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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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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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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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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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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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