Here’s another plea for help from your intrepid knitter. It finally got cold enough to wear a sweater but my beloved sweater quickly grew pills. Ok so yes, this is “cheap” wool that I use often (Paton’s Classic Wool Merino) and the entire sweater cost me less than $20, but I am ready to overcome [...]

Hanging out in my sauna-like upstairs sweatshop suite of rooms and with the help of Andrew Bird, whom I adore, I finished this lovely seamless sweater (aka the Garter Yoke Cardi) in a flurry of overheated knitting. I must admit I’m quite pleased with the results if I do say so myself. I made the [...]

This sweater is easy and should have been finished by now. I’ve been working on it for a solid two months. So what’s the hold up? Length. I couldn’t decide how long to make the body so I put the stitches on some scrap yarn, and started a sleeve. Now I can’t decide how long [...]

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 [...]

Of course knitting is a great way to avoid doing what one is supposed to be doing. Whatever that may be. But I have to say this sweater is FAST. I think it helps that the the buttonhole band is knit in garter stitch as you go as are the buttonholes. I really love the [...]

It’s snowing again as I type this but during a recent spring-like break in the weather, I asked Patricia to throw the sweaters on her two dogs so I could play around with video. Max is the dachsund and Minnie is the Schnauzer and both sweaters were handmade by Patricia herself. Do you enjoy watching [...]

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 [...]

lopi sweater pattern, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I’m actually wearing the lopi sweater right now accessorized exactly like the model in the picture, with the jeans and denim shirt, except I look like an NFL linebacker. It’s toasty warm though. Hope you are too. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavydutydesign.com%2Falicethelma%2F2008%2F12%2Fim-wearing-it-im-wearing-it%2F’; addthis_title = ‘I%26%238217%3Bm+wearing+it%21+I%26%238217%3Bm+wearing+it%21′; addthis_pub = ”;

lopi sweater, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I never thought it would get cold enough for this Lopi sweater but the time has come. Here in the Portland-Vancouver area, we are expecting the coldest temps in five years. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr They’re even forecasting snow for tomorrow! Next week looks to be clear but frigid – down to [...]

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 [...]