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Year: 2016

  • iphoneographs | knitting | photography

    Morning Mist, I Didn’t Forget You

    Bymichelle May 6, 2016August 5, 2022

    Don’t let the length of time this was on my needles fool you.  Morning Mist, by Annie Rowden, was a fun knit and is a lovely pattern.  Every knitter needs…

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  • 50mm | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage

    Springtastic

    Bymichelle April 29, 2016August 5, 2022

    Guys, I just knit the most textured, cabledy socks I’ve ever seen.  They’re Stefanie Goodwin-Ritter‘s Springtastic Socks.  Ah, my need to make something “more” has been completely satisfied.  The lower cuff also…

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  • iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

    Sunset Shawl

    Bymichelle April 28, 2016August 5, 2022

    This pattern is called the Simple Spring Shawl, by Michelle Krause, but mine looks more Sunset than Spring. I have never used a variegated yarn for a shawl or scarf…

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  • 50mm | iphoneographs | knitting | photography

    Thing to Wear Cardigan and Process Vs Product

    Bymichelle April 21, 2016August 5, 2022

    This is my Thing to Wear Cardigan, by Allyson Dykhuizen, from Holla Knits Winter 2015.  You know, the one with the knitted Fair Isle Pants.  It’s kimono-inspired, graphic, and a…

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  • knitting | thinking out loud

    Spring Cleaning

    Bymichelle April 18, 2016August 5, 2022

    I’ve been quiet here for a few weeks to do some Spring cleaning.  It’s all part of that taking time to do things that are good for me, while balancing…

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  • craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

    His and Hers Slippers

    Bymichelle April 1, 2016August 5, 2022

    I finally knit my husband a pair of socks. Sort of.  They’re his and her matching Inniskór slippers from Chelsea Berkompas’ book The Wool Project. Now we’re matchy matchy twins-…

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  • iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography

    Two at Once, Toe-up, Magic Loop Stripes

    Bymichelle March 24, 2016August 5, 2022

    You’ve heard of the Love Dare?  Maybe the Respect Dare, too?  Well I’ve settled on doing the Sock Dare and I’m already seeing the difference in my relationship with sock…

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  • books | craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

    Book and Pattern Splurge

    Bymichelle March 24, 2016August 5, 2022

    Guys, this may seem like a thrown together post, but I just wanted to get something up after a week of silence.  The silence was due to weird pulled muscles…

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  • iphoneographs | knitting | photography

    A Little More on my Thing to Wear Cardigan.

    Bymichelle March 17, 2016August 5, 2022

    As you can see, I’ve been slowly working away at all of my KAL sweaters the last two weeks.  The Thing to Wear Cardigan is for the Holla Knits KAL…

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  • craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | shows | thinking out loud

    Cherry Pie Sweater

    Bymichelle March 15, 2016August 5, 2022

    Somehow I finished my Cherry Pie cardigan by the end of the Great Northern Knit-along.  If you didn’t know,  Great Northern Knits is a knitting book based on Twin Peaks….

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