I Dream of Sheep

Once all of our shopping desires were fulfilled, we got around to doing what we had really come up to do… relax and have some fun! One day, we took Mischa with us on a short hike around Mill Lake and by Feather River. Another day, my husband took me horseback riding with a small [...]

Life was getting pretty hectic around here, so the husband and I recently decided to drop everything and head off on an impromptu vacation.  We packed our bags, buckled Mischa into the backseat, and headed off.  Our destination? Graeagle, California, a quaint little town tucked away between the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests.  We’ve been [...]

This past week, I found a very special package waiting for me on the front porch.  Inside was the newest addition to my fiber family – a Lendrum double treadle spinning wheel. For the last six months or so, I’ve been doing a lot of research and a bit of soul-searching to decide whether or [...]

I was hoping to have a new pattern out for consumption by the end of February, but as of right now, I don’t even have the pattern written.  In mid-February I started a new job which has severely cut into my knitting time.  Because of this, I was unable to finish knitting up the prototype [...]

This should be the last of the Stitches West related posts, thank goodness.  I didn’t think that I would have quite this much to talk about, but that has turned out not to be the case. One of my favorite booths this year was Little Red Bicycle / Femme Fatale Fibers.  Not only do both [...]

Continuing on with my adventures at Stitches West… After Wabi Sabi, I stopped by the Girl on the Rocks booth.  There were a ton of cute little knitting/fiber accessories there that caught my eye, but before coming to the convention I had decided to stick with entirely fiber this year.  I stuck to my word [...]

This past weekend I was able to attend Stitches West for the first time.  I wasn’t sure what to expect, but thanks to some sage advice from the girls at Purlescence Yarns (bring water and take it slow) and a bit of pre-planning on my part (mapped out the booths I wanted to visit first), [...]

Last week we were subjected to a bit of a nasty surprise.  We were hit by the residuals of typhoon Melor and had quite a bit of flooding in our house.  At one point, our backyard was under about six inches of water and instead of draining out into the street, it came inside through [...]

The blog officially turned one year old yesterday. To celebrate… I finally got off my bum and got the main website up and running. I gave the blog gallery a revamp. I added some back end goodies that should allow me to cater better to your browsing needs. I am also currently test driving a [...]

In just one week, I will turn twenty-five years old.  I will officially be a quarter century old and I find that very exciting. Twenty-five is a very significant number to me, more so than the more typical milestones of sixteen, eighteen, or twenty-one.  Although I’ve been living as a “grown up” for the past [...]

Cattle Dog Studios now has its own domain!  Currently only the blog is available, but I hope to have an actual, viable website up shortly. Previous URLs will automatically direct here, but please update your links and bookmarks anyway.  Thank you!

I got around to retaking the final photos of the Hanikamu Scarf today, so I was finally able to finish off the pattern pdf. I am very fond of Japanese textiles, especially kimonos and obi.  They have such lovely geometric patterns and designs (in addition to all the floral and animal designs).  I thought this [...]

I am now a designer on Ravelry! You can now browse my patterns and add them to your queue when you are logged into your account.  You can also purchase patterns I have available for sale.  Once purchased, patterns can be immediately downloaded onto your hard drive or stored in your Ravelry library for later [...]

Those of you with livejournal accounts may be interested to know that Cattledog Studios is now syndicated on livejournal.  You can subscribe to or just check out the feed here. Enjoy.

I originally began this blog in order to showcase updates to my etsy shop, Le Grand Baiser, and to keep track of my jewelry making endeavors.  Since then, I’ve branched out into other crafting spheres and the blog has grown and changed to reflect that.  As I would like to keep Le Grand Baiser related [...]