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    Innisfil Tank

    Bymichelle January 13, 2016August 5, 2022

    This is the Innisfil Cropped Tank from the recently self-published Good Night, Day knitting book.  Remember how I’ve knit a bunch of these patterns?  Well, this was one I knit…

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    My Favorite Graynbow

    Bymichelle January 6, 2016August 5, 2022

    I did not expect so much feedback about socks!  You guys gave me so many good ideas and  resources.  I am more psyched than ever about this New Year’s goal….

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    Year of the Sock

    Bymichelle December 30, 2015August 5, 2022

    It’s a bit early to proclaim a 2016 “The Year of” anything.  But it’s time.  I feel confident knitting almost anything now.  Even when I make a jillion dumb mistakes,…

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    The Elder Tree Shawl

    Bymichelle December 23, 2015August 5, 2022

    This feels like a milestone.  I’m not sure why.  Maybe it’s because I’ve been wanting to knit this design, The Elder Tree Shawl, by Silvia Bo Bilvia (or it’s sister…

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    Good Night, Day

    Bymichelle December 17, 2015August 5, 2022

    I received my Good Night, Day book in the mail yesterday!  This is the book I’ve been diligently test knitting for this Fall.  As a result, I have tons of…

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    All in a Row

    Bymichelle December 14, 2015August 5, 2022

    What better way to put pretty leftovers to use than a Fair Isle hat?  This one is All in a Row by Laura Reinbach.  You may recognize the main color…

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    Quadri

    Bymichelle December 11, 2015August 5, 2022

    More hats and more hats.  This one is Quadri, by Michele Wang.  Michele also designed Stonecutter, the sweater pattern I’ve been dreaming about knitting since it was published.  Stonecutter was…

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    Prim

    Bymichelle December 7, 2015August 5, 2022

    Something pretty cool happened to me the other day.  I’d had a yuck week and was struggling to get motivated while feeling down one friday morning, when I saw this….

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    Blowing Snow Cardigan

    Bymichelle December 3, 2015August 5, 2022

    The Blowing Snow Cardigan is live.  I even had the weather in which to wear it Sunday.  I literally sat in church, before my group of teenagers got in the…

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    Karite in January Yarns

    Bymichelle December 1, 2015August 5, 2022

    Karite, by Svetlana Volkova, is a hat pattern from Wanderlust.   I used a merino worsted from January Yarns in the Olivia colorway and I think it works so well…

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