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A Little Progress

Bymichelle September 7, 2012August 1, 2022

I’m fighting the urge to re-knit this knit along tank a size larger.  I know stockinette curls under and that I’ll be adding edging and a band to the bottom,…

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50mm | animals | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of this Tank

Bymichelle August 31, 2012August 1, 2022

  This week’s work was more stockinette for the front, all the way up to the neck shaping.  It knitted up much faster than the previous week, leaving me time…

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50mm | animals | craft | knitting | photography

Holla Knits Knit Along

Bymichelle August 25, 2012August 1, 2022

This is my progress so far on the Holla Knits Knit Along, which I am fighting the urge to make into a “Knit Ahead.” Though I like to work on…

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50mm | animals | craft | knitting | new to me | thinking out loud

Possibilities

Bymichelle May 24, 2012July 31, 2022

I feel on the brink of something.   I realize I’m saying that and then following it with a bunch of pictures of yarn and my cat…again, which begs the…

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animals | cheap stuff | knitting | my home | ttv photo

Like an Old Friend

Bymichelle March 30, 2012July 27, 2022

I loved the bright color of my first Beatnik, but this one is a more familiar color.  Like a sweater my husband used to have, the color of Fall leaves,…

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50mm | animals | music | my home | thinking out loud

Not Completely

Bymichelle March 21, 2012July 27, 2022

I haven’t completely disappeared from the face of the Earth.   Though I’ve let some things go for a time, like piano practice, this blog, taking photos, learning Spanish, etc…

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animals | photography

How You ‘Spect to Get Your Day’s Work Done

Bymichelle December 15, 2011July 27, 2022

Lazy Bones by Leon Redbone on Grooveshark  day 343   day 333   I’m looking forward to a little of this after Christmas.

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animals | my home | photography

Just another Dragon

Bymichelle December 6, 2011July 27, 2022

My son likes to draw and read, so we have lots of these and these around the house.  But aside from all the renderings and toys, I swear our cat looks…

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animals | family | my home | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

My Thoughts While Burrowing

Bymichelle December 6, 2011July 27, 2022

Lately I’ve been a real homebody.  I’m not alone.  My old guy, here, only wants to go out in the cold when he has to.  This means we will be…

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animals | phoneography | photography

Humor Me

Bymichelle October 12, 2011July 27, 2022

Some more animal lover dailies here.  Humor me.  day 248 day 269 day 245

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