Journey – Alices Embrace As you may remember, I lost a dear friend close to this time last year to Alzheimer’s, and on the very same day,...

Ready to swatch for my lopi sweater I have wanted to make a lopi sweater for about as long as I’ve been knitting. When I saw this post,...

My desk with the inspirations for making art every day – do you see a theme? 🙂 Happy new year everyone! I know I’m a bit late to the...

Maybe it’s all the online Christmas shopping I do, but I seem to have been doing alot of browsing online lately and coming across things...

Nymphalidea (Published in Knitty) As mentioned in previous posts, I had quite the pile of FO’s to do finishing on. I decided that this...

A rescue dog always makes the knitting look better! 🙂 As previously mentioned, I want to make every pattern in this book. So I decided...

I have a new design, two shawls, a hat, a jacket, and soon to be a cowl and a scarf (both new designs also) sitting on my work table...

I have finished a number of projects, am in the process of rearranging rooms in my house to accommodate my kids’ needs, as well as my own...

I am currently working on a series of designs using slip stitches in my own way. But this, my friends, is the project that started my...

A typical (and favorite) way to spend a hot summer day! As promised, here is a visual journey of where I’ve been all summer. It’s alot of...

I am very sorry my posts have been so sporadic, but as usual, life is moving way faster than I am capable of documenting. My birthday was...

When you’re a parent, especially a homeschooling parent like me, you get constant lectures about making sure your kids have friends and...

In Los Angeles, it’s generally about 100 degrees (at least!) until at least the end of September. Sweater weather doesn’t start until...

Anyone who reads my blog for much length of time knows it’s very hard for me to tear myself away from knitting and/or the beach. But...

I really love the start of summer. Three months in front of us that we can fill or not fill as we choose. During the school year, it is...

Most of you probably think I’ve disappeared, so I’m sorry for the lack of posts! I have done alot of knitting, including knitting for...

Thank you all for your support of Alice’s Embrace. When I started this KAL/CAL, I received lovely messages and encouragement, so thank...

With so many yarn stores struggling to stay open and designers having a hard time figuring out how to make a living off of $5 patterns,...

Stitches West 2017 went very fast for me, but was very satisfying. I am still working on a design I started while there, and it was so...

Charity blanket for Alices Embrace Week 1 As most of you know, I recently lost someone dear to me to Alzheimer’s, and learned about...