Not too long ago, a friend of mine told me about Sock Dreams, a new shop right here in Portland, Oregon. New to me anyway. As you might guess, they sell all manner of foot coverings and not just at their retail outlet which sits at the east end of the Ross Island Bridge. Their [...]

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 [...]

Ballband Dishcloth, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Fans of Mason-Dixon Knitting will recognize the Ballband Dishcloth which is one of my favorite pieces of knitting meditation and if I’m not busy making an oven mitt then I’m making a washcloth. So today I took the washcloth, along with Alice and Max, out for breakfast to the [...]

alice_lopi01.jpg, originally uploaded by alicethelma. ..so I give you more Alice. This shot is from our little photo session at Laurelhurst Park before the rains came. Remember I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that the Cobblestone was my first sweater in about ten years? Well this here Lopi sweater, I believe, was that [...]

Max at Reed wearing Cobblestone sweater, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Max found out that I was making him a sweater but it wasn’t from this blog. *sigh* It’s a long story actually. And even though I had intended to give him the Cobblestone sweater as a Christmas gift, I simply couldn’t withhold it any longer. [...]