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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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