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Episode 11: Moving More

Bymichelle June 1, 2018July 27, 2023

In Episode 11 I show progress on my Zara Tee and plan for summer knitting and the Junko June and July Knitalong. I share how you guys are unplugging and enjoying the slow life.

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

A Long Journey, Literally

Bymichelle September 12, 2017August 6, 2022

Something…something got finished for the Summer Sweater Knit-Along through all of this vacation, then hurricane, craziness.  I didn’t think it would happen when I had to frog my Heritage, but…

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craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | travel

Gingerbread Sweater aka Like Wearing Kittens, if That Were a Good Thing

Bymichelle August 25, 2017August 6, 2022

I had high hopes of taking interesting photos of this sweater while on hiking vacation in The Grand Tetons.  But just because I am surrounded by landscape that’s beautiful, it…

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craft | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

BRK and BRP, Pwned

Bymichelle July 15, 2017August 6, 2022

Brioche got served today.  It’s been taunting me for 12 years, lurking in the back corners of my brain since I was a new knitter and tried to knit this…

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50mm | craft | crochet | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | thinking out loud

Baby Granny Stripe Blanket

Bymichelle March 29, 2017August 6, 2022

I guess I can post this blanket now that it’s been gifted and the recipient has been born.  It made me so happy to think of the loving home she…

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craft | crochet | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

So Much Seed Stitch, Then a Rant

Bymichelle March 8, 2017August 6, 2022

How have I been knitting for 15+ years and still not yet knit a Wool and the Gang pattern?  Weird, huh? So the Julia Sweater is my first one.  It’s also been in my…

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craft | knitting | phoneography | photography

Knitting Throwback

Bymichelle February 28, 2017August 6, 2022

The daily prompts in the Yarn Love Challenge have taken me back through my knitting history-  from those days when I knew no crafters but said I wanted to learn…

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camping | craft | crochet | family | iphoneographs | knitting | music | photography | running | thinking out loud

Yarn Love Challenge: Intros and Such

Bymichelle February 23, 2017August 6, 2022

The Yarn Love Challenge on Instagram started this month, with intros.  I joined a few days late and threw a selfie up on instagram as Day 1 but didn’t really…

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craft | crochet | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

I Think I’m a Crocheter

Bymichelle February 14, 2017August 6, 2022

There was that baby Superman cape and there was that really cool Holla Knits scarf, where I did feel like I had a rhythm going by the time it was…

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

Find Your Fade

Bymichelle February 9, 2017August 5, 2022

I wasn’t always comfortable with trusting my instincts, and I don’t just mean when knitting a piece of clothing.  Sometime, within the last several years, I have shrugged off the…

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