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Stratford Halter Top

Bymichelle October 12, 2015August 4, 2022

If you can’t tell, I’ve been putting off taking proper photos of finished knits.  I have a sweater, four hats, a shawl, and a cowl finished and just waiting for…

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Leeds Halter Top

Bymichelle October 6, 2015August 4, 2022

I know.  I’ve got too many projects on the needles.  I know it, and yet here I am with another finished knit I really hadn’t planned to knit just now….

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Midwestern Knit-alongs

Bymichelle October 1, 2015August 4, 2022

Ugh!  I’m sorry I’m so slow to respond to comments and messages.  I’m slowly getting into a new rhythm  around here.  My son is firmly entrenched in his sophomore year,…

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books | knitting | linkage | photography | shows | stuff | thinking out loud

Great Northern Blog Tour

Bymichelle September 29, 2015August 4, 2022

Last week, I mentioned the Great Northern kickstarter and instagram challenge.  Could you tell I was excited about this collection?   I’m so driven by nostalgia.  Today, I want to…

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iphoneographs | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

It’ll Make You Feel Good

Bymichelle September 29, 2015August 4, 2022

Remember those drug awareness ads that used to be on tv in the eighties?  There would be some impressionable kid trying to walk to school or something while being assailed by…

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Audrey-Inspired and Cowichan-esque

Bymichelle September 25, 2015August 4, 2022

As if it’s not enough that there will be a new X-Files series starring Duchovny and Anderson, that Longmire returned via Netflix, and that some of the cast of Firefly…

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Bright Flecks

Bymichelle September 24, 2015August 4, 2022

Here’s some progress on my Blowing Snow Cardigan for the MidwesternKnits KAL.  I really liked the yarn used in the sample, but my budget didn’t allow for it at the…

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A Quick Project and Netflix Rant

Bymichelle September 15, 2015August 4, 2022

My Bradway has been keeping me company in the evenings as I make my way through season 4 of Longmire.  I’ve been so pleased, with both the shawl and the…

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

Lund or Linden? Sweater

Bymichelle September 10, 2015August 4, 2022

I already posted about the inspiration for this sweater hack, so this post will be a little more knitgeek and get into the details, all of which are nothing clever….

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Bowdoin Hat

Bymichelle September 9, 2015August 4, 2022

Bowdoin, by Laura McDougal, was my other Holla Knits Summer Knit-along project.  I can’t believe I finished two.  I think this is the best weight of hat for where I…

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