had him and his mama over for lunch and then walked them back. I had to snap some pictures of the cutie.

 

Is he not just so so cute? 

 

And funny :) 

 

Donna on pixie wrangling duty. 

 

I really like how the hat turned out with fine fingering weight (sock) yarn held double, but if I do that again I think I will just use smaller needles and a single bit of the yarn for the ties, they are quite thick. I told Donna if they don't work to give the hat back to me, they are just sewn on so it would be easy to pull them apart and do them over. Details are here.

 

After we parted with William and Donna I called my mom to see if she could meet us at the park (she works nearby). She obliged and I was happy to get some good shots of her with tutu. And of course Tuesday was happy to swing, as always.

 

Tuesday is wearing a two piece outfit I knit for Violet back in the day, and of course her pixie. 

 

Some big girls (teenagers) were on the swings, Tuesday loved watching them. 

 

 
 
Fall is probably my least favorite season (though to be fair they are all pretty close together in the running), but days like this have me rethinking my stance.

Now for something completely different we are headed to warm weather – Hawaii baby! A dear friend of mine, Taro is getting married Wednesday and I wouldn't miss it for the world, even if it does mean Tuesday and I are setting off with out papa again. Auntie Sciarrino is going to accompany us, and I have enough stuff packed that we could stay a month, though we'll be back next week. I'm planning on blogging from the island!
 
 
 
 

Don't you think? I started knitting this up a while ago, it's a great mindless knit if you do it on two needles, because you don't need to keep track of the legs being even:

 

These are the same pattern as the little green ones I knit last year, but I didn't decrease all the way for the legs, instead I kept them nice and wide.

 

I also made them really long, so we can roll up the cuff now, and let it out later:

 

She is wearing these with Hanna socks, our favorite.  
 

 

I ended up switching this sparkly ribbon for a softer herringbone, and I think it's going to work just as well as the i-cord I made last time. I really like them, but I might be over making a pair of pants with size two needles for the little one. I think I'm going to move up to some heavier weight stuff and might even try to make some as soakers. I've been email Carla at More Than One Way To Knit a Hat and it doesn't seem so confusing to me now. 
 

  

One more picture, just because it looks like she's doing a little hip thing here and I find that hilarious! Plus you can see the beautiful Sundara sock yarn. Mmm so pretty.  

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