http://www.BockstarkKnits.net My adventures in knitting Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can't get enough of little girls dresses! Sock monkey dresses! Everyone has an apron now New pajama pants So I have been sewing like mad and my living room has turned into a mini sweatshop! Unfortunately, the only sweat involved is mine. :) I have really been enjoying re-learning how to ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/06/28/my-little-sweatshop/ So I brought the sewing machine out to make some gifts for people and have gotten the sewing bug! I went through some of my old craft stuff and I have a question: what do you do with fabric that you KNOW you aren't going to use because ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/06/24/any-people-out-there-who-sew/ you can follow what I'm spinning on my Bockstark Handspun Facebook page. I've been so lame about updating this page, and FB is just so much easier... What can I say, I'm lazy! ;) http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/06/18/for-those-of-you-on-facebook/ March spinning It's just been spinning, spinning, spinning at Chez Bockstark. I have gone off the deep end and immersed myself in it again and LOVE it!!! I've also been doing some singles spinning, which is totally new for me. I am still overspinning a tad and have ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/04/05/just-keep-spinning/ Michael's new chullo this one took me a year to finish! Bee Mice Elf alpaca/silk I just finished lining Michael's new chullo hat with fleece. I've never done that before and couldn't believe how easy it was! The best part about it is that because I knitted it loose, it came ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/03/08/everyone-should-make-a-fleece-lined-hat/ Kiseki's Oriental Lily - front detail full view Cross Country Chullo So ever since I finished the shrug, I have found a lot of projects that I NEED to do! :) But I need to start with the "necessities". The first up is a gift for my niece who is ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/02/19/getting-back-into-the-knitting-swing/ Loch Ness Marathon I'm a work in progress My first shrug! Stephen and me at the Munich airport WonderMike and me at SFO Wow, it's been almost a year since I last posted. I'm sure a lot of you are wondering what the hell happened to me! I haven't been blogging/checking blogs/knitting/spinning in ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2010/02/06/re-inventing-myself/ Hey there folks. Sorry for the long absence. I've lost my blogging mojo, mostly because all I do is spin spin spin. And there's not too much blogging excitement in that - here's roving, here's yarn. Tadaaaaa! :) I also apologize that I haven't ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2009/05/14/just-checking-in/ Wow, I can't believe it's been a year already since I've started spinning! In that time, I have created 60 skeins of yarn, about 18,000 yards of handspun. Wow...that is a lot! I am a true spinner, don't want to knit anything anymore. How crazy is ... http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2009/04/15/a-year-of-spinning/ and I love them! Makes me all official-like! :) http://www.BockstarkKnits.net/2009/03/13/new-labels-are-here/