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Year: 2013

50mm | knitting | linkage | photography

Blink

Bymichelle March 18, 2013August 1, 2022

I posted about my first Blink sweater last week.  I felt like it was too big and not long enough, so I ripped it back and started over.  So, this…

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knitting | linkage | new to me | stuff

Saturday with Henri

Bymichelle March 15, 2013August 1, 2022

Remember the sweater I made this winter?  The sweater… Henri by Ann Leachman?  When Ann asked if I’d put together an early spring outfit including Henri, I knew exactly how I’d style…

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50mm | family | lensbaby | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

I’ve Known Her Eighteen Years

Bymichelle March 14, 2013August 1, 2022

This should be a post about how my daughter turned eighteen, about how much I love her, about how proud I am of her, about how incredibly blessed I know…

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Christianity | family | homemaking | knitting | parenting | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Ramble with Me

Bymichelle March 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m just going to be all over the place with this post.  I’ve been laying around, sick with some kind of cold, without a voice, while doing a food/ caffeine…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | new to me | parenting | photography

Nerf DIY for Teenagers

Bymichelle February 28, 2013August 1, 2022

I realize plenty of teenagers still like Nerf, but by the age of thirteen nerf has to compete with the cool factor of Airsoft, paintball, goggles, and the firing range….

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bicycle | diy | linkage | photography | thinking out loud | ugly places

Spiffed Up, a Little

Bymichelle February 25, 2013August 1, 2022

My Raleigh is good to go with spiffy new tires.  They didn’t really need changing; I just wanted to dress it up.  These are the same tires I have on…

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50mm | garden | new to me | photography

Garden Lasagna

Bymichelle February 20, 2013August 1, 2022

It’s not exactly ready to eat, yet, but we’re getting there.  This is the lasagna method of no-till gardening.  Basically it is the lazy girl’s way to compost and prepare…

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knitting | linkage | shows

Don’t Blink

Bymichelle February 19, 2013August 1, 2022

They look like two skeins of yarn, but they are so much more.  Very soon, they’ll become this dropped stitch sweater and a reminder of one of my favorite Dr. Who episodes….

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craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Worth Doing Well

Bymichelle February 18, 2013August 1, 2022

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.  –  an old proverb… and my mother I have not failed.  I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.  –  Thomas Edison…

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50mm | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography

It’s Henri

Bymichelle February 14, 2013August 1, 2022

…but when I think it, it sounds like “Awn- reeee” in a bad French accent.   This sweater by Ann Leachman of Magical Grammar was the one thing I had…

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