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Good Memories

Bymichelle May 12, 2015August 4, 2022

You know all those sock scrap memory blankets you see all over knitting sites?  You know how they take forever, but still considerably less time than a Beekeeper’s Quilt?  Well,…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography

A Southern Lady’s Sweater

Bymichelle May 8, 2015August 4, 2022

When I talk about this cardigan I always want to put on an affectation of a southern lady’s voice.  I am a southern lady, so this is very affected.  It…

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50mm | garden | knitting | thinking out loud

Twenty Ten

Bymichelle May 6, 2015August 4, 2022

Twenty Ten kind of slipped under the blogging radar.  You may remember I began it on the way to Madtosh Fort Worth to see Veera Välimäki and Joji Locatelli.  That…

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iphoneographs | music | places | thinking out loud

Wilco is 20, We’re 21

Bymichelle May 5, 2015August 4, 2022

Our marriage is 21, that is.  We celebrated it quietly by almost forgetting and remodeling our tiny kitchen.  It will now be a nicer looking, tiny kitchen.   But a…

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50mm | craft | knitting | my home | new to me

New Girl

Bymichelle May 1, 2015August 4, 2022

I finished New Girl by Allyson Dykhuizen and I love it.   Sadly, it’s too warm here for a wool skirt, but I am seriously considering knitting another in a…

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50mm | books | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud

Thoughts on Little Red

Bymichelle April 24, 2015August 4, 2022

You’re looking at some of my swatches that I’ve been gathering for a swatch blanket inspired by Ysolda‘s crazy swatch jumble in the pages of Little Red in the City….

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garden | iphoneographs | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Color Change

Bymichelle April 15, 2015August 4, 2022

Don’t you love that point when a color changes?  It could be from winter brown to spring green, from green to blooming, or from the stem to the end of…

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animals | iphoneographs | knitting | new to me | phoneography | photography

Knitting a Skirt

Bymichelle April 10, 2015August 4, 2022

This is a knitting first for me.  I’ve never knitted a skirt before, though I’ve wanted to make this since it first came out in the HK Fall/ Winter collection….

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

The Rory Needs a Break Scarf

Bymichelle April 7, 2015August 4, 2022

This modified Unicorn Stripes (by Antonia Shankland) scarf was a form of therapy.  Who cares that it’s super long and repetitive?  It uses lots of stash yarns, some of which…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | shows

Stashbusting Scarf

Bymichelle March 31, 2015August 4, 2022

My instagram has been all about this scarf lately.  Though the pattern was written with Madelinetosh Unicorn Tails in mind, I found that I could use several of the tails…

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