Don’t you have some stupid hobby or something that you feel guilty for spending too much love & money on, but secretly inside you do not care? I like bags! And this is my current collection, other than misc. suitcases and computer bags and whatnot. I’ve had many many mountain-piles of other bags in my life, but they’re all gone now. Donated! Oh well. You really can have too many bags.

(Click through to Flickr & hover to see notes on what’s what…)

For my friend Sally’s baby Wesley… although he probably outgrew it already by now! We’ll find out.

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I used the Basic Fingerless Mitts pattern, in a 3-color continuous stripe, like a barber-pole.

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Took me a month to knit… I’d made one for my sister Lucie and liked it so much I wanted one for myself. I used a free pattern by tentenknits, and the yarn is Misti Alpaca Tonos Worsted, in the colorway Impossiblue.

Down the hall from the famous tiki restaurant, downstairs at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

View from the front seat on the cable car

Swedish holiday cheer from Northerner

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Put into immediate use!

A super-quick knit from the book “Hip Knit Hats” by Cathy Carron. There are still a bunch of ends to weave in, stuffed up inside the crown. And I did the bind-off too tight, so it’ll leave a line on my forehead… oh well. Beauty is pain. :-)

Made from a free pattern at tentenknits. It took me a month to knit, and our lovely model / lucky recipient is my sister Lucie Frost.

My mom’s back garden in San Antonio…

San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom on Market St., shortly after the ceremony where they turn on the Christmas lights.

Frank Chu, San Francisco’s most dedicated & eccentric protester

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