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Year: 2013

  • 50mm | craft | knitting | new to me | photography

    Possibilities

    Bymichelle July 15, 2013August 2, 2022

    I won a beautiful skein of Duck Duck Wool Spellbreaker in the Project: Stash Por Moi Knitalong recently and have been faving all sorts of accessories on Ravelry as I…

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  • 50mm | knitting | thinking out loud

    This is Where I Go On and On About a Sweater

    Bymichelle July 11, 2013August 2, 2022

    Two weeks, $24, and a little netflix for audio was all it took to make this Lady Bat sweater by Teresa Gregorio.  It didn’t require any modifications or fiddling and…

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  • 50mm | animals | iphoneographs | my home | phoneography | thinking out loud

    Nachtfalter Knitalong- Week 5

    Bymichelle July 8, 2013August 2, 2022

    As you can see, I am a few repeats behind this week, but the knitalong was extended a week so I think I’ll get it finished in time.  I have…

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  • 50mm | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

    One Bat Wing to Go

    Bymichelle July 6, 2013August 2, 2022

    I thought doing a sweater pattern twice would be a little tedious, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how easy this has been.  (one sleeve) The first Lady Bat was…

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  • crochet | knitting | thinking out loud

    Crochet?

    Bymichelle July 4, 2013August 2, 2022

    I’m doing it.  I don’t think it will ever replace knitting as my second-nature hobby, but I want this skill in my arsenal.  Maybe it’s the inspiration from Kollabora.  (Yes,…

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  • 50mm | Christianity | family | food | garden | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

    We Will Both Thrive

    Bymichelle July 3, 2013August 2, 2022

    Planting my garden this year was a small act of faith.  I didn’t feel like working in it, haven’t felt like it for a couple of years, but so hoped…

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  • 50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

    Nachtfalter: Week 4 and Then Some

    Bymichelle June 27, 2013August 2, 2022

    So I spent a couple of late evenings with the lace on this and found myself almost through Week 5’s goal.  Isn’t the honeybee or “moth” stitch beautiful?  (I love…

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  • iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography

    Week 3- Addictive Lace

    Bymichelle June 21, 2013August 2, 2022

    I’m going to go ahead and post Week 3’s progress for the Holla Knits knitalong because I may just mow right through week 4’s goal over the weekend. I forced…

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

    I live in Texas; therefore, I live in tank tops

    Bymichelle June 18, 2013August 2, 2022

    My second summer knit this year is something I have no doubt I will wear like crazy.  The Harnett Tank by Allyson Dykhuizen is a classic.  This tank is knit…

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    Week 2 – Taking Care of Business

    Bymichelle June 17, 2013August 2, 2022

    This is almost all of my Nachtfalter ribbing in pomegranate.  It doesn’t look like much progress, due to the tinyness of all of these stitches, but it has, in fact,…

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