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  • Image of me walking the town square in both my Seafarer's Cap and Graduate Scarf knitting projects.
    knitting

    Graduate Scarf and a Scrappy Seafarer’s Cap

    Bymichelle March 21, 2022July 27, 2023

    My experience knitting Two of Wands Graduate Scarf and using the leftovers (always stash busting) to make a scrappy Seafarer’s Cap.

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  • Image of me wearing my 90's tennis inspired boucle sweater that should've been a vest.
    crochet | knitting

    Episode 54: My Pets Run the Show

    Bymichelle March 17, 2022July 27, 2023

    All the deets about our Recycle Reknit Remake Make-along and my 90’s inspired boucle vest that became a sweater.

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  • Image of a stack of knits to recycle and yarn that has already been recycled from store bought accessories.
    knitting

    Episode 53: Recycle Reknit Remake

    Bymichelle March 5, 2022July 27, 2023

    All the details on our Recycle Reknit Remake project full of recycled knit projects and a look at our DIY bookshelf.

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  • Image of my Fisherman's Muse sweater up close as thumbnail for Episode 52.
    knitting

    Episode 52: Sneaky Extra

    Bymichelle February 24, 2022July 27, 2023

    Show notes and links for Episode 52: Sneaky Extra: all aobout Fisherman’s Muse and other Aílbíona McLochlainn patterns plus Nutiden yarn, assigned pooling, and recycled yarn plans.

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  • Episode 51: Hopeful
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    Episode 51: Hopeful

    Bymichelle February 21, 2022July 27, 2023

    Episode 51: Hopeful is about my Hope Sweater, A Hint of Summer, knitting the Graduate Scarf and responding to some comments in Episode 49 that are now over a year…

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  • Episode 50: So Much Hue and Me
    knitting

    Episode 50: So Much Hue and Me

    Bymichelle February 16, 2022July 27, 2023

    Wondering if you’d enjoy hand knits made from Lion Brand yarn? Watch me try on a couple of year’s worth of Two of Wands knitting and crochet patterns, all worked in Lion Brand yarns and hear my review of the experience. There’s also some life talk because I took a little break.

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  • Mixtape Tee
    knitting

    Mixtape Tee

    Bymichelle September 11, 2020July 27, 2023

    Indule in some 80s and 90s cassette tape nostalgia with me as I discuss the Mixtape Tee sweater and how I used scraps to memorialize one of my favorite mixtapes via an intarsia sweater.

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  • Image of the textural arrow details of my Wyeth Pullover by Alicia Plummer
    crochet | knitting

    Episode 49: What would normal people do?

    Bymichelle July 20, 2020July 27, 2023

    Details on Episode 49: What Would Normal People Do? and the #LoveYourNeighborMAL along with thoughts on imposter syndrome, current WIPs, and sustainable making links.

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  • Grotine
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    Grotine

    Bymichelle July 16, 2020July 27, 2023

    A closer look at my Groton shawl / scarf knit in old stash Madelinetosh Tosh Dk and the True North Aid organization’s work to benefit First Nations communities in Canada.

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  • Sunset Ringer Tee
    knitting

    Sunset Ringer Tee

    Bymichelle July 14, 2020June 10, 2023

    My first cotton intarsia tee, the Sunset Ringer Tee by Alexandra Tavel is finished and I share both the details, 80s surf inspo, and how I handled blocking this summer knit.

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