http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog formerly known as Knit This... Knitting, spinning, crafting - it's all here. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:43:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just like last year I am planning to fill my Christmas break with wall to wall craft time. Last year was a huge success that culminated in the addition of the owl embroidery floss organizer to my product line. I have several projects up my sleeve and was ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/12/23/christmas-craft-marathon/ I know I haven't said much lately, but I am back and I have a lot to say. I got an itch to do some canning a few weekends ago. Looking back in my blog archives I unearthed an old post from almost three years ago when I ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/11/12/filling-up-jars/ Stitches west proved to be overwhelming as always. Helping out in booths was a great way to prevent me from doing too much shopping. And it allowed me to surround myself with lovely Pigeonroof goodies on Friday, and all kinds of crafty goodies at Urban Fauna on Saturday. I ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/03/09/stitches-west-is-overload/ I have been pretty busy lately and Stitches West is to blame. First, I have a project that has been toiling in obscurity for years... My Central Park Hoodie. I haven't mentioned it here in over a year, and the pattern, project, and yarn all relocated to ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/02/26/a-fiber-filled-weekend-awaits/ I haven't yet posted about my christmas break craftiness because there is so much to report that it is a bit overwhelming. But i figure I'll break it up into a few pieces and it'll be okay. Let's see... where to start... "Start a vintage Crewel project" was ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/01/12/crewel-for-christmas/ Oh, just around the corner. Well crap. It snuck up on me. I have been so buy with work lately that I haven't had a crafty moment to spare. A major deadline passes at the end of this week, and I have already started thinking about what ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/12/17/wait-when-is-christmas/ Almost... One more this weekend. I was invited to peddle my wares at the first ever Knit One One Craft Fair. Knit One One is a local knitting studio offering classes and space for knitting and spinning meet ups. They are very close to my house (and ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/12/11/is-the-holiday-craft-fair-season-over-yet/ Well, I am hitting the road. A minivan filled with my friends, my moustaches and my fiber will be headed down to So-Cal for the Felt Club Holiday 2008 Event on Sunday Nov 16th. I am still wondering how I will fill a 10' x 10' space without ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/11/11/felt-club-holiday-2008-this-weekend/ I am a permanent ballot-by-mail voter in California. I was able to lounge around my apartment and vote at my leisure.... But I paid a price - no sticker. Apparently many other mail-in voters drop their ballots off at their polling place on election day, and get ... http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/11/04/happy-election-day-celebration-sale/ Bottle cap coasters Rettocamme $24. Super Mario Perle beads lostmitten $22. Screenprinted summersville $24.95 Recycled skateboards 2revert $40 Felt floppy disks thegeekery $28 Block printed bingo 1girl1boy $22. http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2008/11/03/coaster-shopping/