We celebrated our 10 year anniversary (of the first date) by going out for sushi (mmm Niko Niko's), followed by ice skating (which I love), and topped off with hot chocolate and brownie cheesecake (delightful treats from Matter of Taste). All without me having to carry a baby. It was a good evening :)
What else have we been up to? Taking down Yule decorations. Sled rides for Abi. Geocaching for Robin. Knitting for me.
See:
Abi loves ducks, so I knit this up overnight at her request. We honestly went online and chose a pattern together. This is the most rubber-duck-ish one we found.
I have also made this swatch
The full project will be a wedding shawl for my sister this summer. I'm going to send this sampler to her. She told me her wedding colour is that of purple shamrocks, which we both have. I took a leaf to the yarn shop, not actually expecting to find what I needed. I assumed I'd have to get something custom-dyed to match. Even the shop owner was hesitant - knowing how difficult it can be to colour match. Lo and behold, there in the Berroco fingering weight alpaca-blend yarns was a colour that perfectly matched my leaf, it is even heathered with the darker shade in the leaf.
I've got my own shawl on the needles - my first shawl for me.
(It's further along than this now.)
Abi's been trying to help with my other major project. This is my crochet-while-nursing project:
"I want to knit!" she tells me often.
And I sewed together this cutie as a last-minute gift last weekend. I had crocheted all the pieces a year ago.
When do I find time to knit? Have you met my computer? Well, while it loads or saves or searches - I knit. It may only be a few stitches, but it adds up quickly with my computer. It also keeps me from throwing my computer in frustration...
When Abi's nursing, I knit. When Robin's driving us somewhere, I knit. Taking a little time to relax with Robin and watch our favourite TV shows? Yep, I knit.
No time wasted here!
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