So far this year, in just January and February, I have managed to finish six pairs of socks…albeit *baby* socks. The other orange pair has been given to Baby Reece and the other purple pair were not ribbed (a mistake on my part) and therefore not photographed with the group above.
I decided it is now [...]

Thanks to Antwan for taking a few minutes at halftime to model the latest baby sock for me. More to come.
2/8/10: I just learned that Chrissy Gardner has published a book entitled Toe-Up! and you can find out more about the book at its website. I took a class from Chrissy a few years ago [...]

As I was thinking about what to knit for two sets of expectant parents at my work (I work with the Dads) the idea to knit miniature socks suddenly popped into my head.
This is my first pair of socks for 2010 and my first completed project for 2010. I am SO proud of myself for [...]

I know that sounds like a cliché but in many ways it feels like the past 18 years have gone by in a nano-second.

Here are my two children, Alice and Max, in 1991, when we first moved to Oregon. Alice was only about six months old in this photo. Seems like yesterday.
*sigh*
If you are a [...]

preemie cap, originally uploaded by alicethelma.
Last Friday I went to the Knit and Crochet show at the convention center in Portland, Oregon where I browsed vendors and tried hawking my t-shirts. Among the yarn vendors, stood a quiet little booth for Knit One, Save One, a program sponsored by Save the Children. I was instantly [...]

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baby surprise jacket, originally uploaded by alicethelma.
It takes a lot of faith to make a baby surprise jacket (hereafter know as the bsj). Even though I have made one before, it’s still [...]

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.

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