Oh socktober, you were over too quickly for me. i discovered that in a month of dedicated sock knitting, I can make *gasp* ONE pair of socks. I am wearing them today to see out the month in style. You already met them a few days ago… here they are …
I had a good time looking at everyone’s pretend loot, and still feel happy about not buying any yarn (heck, I’m giving some away). It is great to get to visit everyone’s webpages! I used a random number generator to come up with two winners for the Fake Rhinebeck Contest. …
The “I didn’t go to Rhinebeck and look at all this yarn I got” contest ends tonight at midnight pacific time. If you are having trouble posting a picture, or don’t have a blog and would still like to enter, just email your photo to me. karrie at girlontherocks . …
I started this category for myself as a repository for.. well… things that i like. Now i will have a way to look up links and random crap that i found that i like. It will probably clutter up the ol’ blog, but hey, it’s my blog. and hopefully you …
The contest prize: A skein of sock yarn dyed by me and a set of Kitchener stitch markers (may not be the exact ones pictured). Man those things are hard to photograph. So far the odds are pretty good… only a handful of entrants. Tell your friends! *end of prize …
There is a $10 t-shirt sale over at Threadless. But only for 2 days! Which means that this shirt could be yours. I know they are running out of sizes, but just get the men’s size. The girly ones are just too tiny for anyone. Also I changed the rules …
Now that I am no longer pretending those socks fit, what I am pretending? Well every-knit-blogger and her sister went to Rhinebeck this weekend. i am sure that this week, almost every blog I read will have pictures of loot (Rhinebeck backwash – which I do enjoy looking at, but …
Today, in honor of Socktober, I will be doing something a little unconventional. It is something that is unusual for me and is certainly unusual for a knit-along dedicated to the forward progress on sock knitting projects. Here we have Chuck’s socks (pattern here, story of the lunch box here). …
I added some more halloween and autumn sock yarns to the shop. From left to right: Unnamed red skein that refuses to be photographed accurately (leave a blog comment if you might want this one), Autumn leaves (this one is a beaut), two skeins of Jack-o-lantern, and 2 skeins of …
The theme for this month’s whiplash competition is Accessories and this tutorial is my entry. I have been wanting to retire my hobo-style fingerless gloves, and find something more fashionable to keep my hands warm at work. I decided to turn a $2.50 thrift-store angora sweater into a pair of …