Sometimes a project comes out exactly as written/pictured/anticipated and sometimes it doesn’t come out that way at all. Today I have examples of both. The Sideways Grande Hat (rav link) from the book Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin is an example of the former. A splendidly simple yet original, well-written and easy-to-follow knit here modeled [...]

  It’s hard to believe that 18 years have passed since you were born but here it is. You are officially an adult. I think you’ll do fine. Continue to smile and keep your chin up. You are a lovely and gracious young woman and I’m very proud of you. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavydutydesign.com%2Falicethelma%2F2009%2F01%2F195%2F’; addthis_title = [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } alice and her finger puppet, originally uploaded by alicethelma. We had a break in the weather so I took the gang out to our old stomping grounds at Reed College for a photo shoot. [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } alice in golden leaves, originally uploaded by alicethelma. For quite some time I had the idea in my head that the pose in this famous Edward Weston photograph would make a great pose for [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } In no particular order, I give you… alice in wonderland, originally uploaded by alicethelma. …my first pair of kneesocks which is getting lots of hits on flickr. I was even invited to join the [...]

Laughing Planet, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Alice and I checked out the trendy Mississippi Avenue on Saturday. I haven’t been there in years and I must say it’s really been built up and gentrified as they say. We had a great time nonetheless indulging in our favorite pastime of going out to lunch. Alice is [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ballband Dishcloth, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Fans of Mason-Dixon Knitting will recognize the Ballband Dishcloth which is one of my favorite pieces of knitting meditation and if I’m not busy making an oven mitt [...]

alice_lopi01.jpg, originally uploaded by alicethelma. ..so I give you more Alice. This shot is from our little photo session at Laurelhurst Park before the rains came. Remember I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that the Cobblestone was my first sweater in about ten years? Well this here Lopi sweater, I believe, was that [...]

babyAlice, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Just trying to get his blog up and running and playing around with Flickr, etc. So yeah, this is test. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavydutydesign.com%2Falicethelma%2F2007%2F11%2Fbabyalice%2F’; addthis_title = ‘babyAlice’; addthis_pub = ”;