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Month: August 2017

kal | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography

When knitting is your comfort, and I interviewed Alina Schneider

Bymichelle August 28, 2017August 6, 2022

Since we are hunkered down at home, awaiting more rains from Hurricane Harvey, I have gotten quite a bit of knitting done.  (We are fine.  We may get a bit…

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craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | travel

Gingerbread Sweater aka Like Wearing Kittens, if That Were a Good Thing

Bymichelle August 25, 2017August 6, 2022

I had high hopes of taking interesting photos of this sweater while on hiking vacation in The Grand Tetons.  But just because I am surrounded by landscape that’s beautiful, it…

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

Gathered Around Me

Bymichelle August 17, 2017August 6, 2022

I’m still working on my Marley shawl, but my Gather, another Andrea Mowry design, is now complete.  It isn’t easy to stand outside in a wool/ linen shawl right now.  It’s not…

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The Orri Shawl

Bymichelle August 11, 2017August 6, 2022

I am fresh from family vacation, where I had no connection with the outside world for about 2 weeks.   It wasn’t the kind of vacation that’s all about relaxing….

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Hipster KAL

Bymichelle August 2, 2017August 6, 2022

I knew I would be taking part in the Summer Sweater KAL, that’s a given.  But when I heard Brooklyn Knitfolk’s Jaclyn talk about how over “fade” projects she is and…

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