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Bymichelle July 3, 2015August 4, 2022

One of my best friends went home last Saturday.  I’m so happy for him. He was a master story-teller… and a cut-up. He was heroic all of his life, not…

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On a Shawl Kick

Bymichelle June 25, 2015August 4, 2022

You know how I’ve been itching to use some of the hand dyed single skeins I’ve collected over the last year, but find that I’m always in the middle of…

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Easy Beach Knitting

Bymichelle June 23, 2015August 4, 2022

My Morning Mist is now at the easy stage I call beach knitting.  I have tried it on several times and it really, truly, seems to fit, so I’m going…

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Omemee Cable Toque

Bymichelle June 15, 2015August 4, 2022

I had some bulkier yarn for this hat, but I really wanted to see this Tosh Vintage in Mockingjay worked in that exact cable stitch.  So, I tweaked the Omemee…

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Waxing Nostalgic Over a Lace Panel

Bymichelle June 12, 2015August 4, 2022

I love knitting with friends.  For me, that means online knitalongs.  It keeps a solitary hobby from being too solitary and allows for the best part of group knitting- the…

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Shannon

Bymichelle June 8, 2015August 4, 2022

Shannon, by Valentina Strokina,  is my second knit for the Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  Knit in Cotlin, it’s light and comfortable, or at least as comfortable as clothing can…

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A Recovered Introvert

Bymichelle June 1, 2015August 4, 2022

Sometime in my early twenties I realized I was an introvert.  The fact that many of my social outings up to that point had felt a burdensome thing that I…

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Julep Jacket

Bymichelle May 25, 2015August 4, 2022

So happy to have finished my Julep Jacket!  I mentioned I was taking part in the Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  Well, this is my finished top.  I don’t know if…

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A Tank

Bymichelle May 23, 2015August 4, 2022

While my Julep Jacket was blocking (And it blocked out so well!), I started Valentina’s Shannon tank top.  I’m getting better about knitting more tightly, even in English style, but…

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Tops Tanks And Tees Time

Bymichelle May 18, 2015August 4, 2022

It’s that time of Spring where knitters in, and around, the Very Shannon boards on Ravelry get together to knit some warm weather knits in the Tops, Tanks, and Tees…

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