It was exactly one year ago today that I posted another finished pillow. But actually my rate of pillow making is not entirely accurate. To be fair, I have finished one other pillow between now and then. In fact, I’m working on another BOCP, which has been hibernating, in my basket for some time now. [...]

Well I still have to knit the back. I ended up giving the first one away to a very deserving person who turned 30 (and I hope she likes it). If you are interested in making one for yourself, you can find the pattern here.

The impetus to start this pillow came out of nowhere. I was sitting quietly (!) on my sofa one day when I realized that I had the yarn for the Rose Pillow (rav link) in my stash, found the pattern and cast on. Maybe I thought  it could be a gift (if I can bear [...]

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 [...]

And just in time for it’s first term. I’m not sure if it looks better on the sofa or the chair. What do you think?

obama-rama pillow progress, originally uploaded by alicethelma.

obama-rama pillow, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Believe it or not, the stealth gift knitting is just about finished although nothing I can blog about for fear that intended parties will see their gift before official gift giving. Maybe the solstice this year? Or possibly Christmas eve? Whaddya think guys? In the meantime, I have begun [...]

max and ken, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Max had requested handknit gloves from me and since he is moving to Indiana, and he’s probably going to need them this winter, I decided to get started on a pair. Inspired once again by BT who referred to the free pattern Ken, I cast on without a [...]