Archives for October 2005
Noro + Manos
This weekend, the boyfriend and I made a quick trip to the bay area – driving up Saturday morning for a concert in San Rafael that night, and making the return almost six hour drive this morning before both going straight to work.
On Sunday, I managed to convince a friend to go to Commuknity with [...]
upgraded?
I’ve upgraded to WordPress 1.5.2. I still need to figure out this Theme thing to create a better page design (ever since I got my Mac back in January I’ve been unhappy about how my blog displays), but I think everything is working as it should. Please let me know if you notice [...]
Socktober!
On Friday, I hosted a little knitting night full of cheese, wine, Wallace & Gromit, and wonderful company (all six squares of my couch were filled!). I finished my first pair of socks that fit me well:
I had no idea how hard it was to take a good picture of my feet! It [...]
knit in the city
The more knitters I meet and befriend, the more I realize how much I like hanging out with knitters. Saturday I made it out to Pasadena for Knit in the City, and spent a few fun hours sitting and knitting with a little group of bloggers that Knit and Tonic Wendy organized, including Ariane, [...]
SP gifts
In the excitement of last weekend’s yarn crawl, I forgot to post about the package from my Secret Pal that I received on Friday!
A Stitch ‘n Bitch design journal, a box of local (to my SP) chocolates, a Stress Buster Box (which includes an inflatable baseball bat!), and a card that puts nudity on my [...]
the great yarn crawl
Yesterday Kate and I went on a yarn crawl circuit to Long Beach, Orange County, and through Bellflower on our way back to the Westside.
First stop was Alamitos Bay Yarn Company. They have a lot of lovely yarn, including one of the KidSilk Haze colors I have my eye on for a Birch shawl [...]
magic!
Thanks to “Neophyte Knitter” Allison, my boyfriend and I had the opportunity to spend a very cool and fun evening at the Magic Castle. I had heard about the Magic Castle when I first moved to LA five years ago – it’s an exclusive place in Hollywood where you can see great magic, and [...]