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Year: 2014

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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50mm | family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud | ugly places

Hawt Galveston Sands

Bymichelle June 26, 2014August 3, 2022

Riding the ferry to Galveston is a major nostalgia trigger for me.  I remember taking it to visit my older sister one summer after my mother passed away.  I didn’t…

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craft | crochet | family

Super Baby, Revisited

Bymichelle June 25, 2014August 3, 2022

I just wanted to post this photo, which is much more appropriate than the last one,  of the cape I crocheted for my sister in law, only this time there’s…

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

In Pieces

Bymichelle June 23, 2014August 3, 2022

I started knitting in my late twenties and hadn’t been at it long when I was introduced to seamless knitting.  There was that Twinkle book and Stefanie Japel, and I became…

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50mm | knitting | thinking out loud

Cotton

Bymichelle June 20, 2014August 3, 2022

It’s my new thing.  (This is a fibery kind of post; I’m just warning you.)  I’m officially all the way into the deep end of summer knitting.  Last summer, I…

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50mm | knitting | photography

Reef Knot Tank

Bymichelle June 13, 2014August 3, 2022

I started the Reef Knot Tank, by Sarah Wilson, on the way home from Utah last summer.  But then there was a sweater knit along, sale wool, more wool, and…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | iphoneographs | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography

DIY Pet Clocks

Bymichelle June 12, 2014August 3, 2022

Here’s an ancient draft I thought I’d finally publish:  DIY pet clocks.  I made these as Christmas gifts for several members of my family.  They went over very well.  My…

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