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Month: November 2012

50mm | craft | family | knitting | thinking out loud

Wee Gifts and Other Sickeningly Cute Things

Bymichelle November 30, 2012August 1, 2022

My kids say anytime I’m trying to convince someone to do something, I add an “ie” to the end of words.  As in: “Want some Starbuckies?”, “Let’s watch Freakie Geekie”…

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50mm | knitting

Favorite Slouchy Hat So Far

Bymichelle November 29, 2012August 1, 2022

I have the same problem with all slouchy hats: they either fall off if I run in them or fall down,  Dumb Donald style, over my face.  I love Fat Albert’s…

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cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | shows

Black Swan

Bymichelle November 27, 2012August 1, 2022

I really needed this.   It’s Black Swan by Tara Shade and it was the thing that took my mind off of a holiday flu/ migraine bummer.  Big needles are like my grandmother’s…

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craft | knitting | new to me

Clutch KAL, Week 1

Bymichelle November 26, 2012August 1, 2022

This is week 1 of the Scallop of the Sea Knitalong.  Have I said how much I love these colors together yet? (My son set aside Assassin’s Creed long enough…

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50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Why Do Sewing Needles Scare Me?

Bymichelle November 21, 2012August 1, 2022

Maybe it’s the cut-offs I tried to hem in high school; they ended up shorter in front than in back.  Or it may be the lining I sewed into this…

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50mm | cheap stuff | diy | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography

Recycling a Sweater

Bymichelle November 21, 2012August 1, 2022

Years ago, I read an article about recycling thrift store sweaters by Ashley Martineau.   I promptly went out and bought a rubbermaid tub full of thrift store sweaters to unravel.Two…

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50mm | cheap stuff | knitting | linkage

Two Accessories in the “Before” Stage

Bymichelle November 13, 2012August 1, 2022

I mentioned that I got stuff in my last post.  One of these giveaways was on Katie Canavan’s blog for enough yarn to knit her Scallop of the Sea clutch,…

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books | knitting | linkage | shows | thinking out loud

Where’s my Stuff?

Bymichelle November 13, 2012August 1, 2022

Remember Melanie Hutsell’s “Where’s my stuff!?” bit on SNL? I don’t blame you if you skipped it, but it takes me back to my first election to ever participate in,…

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diy | homemaking | linkage

Sofa Hack

Bymichelle November 7, 2012May 16, 2023

We needed a couch, one that could withstand growing people who flop rather than sit and a cat’s occasionally claw honing. I kept going back to this and this; only, I knew this…

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