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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | knitting

Best Sweater Pattern Ever

Bymichelle February 26, 2018August 6, 2022

I did not write this post title lightly.  I say this knowing that, according to Ravelry, I have knit 68 sweaters, many of which I loved.  I say that knowing…

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

With Ease

Bymichelle February 3, 2018August 6, 2022

With Ease is my first project from Sylvia McFadden‘s Gentle Armour.  This shawl was exactly what I thought it would be.  It was interesting, but not so hard I couldn’t…

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50mm | craft | family | kal | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Bymichelle January 30, 2018August 6, 2022

What am I going to say about the Twas the Night Before Christmas socks that you haven’t already read or heard a thousand times?  It’s everything you’ve heard- cute, interesting…

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50mm | craft | knitting | phoneography

Christmas on My Feet

Bymichelle January 27, 2018August 6, 2022

I have a few Christmas yarns in my stash, but all of them were debatably Christmasy.  You know, they were great colorways- some with vintage pastel speckles, one with movie…

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50mm | knitting | phoneography | photography

Marley and How I Conquered Brioche

Bymichelle January 15, 2018August 6, 2022

I finished it, a giant shawl of just brioche stitch!  I feel like I could run a marathon, or try a back flip.  I will probably just waller a hole…

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50mm | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud

We Were Seeds

Bymichelle November 28, 2017August 6, 2022

This one was an engaging knit, guys.  We Were Seeds follows seeds, that is seed stitch, through germination- there’s lots of sprouting and climbing involved.   I’ve never knit a…

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50mm | kal | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography

Cumberland

Bymichelle October 31, 2017August 6, 2022

…And just before the deadline for the Brooklyn Knitfolk Hipster KAL, I finished my Cumberland.  I love it.  The end. You wish I was that brief.  No, I have to…

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50mm | iphoneographs | kal | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

Heritage

Bymichelle October 24, 2017August 6, 2022

Heritage, designed by Alina Schneider, is complete!  Stitches were ripped and compromises made, but I did it and the fit is perfect.  Like the other designs I have knitted from…

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

Saguaro Blossom Hat

Bymichelle September 30, 2017August 6, 2022

The last hat I indulged in during the Any Hat KAL is the Saguaro Blossom Hat by Anne Podlesak.  I found this pattern in her Free Spirit Knits book, during an…

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

When your pom pom has a life of it’s own, you know it’s the correct size.

Bymichelle September 29, 2017August 6, 2022

Now, my regular blogging can begin.  Now, that all of the hurricane clean-up/ moving my daughter is finished.  Now that I have completed my first week as a BSF CL…

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