Sunset Cat

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.
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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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Some friends and I went to the Pasadena Bead Show Friday. I bought a few beads, chains and buttons, as can be expected — but also some silk and wool roving from Nancy (the pack I bought is actually more red & black with all sorts of silk nubs — it’s fun to spin, not [...]

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I’ve made several sets of stitch markers tonight. Pretty! Yes, a brief hiatus from knitting.
I ordered a color card from Beaverslide Dry Goods last night. The further I got along with my swatching the more I realized that I may end up buying new yarn to make Herbstlied.

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Pinup Girl is moving along. Note it’s not as bright of a green as in the work in progress picture. I bought some bamboo needles because I kept having stitches fall off my aluminum needles. I hold my needles very loosely when I knit so I wanted something just a bit ’stickier’.
The [...]

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