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Neruda’s Shrug in Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Worsted. This is just a quickie blog post as I’m about to take off on a tour of East Bay LYS with my dear friend, Nancy Ricci, who just moved to SF from Portland. Have a great day whatever you decide to do. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavydutydesign.com%2Falicethelma%2F2010%2F04%2Fwhats-new-with-you%2F’; addthis_title = [...]

Life is hectic, there is no doubt, as I’m sure it is for you too. I logged into WP and found over 180 comments waiting to be plowed through…mostly spam. <sigh> At least I have some new Misti Alpaca in a soft spring color to drool over. This will become the Neruda Shrug soon. If [...]

Today I received an amazing “stash enhancement” gift from my lovely, wonderful and awesome friend, Liz Plam (see previous post) – two giant skeins of Blue Moon Fiber Arts ST-2 created especially for Sock Summit. I have never used Socks That Rock before and I’m excited. This stuff is gorgeous. So even though I didn’t [...]

I have been obsessing about making this cute little cropped jacket which I keep seeing at Close Knit for many months now. Maybe over a year. Every time I tried it on, it fit me so perfectly that I thought to myself “I really must make this sweater”. Well I finally bought the  pattern booklet [...]

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 [...]

asymetrical cable hat, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I finished this little gem, the asymmetrical cable hat, a few weeks ago but couldn’t find a suitable until just recently. It looks adorable on my neice Juliana don’t you think? The hat is a quickie knit from the book One Skein (by Portlander Leigh Radford) and if [...]

Start the Monkey, originally uploaded by alicethelma. In the movie Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire (which, BTW, is one of Alice’s favorite movies) (and one of my favorite movies as well) there is a dance number entitled “Think Pink”. I love pink. I absolutely adore pink. I passionately and unabashedly worship the [...]