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Author: michelle

Hi, I'm Michelle and this is my so-called handmade life.
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Summer Sweater, So Far…

Bymichelle July 11, 2012August 1, 2022

This is my Campus Jacket, a pattern by Amy Christoffers.  I’ve been wanting something toggled and tweedy for winter, and when I saw that Webs had just enough of one…

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50mm | linkage | music | photography | stuff | thinking out loud

Summer Music

Bymichelle July 6, 2012August 1, 2022

I wasn’t in too big a rush when buying The Idler Wheel… album. I learned from my mistake of buying the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros‘ album Here as a download.  I was in…

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knitting | linkage

Pembroke Tank

Bymichelle July 5, 2012July 31, 2022

This is how I envisioned this tank looking when I knit it the first time– with thick and thin yarn in hand painted colors.  Basically as much like the sample…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | photography

Umbre Lovre

Bymichelle July 4, 2012July 31, 2022

I love this little top.  It was what first made me want to subscribe to Holla Knits.  So simple in design and technique but with unique, hand knit details that make…

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camping | iphoneographs | phoneography | photography | travel

Tennessee via instagram

Bymichelle July 3, 2012July 27, 2022

 raftmaking  Our streamside campsite.  Clingmans Dome observation deck  Somewhere between Tennessee and North Carolina.  Morning at Cades Cove above and below  Gatlinburg skylift  Pigeon River White Water  Guess Thunderhead, faster…

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50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography

Knitting Along

Bymichelle June 28, 2012July 27, 2022

Forgive me, this will be a scattered, grocery list sort of post with too many links.  Oh, well.  I can scratch another resolution off of the list- well, almost.  This…

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50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | photography

There Was Doubt

Bymichelle June 21, 2012July 31, 2022

There was doubt in my mind every time I walked past my table and saw this cardigan.  But blocking dispelled it and now I can get on with my summer projects…

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50mm | books | craft | knitting | linkage | photography

Big Needle Craving

Bymichelle June 20, 2012July 31, 2022

I cannot be the only knitter to crave big needles and bulky yarn after so many finely knit sweaters.   They were the tools I learned on and any time…

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camping | knitting | phoneography | running | stuff | travel

Misc. Vacation Photos and the Terribly Deep Thoughts They Inspire

Bymichelle June 14, 2012July 31, 2022

I have lots of vacation photos to sift through and edit but I’m pleased to say not nearly as many as in years past. I really did mean it when…

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50mm | garden | homemaking | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Quiet Summer

Bymichelle May 31, 2012July 27, 2022

It’s summer color … but gently. my Flickr and instagram feed

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