alice and max in makeup, originally uploaded by alicethelma. The dry days ended this morning and when the weather man forecast a trash bag halloween, I instantly became nostaligic for halloweens past. Can you believe that I even dressed Max as a trash bag one year? Here are some shots from other memorable halloweens and [...]

I love this time of year. It’s dry – I can’t even remember the last time it rained. It’s warm – that’s relative of course. And the colors this time of year are simply stunning.I love Fall colors. For some people it’s the leaves. For me it’s the yarn. Yes I splurged. But the colors, [...]

spiral yoke sweater, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I finished the sys several weeks ago but wasn’t very happy with it (am I ever?) It was intended as a christmas gift for Max but turned out way too small (sorry Max!). The gals at knitting night tried to convince me that it looked great on me [...]

In a state a high anticipation and fearing a repeat of the yarn harlot mob scene of June 2007, I arrived at the Mason-Dixon book signing early…very early…much too early. It was 6pm and there wasn’t even a chair set up yet and I was the only one in the Pearl room. The only one [...]

rockaway beach, oregon, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Two roads diverged in a woodand I took the one less traveled byand that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost

grün ist die Hoffnung, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Inspired by The Easiest Way to do a Short Row Heel (link provided by Walrus) I finished the first sock last night. Due to car trouble, I was unable to attend my regular Wed night knitting group *anyway* so I just hunkered down and pressed on and [...]

grün ist die Hoffnung, originally uploaded by alicethelma. For those of you who are not following this sock’s progress on Ravelry (and that might mean most of you), here’s a quick update before the sock goes on hiatus: Ok I have now switched to magic loop after finishing the lace-motif-to-sole join and I’m ready to [...]

grün ist die hoffnung, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Everyone needs a little challenge right? The pattern is called grün ist die Hoffnung and the designer is Steffi Linden of Frankfurt. The challenge for October is to knit one of Steffi’s designs or a holiday stocking. Since I have plenty of holiday stockings, I opted for [...]