A trip to the beach of course! I escaped black Friday madness by taking everyone to the beach and I think I’m going to make this my post-Thanksgiving tradition. The weather was awesome. You may remember that I visited Bodega Head back in May (was it really that long ago? I still haven’t finished those [...]

Just before I quit my job at REI back in late August, I saw some of the winter hats start coming into the store for the ski season. One of those was a North Face hat that I thought I could very easily (haha) replicate. I loved the color, a pale ivory gray, but could [...]

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 [...]

red foliage times four, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Lately I haven’t had much time for knitting or blogging. I’ve been too busy running around Portland, shooting night shots and tending to my new blog. The weather’s been great and I really must take advantage of these dry days before the rain settles in for the [...]