by StephCat | May 13, 2010 | Knitting
I’m not that good at following recipes explicitly.  This works fine with some things (stews, chili, meatloaf, etc) and gives mixed results with others (primarily, of course, baked goods). I very quickly learned, however, that when Thomas Keller says to do...
by StephCat | May 10, 2010 | Knitting
is live! Now that I’m getting more comfortable with InDesign I’m liking it much, much more than doing the same thing in Word. At the very least, if you put something somewhere: text box, picture, etc — it stays where you put it even if you change...
by StephCat | May 3, 2010 | Knitting
The past 4 or 5 days I’ve immersed myself in starting to learn InDesign (specifically for pattern layout). Of course we just purchased CS4 about 2 months ago, and CS5 just came out (sigh). (I’m trying to console myself by the fact there are many, many...
by StephCat | Apr 27, 2010 | Knitting
Okay, so it’s not knitting, but….good food is one of the great pleasures in life. And it gives me an excuse to sneak in a little local flavor, a little gardening. Honey Vinaigrette Basically this is a standard vinaigrette with the addition of local...
by StephCat | Apr 24, 2010 | Knitting
Sometimes a yarn decides it wants to be something else than what you originally intended. Patti from Sweet Grass Wool sent me some skeins of her luscious Targhee to play with. I had a fingerless mitten pattern in mind, with sinuous cables curving back & forth...
by StephCat | Apr 23, 2010 | Knitting
…will have one of my fingerless mitten patterns! I’m so very excited! The mitts are delightfully twisty and deliciously lacy and just…DeLovely. KnitCircus is a (now) online-only knit mag; you can download the entire pattern collection for the...
