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Month: April 2013

50mm | family | knitting | parenting

This is the Space Where a Finished Object Should Be

Bymichelle April 30, 2013August 2, 2022

Instead, I’m posting a nearly finished object because I need to feel a sense of accomplishment in this Knitalong.   I have crotch and waistband seams to sew, along with elastic…

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50mm | knitting | linkage

Swatching for My Daughter

Bymichelle April 25, 2013August 2, 2022

Her request for one of these tops ended my indecision about what to knit in Shannon’s Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  I was waffling between this pattern, Lady Bat…

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50mm | books | Christianity | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Reading Material

Bymichelle April 23, 2013August 2, 2022

So I’m going to ramble about things on the bookish front.  These are some of the books I’ve kept beside me for stolen moments.  Some have been beside me for…

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

“Mine, All Mine” Knitalong

Bymichelle April 20, 2013August 2, 2022

The Pour Moi Knitalong is all about laying aside your many knitted gifts for others to eek out a little something for yourself.  I feel like a fraud.  I mostly…

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family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | shows | thinking out loud | travel

The Wildest, Craziest Time Ever

Bymichelle April 18, 2013August 2, 2022

We went to Fort Worth over the weekend primarily for my a memorial service in honor of my husband’s uncle, who passed away not long ago.  It was a really…

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knitting

One Leg

Bymichelle April 15, 2013August 2, 2022

That’s what I have so far for the Pour Moi knitalong hosted by Evelyn of Project: Stash.  I really should have gotten farther but I kept zoning out and making…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Do Not Judge the Stash

Bymichelle April 11, 2013August 2, 2022

It’s a wonderfully, dreary day.  The kind where you can’t go for a run, can’t get groceries easily and so say, “Why bother?”  The kind of day where you are…

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50mm | knitting

Swatch Plus

Bymichelle April 9, 2013August 2, 2022

I waited to cast on for my Bombshell Shorts so I could join in Project: Stash’s  Pour Moi Knitalong.   These ladies are all so lovely and I’ve wanted to get…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | photography

Liwen

Bymichelle April 5, 2013August 1, 2022

You can see the dilemma of living in Texas and being able to make things like this, right?  But today we had a cold spell, just in time for me…

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knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Who Wears Short Shorts?

Bymichelle April 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I suppose I will… this spring… because I’m finally making the Bombshell Shorts. I’ve been so looking forward to making this that I’ve had trouble concentrating on the project I…

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