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Year: 2013

Christianity | family | phoneography | thinking out loud

Something Personal

Bymichelle December 31, 2013August 2, 2022

Ready for some crazy? 15 sweaters 1 pair of socks 6 hats 9 sets of boot cuffs  1 hair band 1 pr of shorts 1 bag 1 wig 5 cowls,…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography

Sothern

Bymichelle December 24, 2013August 2, 2022

I’m pretty proud of this one.  It’s Sothern by Rohn Strong and only my second time to do real fair isle for the body of a garment.  Though the vintage…

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iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography

Real Fast, Before Christmas

Bymichelle December 23, 2013August 2, 2022

I couldn’t help it.  Journey has been calling to me from the end table all week as I scrambled to finish various crafts, gifts, and sleeves.  Something came over me…

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50mm | family | knitting | thinking out loud

Want to See Something Not-So-Neat?

Bymichelle December 18, 2013August 2, 2022

How about knitting striped sleeves two at a time?  That’s four balls of yarn perpetually turning on your lap like a vortex. I have come up with a way to…

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Wanna See Something Neat?

Bymichelle December 17, 2013August 2, 2022

It’s a Dreiecke hat on my daughter.  I knit it for her best friend for Christmas.  It’s unblocked, of course, but I do like the amount of stitch definition the…

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50mm | animals | cheap stuff | craft | knitting

All Mine

Bymichelle December 12, 2013August 2, 2022

Yes, these are mine… all mine.  I’m back to selfish knitting and it just feels so right 🙂 I used the left over City Tweed Heavy Weight from my daughter’s…

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50mm | knitting | thinking out loud

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeves!

Bymichelle December 12, 2013August 2, 2022

  said in my knitting “Wrath of Kahn” voice.  This time it’s Wrath of WIPs.   Anyway,  I have finished all Christmas knitting and am now back to all of…

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50mm | family | knitting | photography

Arbutus and Cuffs

Bymichelle December 10, 2013August 2, 2022

I spoiled Christmas.  My daughter didn’t have class that day; so when I saw it was neither stormy nor smoky from the marsh fires, I grabbed her for a few…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | shows

Penny Vest

Bymichelle December 6, 2013October 26, 2023

If Penny’s Cheesecake Factory vest was in a neutral color… if it was lace instead of stockinette… and if it had me in it instead of Kaley Cuoco… this would…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | photography | shows

Extremely Bernadette

Bymichelle December 5, 2013August 2, 2022

Buttons have been sewn!!  It only took three weeks. This is my Bernadette Sweater for the Big Bang Theory Knitalong.   Tell me this does not look like Bernadette!  It…

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