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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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50mm | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | thinking out loud

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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camping | craft | crochet | family | iphoneographs | knitting | music | photography | running | thinking out loud

Yarn Love Challenge: Intros and Such

Bymichelle February 23, 2017August 6, 2022

The Yarn Love Challenge on Instagram started this month, with intros.  I joined a few days late and threw a selfie up on instagram as Day 1 but didn’t really…

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craft | crochet | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

I Think I’m a Crocheter

Bymichelle February 14, 2017August 6, 2022

There was that baby Superman cape and there was that really cool Holla Knits scarf, where I did feel like I had a rhythm going by the time it was…

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family | iphoneographs | kal | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Grandmommy’s Hudson

Bymichelle February 11, 2017August 5, 2022

Feyre isn’t the only shawl from Very Shannon that I’ve been working on recently.  I also ordered a crap-ton of Cascade Eco from Craftsy, when I ordered the marled Patons,…

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50mm | craft | family | knitting | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Find Your Fade

Bymichelle February 9, 2017August 5, 2022

I wasn’t always comfortable with trusting my instincts, and I don’t just mean when knitting a piece of clothing.  Sometime, within the last several years, I have shrugged off the…

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