Alice's House

There are a whole series of fancy ribbon yarns out there that are meant to be joined together  into a lush boa-type scarf.  I made a white o...

At the American Sewing Guild Conference last weekend I took a class with Cheryl Kuczek on handbag techniques and was introduced to her patte...

Those are dreaded words for most knitters that come at the end of most knitting patterns. 'Weave in ends' is not the biggest issue b...

itty-bitty hats by Susan B. Anderson has got to be one of the best little knitting books I have ever used.  I recently got a copy as a doo...

I belong to a couple of chapters of the Knit At Night Guild (KANG), one here in Kingwood (Knitting in Kingwood or KIK) and one in Spring (Kn...

Some days milestones in our life become millstones dragging us down. I celebrated my sixtieth birthday a couple of weeks ago which is a gr...

In this case, I could not find a suitable border fabric for my latest 1600" quilt.  In case you have forgotten, a couple of weeks ago I...

Sometimes a random thought just takes over your life. Nothing too loud or strenuous, just a little tickle that says...this is a good idea,...

Last October I wrote about the 1600" quilt concept.  If you don't remember that far back you can check it out here . Go ahead and...

I was cleaning up my knitting supplies the other evening and decided that there is real problem with knitting.  Not so much the actual act i...