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  • 50mm | animals | craft | knitting | photography

    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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