Drawing 051008, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Back to knitting topics shortly. Hang in there!

Union Station, Portland, Oregon, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Patricia and I went out the other night to shoot some P-town landmarks at night and I have to confess, I had a good time. The evening was warm and (most importantly) dry. The lighting at Union Station reminded me of an Edward Hopper painting. I can’t [...]

Drawing 050308, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I guess I forgot to tell you guys that I’ve been taking drawing classes at the Drawing Studio in Portland. Great fun. Intersting class. Phil has a unique method and he often just reads us quotes from Picasso and other artists while we work. Or he’ll rant about Bush. [...]

May Yarn stash, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Well it’s the first of May reminding me that I should could be starting my May Socks but alas! I seem to have stalled on the April pair. Here’s a sneak peak of the intended sock yarn from the stash. Simply lovely isn’t it? Here are the kids [...]

Cable Cushion, originally uploaded by alicethelma. You get a lot of knitting done!

a gift, originally uploaded by alicethelma. Shhhhh. It’s also a surprise. And here’s progress on the shrug. The shrug is actually finished but I haven’t time to take a photo now. I’ll have Alice model it when it stops snowing – sometime soon we hope!

Hnin, originally uploaded by alicethelma. As I’m writing this it’s actually snowing here. You heard right. April 19th and it’s snowing in Southern Washington. Portland too I’m sure. But my joy is not from the snow. My joy comes from photography and today I had a couple of photo shoots with two Habitat for Humanity [...]

April socks, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I finally finished the March socks but before I did, I had already started on the April pair. This is some unknown yarn (Regia I think) from my stash but it’s already exposing an interesting little pattern. I decided to make these socks the old-fashioned way. The way I [...]

When I finished the Monkey socks over a month ago, it looked like there was enough yarn leftover for one more sock. And there was. Just. Third Monkey, originally uploaded by alicethelma. And so I can happily report that two balls of Knit Picks Essential Solid (231 yards/50 grams) will yield three socks of the [...]

March socks in progress, originally uploaded by alicethelma. I finally got past the heels and I’m in the home stretch of the March socks. And while these are not the prettiest socks I’ve ever made, I did realize that they comprise pair number 20. That’s right folks – a landmark moment. This is the 20th [...]