family | knitting | phoneography | photography | places
Kind of Perfect Day
For my Mother’s Day gift, I got to do some things I love. There was chocolate, flowers, a small tool kit, and the rest of the Mars Trilogy. Then,…
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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | diy | knitting | phoneography
DIY Circulars and Double Points
I love the look of beautiful, wooden circular needles, polished to a shine. Since most of my knitting is circular and most of my wooden needles are straight, I thought…
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No, Really, it’s a Sweater!
I sat in a doctor’s office this morning with my grandmother, trying to explain how this sweater was made and that it would, in fact, be a sweater when I…
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50mm | animals | knitting | phoneography | photography
Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees
This may not appear to be much progress on my Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong but I’m pleased that I’m finished with most of one sleeve. It’s an…
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50mm | family | new to me | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud
Senior Pictures and I Didn’t Ruin Them
So, that’s a big relief! I know I can take okay photos, but that’s when it’s for me and when it’s what I like. Why else would I do it?…
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50mm | garden | my home | patio | thinking out loud
It’s Supposed to Just Happen
My gardening style is to wait and see what happens. I mean wait too long and then eventually wade into the mess to assess the damage. I have been…
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This is the Space Where a Finished Object Should Be
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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Swatching for My Daughter
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
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
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…