by StephCat | Sep 28, 2009 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Travel
Yesterday we (Dave, me, Rosemary & Curtis) did a day trip up to Santa Ynez and the surrounding area for winetasting, a picnic, and alpacas. We tasted & picnicked at Zaca Mesa, then visited Alpacas at West Ranch (Orsino!) and had a lovely visit. Hayley and...
by StephCat | Sep 22, 2009 | Knitting
Yep, procrastination at its best. See that new little progress bar in the upper right? Rather than work on holiday knitting projects, I spent probably a couple hours looking for a project bar widget trying to figure out the first plug in I found (that isn’t yet...
by StephCat | Sep 20, 2009 | Knitting
I have, at this time, approximately 26 holiday gifts planned. (Why not an exact number? Well, I have a couple WIPs/UFOs that may end as Christmas presents too.) 6 pairs of house socks 7 hats 1 pillow 1 pair of slippers 2 pairs of mittens 6 pairs of fingerless...
by StephCat | Sep 15, 2009 | Knitting
I picked up and worked on St Brigid and finished (*sort of) the body: *I really don’t like how the bottom edge looks. I want it simple, and bound off in pattern, but to me it looks messy/irregular/uneven. I may pick up and do some applied I cord; I could...
by StephCat | Sep 7, 2009 | Knitting
Here’s Rivendell: And here’s Double Diamonds: I frogged the Sakura socks — they just were a little baggy with the conjunction of the weight of the MCN, stitch count, and needle size. Though I will cast on some socks or something small and portable...
by StephCat | Sep 6, 2009 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Travel
The hiking trip was fun! We hiked around Mountain Lake in Moran State Park. We tasted rose hips (bland), wild grapes (sour) and gooseberries (delicious!) as wells as some greens. We saw banana slugs. Nat had baked some blackberry scones the night before for us...
