Things have really been hopping here at Molecular Knitting. Mostly it’s work, work, work. Good work, but tiring. Work that makes me sick of a computer by the time I get home and could blog. So it’s been a bit since I’ve posted, and I am very<\/em> behind in reading all of your blogs. I hope to catch up on that this week, and I apologize for being such a bad blogger and commenter. And I’ve lost some of your comments somewhere in my email account, so I apologize for not responding to everyone. I did read every comment, and I always like to hear from you!<\/p>\n

But what have I been doing? Well, I helped M make over 40 pounds of sausage<\/a> for starters (don’t click on link if you don’t like pictures of lots of ground meat, although you do get to see M too).<\/p>\n

I bought a new red handbag. I always carry a red bag during the day.
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I bought a frame, but I still need a mat for a print I bought in Wisconsin this past summer. I have a thing for grapes.
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M and I spent a day in Napa Valley. We had dinner at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone<\/a>. Very yummy! Before dinner we went here and there, including Artesa Winery<\/a>, which is our favorite winery. Artesa is owned by the Cordorniu family from Spain, who have been making wines since 1551. They’ve gotten good at it. Really good. Below is one of the views from their winery. The hills in the foreground are part of the Carneros region which divides the base of Napa Valley from Sonoma Valley. It receives breezes from San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, creating the perfect climate for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.
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I have also been knitting. The delicato mitts are done. I plan to blog about them at the Fingerless Mitts for Fall blog, so I won’t go into detail here. The yarn is Schaefer Anne in silver sage. I am ambivalent about Schaefer Anne; it’s soft and pretty. It’s also very fine for sock weight and I found it split easily and wasn’t all that elastic. But I like the mitts more for the pattern from Anne of Knitspot<\/a> than the yarn.
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I finished the right front of the Minimalist Cardi and am almost to the sleeve cap of the second sleeve. Then just the left front to go! It’s pinned to the back of my beautiful but threadbare red chenille couch, which has gotten quite a superiority complex since receiving fame as the couch-o-meter. It did not like the pins.
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And Kiri is coming along nicely.
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There is sock knitting going on too, but they were all upstairs and I was too lazy to get them. So, I have been busy, but often in a wooly, snuggly sort of way. Now, I need to go weave in the ends on the blocked VLT scarf with Clarence Border. I thought I was done until I saw them dangling.<\/p>\n

Happy Knitting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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