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Year: 2013

50mm | knitting | thinking out loud

Henri Knitting Tech

Bymichelle February 11, 2013August 1, 2022

This post is purely knitting tech, so feel free to move along if that’s not your thing.  But if you want to test how much your brain can take before…

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Christianity | family | iphoneographs | linkage | music | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

January Instagram

Bymichelle February 6, 2013August 1, 2022

A little Instagram update for January.  We went to a youth conference for kids, encouraging them in their faith with great speakers, worship, and good music.  Runks, David Crowder, Phil…

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iphoneographs | linkage | phoneography | shows | thinking out loud

SuperBowl Sunday in Review

Bymichelle February 4, 2013August 1, 2022

Yep, this was pretty much it… and nobody won.  It could have been more tragic; there might have been a power outage. If only the guys at work knew my…

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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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