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Whatever I Feel Like I Wanna Do, Gosh!

Bymichelle January 28, 2017August 5, 2022

Napoleon said it best.  That’s going to be me this year, and not just when it comes to crafting. I found my Fade.  From top left, clockwise: Madelinetosh- Reindeer, Knit…

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Everything I know about knitting socks can fit in this box.

Bymichelle January 6, 2017August 23, 2022

The Year of the Sock came and went.  I’m finally ready to post photos of something besides socks.  That’s a good thing because I think all of my non-knitting friends…

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Speckled Space Socks

Bymichelle December 24, 2016August 5, 2022

I finished this pair of Speckled Space Socks that make me think of Viper Pilots’ Wings about a week ago, then immediately cast on for pairs 11 and 12.  On a deadline…

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OD’ed on Sock Knitting So Let’s Think of Something Else

Bymichelle December 5, 2016August 5, 2022

My husband asks what on Earth a pair of socks has to do with space.  I try to explain I’m losing enthusiasm for my sock challenge and I’ll take any…

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Afterthoughts and Stranger Things

Bymichelle August 22, 2016August 5, 2022

First up, let me show you my progress on The Continental’s Confetti and Champagna socks (Susan B. Anderson’s Smooth Operator Socks): You can see the white waste yarn where my…

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We Are Knitters’ Siren Song

Bymichelle July 28, 2016August 5, 2022

Have you been able to resist the siren song of We Are Knitters?  I did, for a while, thinking their kits  appealed more to beginners.  They come neatly packaged- with…

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Canyon

Bymichelle July 21, 2016August 5, 2022

I started Canyon , by Mel Ski, earlier this summer on a day trip to Galveston Island with my daughter and her husband.  It sounds so idyllic… being on the isle……

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Things I’m Learning About My Sock Knitting

Bymichelle June 17, 2016August 5, 2022

I’m a little behind on my Year of the Sock goal.  This test knit for Vanessa of the Kill to Craft Podcast, is only my fourth pair.  I guess I…

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Zelda

Bymichelle May 26, 2016August 5, 2022

Glorious, isn’t it?  This shawl design was so interesting to me that I signed on to test it, even though I had told myself no more testing and such until…

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His and Hers Slippers

Bymichelle April 1, 2016August 5, 2022

I finally knit my husband a pair of socks. Sort of.  They’re his and her matching Inniskór slippers from Chelsea Berkompas’ book The Wool Project. Now we’re matchy matchy twins-…

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