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Month: July 2014

knitting | linkage | photography

Summer Sweater Knitting Along

Bymichelle July 30, 2014August 3, 2022

Remember when you would go out to eat with your parents and they’d see what you ordered and say your eyes were bigger than your stomach?  That’s the way I…

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50mm | freelensing | garden | my home | new to me

Freelensing on my Front Porch

Bymichelle July 25, 2014August 3, 2022

(more on my flickr)

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

The Continental and -1 Needles

Bymichelle July 25, 2014August 3, 2022

I’ve now read through the first three sweater recipes in Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman for the Canary Knits Knitting Book Read-a-long.  Unlike the first time I read this book,  I totally…

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

Now that I’m famous…

Bymichelle July 17, 2014August 3, 2022

Did you see it!?!  For a few beautiful days I was the center of the universe… the knitting universe of Ravelry that is.  Well, the Oud Tank I knit was,…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | photography

Aquae Tank

Bymichelle July 16, 2014August 3, 2022

These are my Aquae Tanks.  The pattern, by Hilary Smith Callis, is the perfect summer tank.  The straps are wide enough to hide other straps, I can used worsted to…

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

I Have Sticks, Yarn, and Slightly Below-Average Intelligence

Bymichelle July 15, 2014August 3, 2022

“Really all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence.” “.. what’s the sense in planning ahead, unless you have to?” “…contrary to…

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50mm | diy | garden | homemaking | linkage | new to me

It Only Took 13 Years…

Bymichelle July 10, 2014August 3, 2022

Thirteen years ago, while staying in a cabin outside of San Antonio, I collected native air plants (ball moss, I believe) from a trail to bring home and hang from…

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50mm | knitting

Oud Tank

Bymichelle July 2, 2014August 3, 2022

This is the Oud Tank by Sarah Hurwitz of Knit York City.  Can you see why I love it?  It’s so cute- all vintagey with that lace pointed collar.  It…

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