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Year: 2017

iphoneographs | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Lace and Variegated

Bymichelle May 11, 2017August 6, 2022

I have several one or two skein sets of variegated yarn that I’m not quite sure how to use.  I know I can always do socks, but I am pretty…

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family | iphoneographs | knitting | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

Hello, Nature

Bymichelle May 9, 2017August 6, 2022

This is my written ode to the trees that keep me sane.  How I have missed you!  Come to mama. I need to be out of doors.  Truly.  It was…

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iphoneographs | kal | knitting | mal | photography | thinking out loud

Knot Tyer and Proud of It

Bymichelle May 4, 2017August 6, 2022

Is it tier or tyer?  Whatever.  I wanted to post my progress on my Waterrock vest and Kinton tee, both by Jennifer Kelley of Appalachian Knits, but you’ll have to…

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iphoneographs | kal | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Triple Dip

Bymichelle April 12, 2017August 6, 2022

The Tops Tanks and Tees Knit-along surprised me this year.  I already had a summer-weight sweater going so I’m jumping in with a WIP this year.  I don’t usually do…

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animals | iphoneographs | knitting | thinking out loud

Two Knits

Bymichelle March 31, 2017August 6, 2022

First, I should probably apologize for this post because I’m writing it while listening to a playlist of random favorites.  At the moment, Neil Diamond’s Holly Holy is playing.  It’s distracting. This…

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50mm | craft | crochet | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | thinking out loud

Baby Granny Stripe Blanket

Bymichelle March 29, 2017August 6, 2022

I guess I can post this blanket now that it’s been gifted and the recipient has been born.  It made me so happy to think of the loving home she…

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

Feyre

Bymichelle March 22, 2017August 6, 2022

I could knit Feyre again.  And again.  It was that satisfying.  I was imitating the sample, knit in Brooklyn Tweed’s Newsprint.  I think the Patons Classic Aran and Dark Grey Marl…

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Julia Sweater

Bymichelle March 21, 2017August 6, 2022

I don’t know what happened.  I slipped this big sweater over my head and next thing I knew it was like the last 26 years were a dream.  What?  I’m…

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craft | crochet | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

So Much Seed Stitch, Then a Rant

Bymichelle March 8, 2017August 6, 2022

How have I been knitting for 15+ years and still not yet knit a Wool and the Gang pattern?  Weird, huh? So the Julia Sweater is my first one.  It’s also been in my…

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craft | knitting | phoneography | photography

Knitting Throwback

Bymichelle February 28, 2017August 6, 2022

The daily prompts in the Yarn Love Challenge have taken me back through my knitting history-  from those days when I knew no crafters but said I wanted to learn…

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