http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog formerly known as Knit This... Knitting, spinning, crafting - it's all here. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:25:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know the fiddlehead mittens I mentioned in this earlier post? I really want to make a pair. Adrian (of Hello Yarn) made quite a splash by selling mitten kits - a pattern and a set of beautifully colored hand dyed yarns in a luscious 70% merino 30% ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/07/11/a-girl-some-wool-a-plan/ After nearly a month of not blogging, i thought i should let you know that I am still around. I've done a little knitting Ravelry Project Page A little spinning California Red locks from A Verb for Keeping Warm Raverly page and.... i adopted a kitty! Introducing... ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/07/02/heres-whats-happening/ Mark my words, mittens are going to be huge soon. As a knitting project, they have all of the versatility and satisfying features as socks. Colorwork, textures, a variety of increase and decrease methods, thumb shaping (analogous to heel of toe shaping).... And you can use them to ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/06/04/mittens-are-the-new-socks/ Following a hot tip (tweet, actually) from sockpr0n, I was able to snap up this little fella for not too much dough. It is an 8 inch wide Clemes and Clemes drum carder. I am particularly enamored by the fact that Clemes and Clemes is literally up the ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/06/02/look-what-i-adopted/ I have finally created the perfect product to unite my love of the Fiber Arts and my fascination with disembodied moustaches. The 'stache for your stash, or a 'stache sachet, if you will (the anagram was irresistible). There are two versions available. The Stash 'stache is filled ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/30/together-at-last/ Saturday was a perfect day in Berkeley: Sunny and 75. It couldn't have been a better time for Color: A Fiber Festival. I was a vendor at this event together with A Verb for Keeping Warm, Tactile Fiber Arts, and Pigeonroof Studios. (But I couldn't have done it ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/29/event-report-color-a-fiber-festival/ A long time ago a bunch of knitters had a dream... They wanted to have a book published that was full of their knitting patterns. Not just any patterns, mind you, but lovingly designed beer cozies. The proceeds (if any) would go into a fund to supply beverages to thirsty ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/23/sock-yarn-beer-cozy/ Last year on Earth Day I turned an old pinback button into a crocheted daisy. It seems like a recycling craft is a good Earth Day tradition, so here is this year's trash-into-craft project. I have been accumulating a lot of plastic mesh bags. You ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/22/sea-urchin-scrubbie/ I am a little kitschy, and wouldn't necessarily say I am always tasteful and stylish. Oh, and I am SO not a designer. So it is cool to see that the smarties at design*sponge think like me sometimes - they posted an inside out envelope tutorial too. I can't ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/16/why-i-am-still-saving-my-junk-mail/ I fed a beetle to one of my carnivorous plants (a Cape Sundew). If you live in the bay area and you want to buy some nice Carnivorous plants, you should stop by the UC Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale. It is Saturday April 26 from 10-2. ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/04/10/doomed/