2008 September « Stringcat Knits!

Tonight… The Levian!

September 27, 2008 at 10:38 pm | In Uncategorized | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, bread, breadalong, chef, levian, spindles and spices

Tonight I’m adding more flour to my chef so I can make the levian for the breadalong! Tomorrow… fresh bread. :)

Am I over excited about this? Possibly so.

There’s a Chef in my Jar

September 24, 2008 at 5:00 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Tags: baking, bread, breadalong, chef

also known as: Breadalong Part 1

I’m making bread with the Breadalong at Spindles and Spices! This is going to be a lot of fun. :) Today I made my chef (starter) and it looks tiny! But its supposed to get bigger. All you really need is bread flour, water, yeast, and salt! Every day you add flour and water to the jar and on the fifth day, bake bread. Read it. Make it. Eat delicious bread. In case you’re wondering, this is my chef. I’ll post again on day 3 or 4 when I make the levain.

FGF Swap!

September 24, 2008 at 4:35 pm | In Knitting | Leave a Comment
Tags: FGF, fingerless gloves, Knitting, swap, yarn

I got a swap package today from Snapper! It had lots of lovely, pretty yarn in it! She dyed the yarn herself and it is so pretty. Here’s what she sent me (there’s a lot of it!):

Hand dyed Knit Picks Bare DK Merino Wool
2 skeins Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light (color 4285)
6″ and 7″ DPN protectors
Knit Picks Gauge Ruler/Needle Sizer thing
4 cute buttons (for my Rav bag!)
A fabric project bag
2 patterns
A little notebook (for my designing!)

I love everything! Thanks Snapper. :D

Caturday: A Celebratory Story

September 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm | In Caturday | 1 Comment
Tags: cats, Caturday, Ravelry

Yesterday I reached 1500 posts on Ravelry, and wrote a story to celebrate. Enjoy! :D

Something’s not right…

This is strange…

The Aliens! They’re coming!

I can feel it.

I need to defend my people.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have come.

I am looking into your sooooouuuulllllllll!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

You win. BBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Bell Flower Necklace

September 5, 2008 at 9:01 pm | In Free Patterns, Knitting | 1 Comment
Tags: bell flower necklace, free, free pattern, jewelery, necklace, noro daria multi, pattern

I designed my first pattern! It’s an i-cord necklace made with Noro Daria Multi. :) It’s on Ravelry as a free download, but I’m putting it here too. I hope you like it! It’s a really simple pattern that can be finished in less than an hour.