After the experience of one (yes, just one) of our solar lights disappearing from our frontyard, Dave & I are a little leery of putting out anything too nifty out front.  However, we can decorate the backyard and have been thinking about what to get.
Decorating the backyard primarily means, in our case, putting something up [...]

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I finished the Italian Holiday collection this weekend. Sterling silver posts, fit up to size 10 needles (10.5 fits but is in my opinion a little snug), vintage/antique and contemporary beads purchased on our trip to Italy this past summer (with Japanese seed beads as accents).  Special travel quotes on the back, coordinating ribbons for [...]

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….but not quite recovered yet from jet lag.
We got back Sunday evening and I worked Monday & Tuesday.
I finished one sock (except for the toe grafting, which I did the other day) while on the trip.

I like it!  Notice I only did 2 pattern repeats on the leg — I like shorter socks — but [...]

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I’ve been working on the small business aspects of Sunset Cat Designs – DBA filed, stuff for publishing the notice for that faxed in, etc — as well as working on this site via Dreamhost & Wordpress.  Although I played a lot with my blogger template I’m learning a lot more about CSS etc now.
I’m [...]

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Hmm….not much on the knitting front. I’ve started the second ball of Malabrigo silky merino for the Pleated Scarf. It’s neat scarf, easy once you understand what’s going on, and it looks pretty nifty. The yarn is luscious. The sweaters have been on the back burner.
I spun a little, some of [...]

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For sale at Twist Yarns in Manhattan Beach.
I drew the logo from a pic of my cat Tonka. The fonts (Chelsea Studio and True Golden) are from the Scriptorium.
The front has my favorite Arts & Crafts Movement quote:
Have nothing in your house which you do not know to be useful or believe to be [...]

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Coffee Cup Stitch Markers
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.

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Sheep Stitch Markers
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
I sent these to my swap person for the Yahoo stitch marker exchange group .
I found the sheep beads on eBay — adorable! I also bought some coffee cups beads and some retro/modern green square beads.

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Another assortment of markers! I made these a couple nights ago. I think my favorite is the set with the Day of the Dead skull. Mel looked at them in disbelief and said ‘So they’re useful too?’ She did think they were very pretty.
I’ve started swatching with the Mule Deer and [...]

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Stitch Markers
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
Here’s one of my first sets of stitch markers.

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