by StephCat | Jul 6, 2010 | Knitting
Though I’m not doing any Tour de France knitting events, I certainly feel like I am. I’m up to the first sleeve on Zylphia (body is done up to the armholes). And I’ve not watched any of the Tour yet. I have watched, however, all of the Diehard...
by StephCat | Jul 4, 2010 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Triathlon
I hope everyone is having a wonderful 4th of July. Franklin Habit has a wonderful post for today (and I have to admit, his comment re: comments made me giggle). We (Dave, me, Rigel) met Tina for a run this morning. So many people out already at 8 a.m., walking...
by StephCat | Jul 1, 2010 | Knitting
The Kelpie mitts are now available! They’re here on Ravelry. I love these mitts — the stitch pattern is a lot of fun (I adapted it from one I found in one of the Japanese stitch dictionaries). The yarn, Celtic in the Senka colorway, from MacKintosh...
by StephCat | Jul 1, 2010 | Knitting, Travel
I’m very excited to say I’m going to be attending the Mittens of Rovaniemi workshop at Suzanne’s gorgeous home in Preston, Washington. Suzanne is one of the organizers of the Madrona Fiber Arts conference and offers various summer workshops. ...
by StephCat | Jun 30, 2010 | Knitting
Ashley at Ashley Knits is trying to collect measurements of real people for her measurements database, which she’ll later make available to everyone. Please visit her site and fill out the questionnaire!
by StephCat | Jun 28, 2010 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Triathlon
So….I made soup with some leftover bread (which Dave had made the day before, bread machine — a cliche wedding gift that we really have used over the past 9 (9!!!) years) and the tomatoes. I did choose to add a can of tomato paste. Ingredients: Olive oil...