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Month: January 2013

50mm | bicycle | craft | knitting | linkage

My Downton Cardigan and How Grown-ups Wash Wool

Bymichelle January 31, 2013August 1, 2022

This is my Downton Cardigan that I knit for the Downton Knitalong hosted by Shannon of Luvinthemommyhood this month.  I kind of love it… and the bike… and links… so…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography

Downton Knitalong Update

Bymichelle January 25, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m past the halfway point in my cardigan for the Downton Knitalong.  Which means all of the picking up of stitches and seaming lace is done.  The rest is just…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | photography

DIY Spring Wreath

Bymichelle January 25, 2013August 1, 2022

This is the more subtle, natural answer to the very shiny, artificial Christmas wreath I made for Christmas. It’s a spring wreath that I made for my grandmother with grapevine…

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animals | doubleexposure | iphoneographs | linkage | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

I Need to Be Outside

Bymichelle January 21, 2013August 1, 2022

69 degrees, sunshine, light breeze, no school. Please take a moment to check out one of my favorite photo sites- Mortal Muses.  My resolution is nestled in the middle (num. 9)…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Halfway Through This KnitALong

Bymichelle January 19, 2013August 1, 2022

I really should be almost finished with the Downton knitalong sweater, but lots of things have been happening in our lives and that of close family.  My time to work…

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Christianity | iphoneographs | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Winter Thinking

Bymichelle January 15, 2013August 1, 2022

Do you do it too?  You store up your ideas, your energy, maybe even your joy while it’s sort of bleak and just wait, letting them germinate?  But there are…

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50mm | knitting | photography | ttv photo

Downton KAL Progress

Bymichelle January 12, 2013August 1, 2022

So, my Ravelry knitalong friends were not kidding when they said I’d love using Madelinetosh.  I misread the yarn requirements and ordered one skein of lace for a woman’s small…

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animals | iphoneographs | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Instagram Holiday

Bymichelle January 11, 2013August 1, 2022

I don’t like to take down Christmas lights until my birthday.  No, my birthday isn’t in February.  But it’s soon and I’m enjoying my late morning coffee all alone with…

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bicycle | cheap stuff | new to me | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Roadster

Bymichelle January 9, 2013August 1, 2022

I never thought I’d own this bicycle.  It’s the only bicycle I’ve ever really, really wanted since the re-built bike my grandparents gave me as a teenager, which I foolishly…

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

Season Three Swatching

Bymichelle January 8, 2013August 1, 2022

I made my husband watch Downton Abbey’s season premiere Sunday night.  Just cause.  He asked lots of patronizing questions and nodded to my answers with affected interest.  I don’t mind,…

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