When I finally overcame my block about the edge for the log cabin blanket, it actually went very fast. I’m very pleased. Instead of working in the round, I knit each edge separately and sewed them at the corners. Easy peasy! Why did I think it would be so difficult? I threw it around Max [...]

My friend, Kimberly, and I are starting a new knitting group on Wednesday nights and you’re all invited to join. The group will start up this coming Wednesday, 11/4/2009, at 6pm. The location is Peet’s Coffee & Tea in beautiful Pinole Valley. Come on down and join us. I seriously need a gathering like this [...]

I actually sort of finished this blanket, a variation of the Log Cabin blanket, about a week ago but I didn’t make a grand announcement because I’ve been stuck at the edging. The directions according to Mason-Dixon Knitting say to pick up stitches all the around and knit four rows of garter stitch. That seems [...]

It appears that the illustrious Yarn Harlot and I are on the same wavelength. We are both making the same blanket, albeit in different colors. I had my niece, Juliana, and nephew, Jake, model the blanket in progress yesterday at the Father’s Day German Rouladen Fest here at Oma and Opa’s house. Juli is *such* [...]

Well I finished one – a couple of weeks ago – but I’ve been dragging my feet on the second. And these are supposed to be May’s pair. One pair per month is my objective. Oh well. I got behind last year but caught up during the summer which resulted in a flurry of sock [...]

Anne, a wonderful and spirited knitter that I met at knitting night, lost her husband, Michael, less than a year ago to pancreatic cancer. We all know what a swift killer PC is. Michael was only 57. Recently she asked me to photograph and also knit some squares for an afghan she is creating to [...]

If  you’re a computer user and I’m assuming that you are if you are currently reading this blog, you know that colors are not always true to their offline or “real life” counterparts. Case in point: I had quite a few comments about the colors in my log cabin blanket when the blanket was finally [...]

Miles and miles of garter stitch. Is there anything better? This is my take on “Joseph’s Blankie of Many Colors” from Mason Dixon knitting, using six colors of Paton’s classic wool merino, three in the dark shade and three in a light shade, and increasing the number of rows in each round gradually. In the [...]

Except for Alice’s eggs every morning I very rarely cook anymore. It takes away from my knitting time quite frankly. But occasionally I’ll try a new recipe, especially if it involves polenta like this one. It turned out quite good even if I didn’t have enough spinach. Highly recommended. Try it. I think you’ll like [...]

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 [...]