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50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

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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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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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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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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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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50mm | knitting | my home | photography

Cedar Glen Mitts

Bymichelle March 28, 2015August 4, 2022

I told you I wasn’t finished with purple.  These are Cedar Glen Mitts, by Katie Canavan.  They are so lovely and spring-like that I thought I’d do some planting in…

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Laylow! Emily and Richard are on the Warpath

Bymichelle March 26, 2015August 4, 2022

Do you know how long I have waited to make Shannon Cook‘s Laylow shawl?  I think I ordered yarn for it before my pattern booklet came in.  Then I just took…

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50mm | garden | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography

Cafe au Lait

Bymichelle March 24, 2015August 4, 2022

Guys!  I knit a super long lace and cable cardigan out of fingering weight yarn.  If you don’t know knit speak, let me translate this for you:  I rule. That…

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