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Year: 2017

  • Image of my cat climbing the Christmas tree and making it sway with her girth.
    knitting

    So, I want to do a podcast…

    Bymichelle December 9, 2017July 27, 2023

    This is where I debate making a pod cast and share some of my vlogmas videos. Consider the blogging vs podcasting dilemma with me.

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  • knitting

    We Were Seeds

    Bymichelle November 28, 2017July 27, 2023

    This one was an engaging knit, guys.  We Were Seeds follows seeds, that is seed stitch, through germination- there’s lots of sprouting and climbing involved.   I’ve never knit a…

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  • family | homemaking

    This Guy

    Bymichelle November 17, 2017July 27, 2023

    I’m just going to get right to the point.  I am about to be an empty nester.  Remember that awful sit-com in the eighties- Empty Nest?  Well, my son is…

    Read More This GuyContinue

  • knitting

    Cumberland

    Bymichelle October 31, 2017July 27, 2023

    …And just before the deadline for the Brooklyn Knitfolk Hipster KAL, I finished my Cumberland.  I love it.  The end. You wish I was that brief.  No, I have to…

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  • Image of the I-Cord neckline detail of my Heritage sweater.
    knitting

    Heritage

    Bymichelle October 24, 2017July 27, 2023

    Heritage, designed by Alina Schneider, is complete!  Stitches were ripped and compromises made, but I did it and the fit is perfect.  Like the other designs I have knitted from…

    Read More HeritageContinue

  • Image of my big galoot dog trying to fit sideways in our rocking chair.
    family | homemaking

    Redeemed

    Bymichelle October 19, 2017July 27, 2023

    This all started about a year ago.  Things were calming down in my life after a long spell of crisis.   My daily schedule was starting to look like a…

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  • Image of two precious skeins of Gynx Yarns I am about to use to create the Cumberland Shawl.
    knitting

    Giant Sigh of Relief Project

    Bymichelle October 17, 2017July 27, 2023

    Cumberland is my palate cleanser between sweater projects for the Brooklyn Knitfolk Hipster KAL.  I realize I won’t finish both Heritage (below) and Feya before it ends, but the point…

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  • knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

    Blog Plans vs Planned Obsolescence

    Bymichelle October 6, 2017August 6, 2022

    It doesn’t matter how we stagger our device purchases, they all seem to become outmoded for our needs at the exact same time, every one developing issues that can’t be…

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

    Saguaro Blossom Hat

    Bymichelle September 30, 2017August 6, 2022

    The last hat I indulged in during the Any Hat KAL is the Saguaro Blossom Hat by Anne Podlesak.  I found this pattern in her Free Spirit Knits book, during an…

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

    When your pom pom has a life of it’s own, you know it’s the correct size.

    Bymichelle September 29, 2017August 6, 2022

    Now, my regular blogging can begin.  Now, that all of the hurricane clean-up/ moving my daughter is finished.  Now that I have completed my first week as a BSF CL…

    Read More When your pom pom has a life of it’s own, you know it’s the correct size.Continue

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