nothing says “encinitas” like . . .

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the sign that greets you as you enter the town. which is just one of the charming sights we saw as we arrived on saturday to meet up with knitting friends for my last day in southern california (boo-hoo!!). we met up with laura at a little craft bazaar just inside town. i’m confessing right […]

kade’s fiber farm

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ok, well, sort of . . . we might be stretching the concept of “fiber” a little here. kade doesn’t have any interest in knitting or spinning whatsoever, but wow, he loves animals and has quite the menagerie. each morning he’s up before 6:30 and soon disappears to granny’s (she lives in the guest house […]

sam knits green eggs and ham

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this is sam, another san diego knitter (and another of kim’s sons), posing with his hand-knit pirate patch. he made this for a friend’s birthday gift last year and it was so popular that he had to take orders for more. today i am distracting you with sam’s knitting because mine looks pretty much the […]

torrey pines

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lace is everywhere—this foam is produced by an algae or some substance that lives in the ocen water and was traveling in yesterday (neither of us caught the name, sorry). yesterday we went to torrey pines state park near la jolla. it was a chilly, cloudy—almost rainy—day, so we took advantage of the cool air […]