This has become my default hat pattern and if you want to know the particulars, just contact me. I love figuring out new stripe configurations, in shades of gray of course. Although I must say, the weather here has been positively summer-like, but who’s complaining.  

Before: After: Before: After: Talk about unfinished, this particular project has been YEARS in the making. Either that or a really long hiatus. I’m so excited to finally bring it to completion and doubly excited to be felting again. For the record, the fiber is Patons Classic Wool Merino.

The weather has been amazing lately but a cold snap is predicted for the week ahead. It’s time to finally finish this scarf for there might be an opportunity yet to actually wear it soon. The problem is this: It never seems long enough. I even finished it once – I mean I actually cast [...]

Last Sunday, my sister Liz and I took Dad (aka “Opa”) along with super-boyfriend Kerb to the town of Bolinas on the Northern California coast. I received a tip from someone in Portland who had recently visited and she recommended this place highly. It’s an amazing locale and you really should visit if you ever [...]

These have got to be the ugliest slippers on earth but they were requested by my mother as a Christmas gift for my father. My mother was disappointed when they didn’t materialize on Christmas Eve but hey, what can I say? I didn’t even find the pattern until Christmas Day. Then I got to work. [...]

As I mentioned in the first part of the interview, Nancy always starts with a swatch. Except when she doesn’t. Confused? Read this recent post by Nancy and you’ll understand what I mean. At our recent visit, Nancy brought along a stack of swatches – BIG swatches. I was especially attracted to this, the lovely [...]

Of course, most everyone knows by now that I’m a huge fan of Jared Flood aka brooklyntweed and sometimes I think my mission in life is to knit every single item that he has ever designed or knit. Back in September I cast on the Urban Aran Cardigan and it has been slow going since [...]

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 [...]

My second Cobblestone Pullover, originally uploaded by alicethelma. On New Year’s Eve, we had a rare dry day around here so I packed up the kids with their xmas knits and we headed to Reed College for a . I’m a little late in blogging about these FOs but I’m very proud of them, especially [...]

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 [...]