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Gilmore Girls Knit-a-Long

Bymichelle March 12, 2015August 4, 2022

I put it off as long as I could.  I mean I watched all of my old favorites, like Firefly, Lost, anything with David Tennant, and The Closer, multiple times….

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50mm | family | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

The return of mauve and other things my mother would’ve loved

Bymichelle February 16, 2015August 4, 2022

I was so much more content to wear my brother’s old blue jeans than dresses straight off the set of Little House on the Prairie.  My mother won on Sundays,…

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Dragonflies Jumper

Bymichelle February 9, 2015August 4, 2022

I wanted to finish this pullover, by Joji Locatelli, before sitting in on one of her classes.  Kind of like reading an author’s book before hearing them speak.  It just…

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50mm | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography

Renfrew

Bymichelle January 26, 2015August 4, 2022

Just two more knits and I’ll have knit the entire Island book.  When I do, I’ll celebrate by wearing all of it: sweater hat, mitts, scarf, and cowl all on…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

My First Event

Bymichelle January 20, 2015August 4, 2022

This is going to be a very fiber geek kind of post.  There will be terms like “Fiber Event” and “Knit Night” sprinkled throughout, and I will write with a…

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50mm | craft | knitting | photography

Woolly Mammoth

Bymichelle January 14, 2015August 4, 2022

I’m officially ready for anything this winter.  How I longed for Woolly Mammoth, by Allison Jane, during the freezing soccer tournament last weekend.   It was then that I decided…

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50mm | craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Worst. Knitting. Photos. Ever. 2014

Bymichelle January 5, 2015August 3, 2022

There’s this file on my computer named: Worst. Photos. Ever Knitting photos make up the bulk of them.  You know how lots of knitters are doing the best and worst…

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Knitting an Aviator Hat

Bymichelle December 30, 2014August 3, 2022

Because everyone needs a handmade aviator’s hat.  This is knit in Knit Picks Swish dk and Biggo that I won in a Holla Knits giveaway.  You can see the earflaps…

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50mm | cheap stuff | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Aidez

Bymichelle December 28, 2014August 3, 2022

Here it is: Aidez by Cirilia Rose.  This is a really big moment in my knitting this year.  I’ve done complicated cables before, but never this complicated while so much…

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50mm | knitting | shows | thinking out loud

Foliage Cowl

Bymichelle December 26, 2014August 3, 2022

Here’s a quick peek at the Foliage Cowl I knit my mother in law before it gets wrapped.  This is one of those knits that is just so fun to…

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