Sunset Cat

I’ve finished the colorwork and started the waist decreasing. I practiced using both hands doing the colorwork; my left hand did fine but my right hand got sore (I’m right handed and usually knit English as opposed to Continental). I am pleased with my tension — no puckering and no excess [...]

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I’ve decided to gift Falling Water to Dona. It’s wonderfully soft and squishy and I hope she’ll love it. If just finished it a couple days ago.
I’ve since cast on for Tomato, using espresso brown and light blue Blue Sky dyed cotton. It’s more of an Espresso Bean than a Tomato at [...]

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Yep, finished, close to last, but finished. I signed up as Athena so I’m not listed with the bulk of the participants (pun intended, ha).
The bike course is absolutely gorgeous, one of the nicest if not nicest I’ve done in a race. The swim was pleasant. The run was pretty but [...]

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Seaweed is hard(er). (Yes, I was bad. I cast on the day I received the kit and have done a couple repeats. Pics posted on Flickr and Ravelry.) I can easily memorize what I’m doing after the first repeat of the row I’m on but still need to refer to the chart [...]

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Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
This is some of what I picked after we returned from a week’s vacation in Sonoma.

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Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
We still have to finish painting the kitchen, but here’s a pic with one finished wall.

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Aren’t they gorgeous? We still have to paint them, and I still need to modify the curtains. I have some antique swing curtain rods I’m thinking of using.

Here’s a close-up of one of the bedroom double-hung windows:

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As opposed to the Easter bunny.
I left some Green Zebra on one of our neighbor’s front steps, and Dave was quick to say, ‘Look! It’s the Tomato Bunny!’
I’ve also been bringing them to work. One of the clinics greatly appreciates them. The other clinic, well, one of the receptionists screamed (yes, screamed, [...]

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