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One Thing at a Time

Bymichelle February 19, 2015August 4, 2022

Usually seeing a project progress gives me a lift.  Something tangible is getting accomplished!  But this year I’ve found I’m getting bogged down in projects.  I haven’t shifted my expectations…

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50mm | craft | knitting | photography

Woolly Mammoth

Bymichelle January 14, 2015August 4, 2022

I’m officially ready for anything this winter.  How I longed for Woolly Mammoth, by Allison Jane, during the freezing soccer tournament last weekend.   It was then that I decided…

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Worst. Knitting. Photos. Ever. 2014

Bymichelle January 5, 2015August 3, 2022

There’s this file on my computer named: Worst. Photos. Ever Knitting photos make up the bulk of them.  You know how lots of knitters are doing the best and worst…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.

Bymichelle December 27, 2014August 3, 2022

Oops.  I hope you all had a great Christmas.  I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas.  As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | knitting | thinking out loud

One Step Closer to the Apocalypse

Bymichelle November 24, 2014August 3, 2022

I have a new survival skill to add to my “In case of Apocalypse” repertoire.  I have memorized an easy, fast hat that can be made with only half a…

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Antipodes Shawl and a Giveaway

Bymichelle November 4, 2014August 3, 2022

I’m a shawl knitting noob.  I love the way they look, but was intimidated by the fine lace.  I just always seemed to have a sweater on the needles.  You…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | crochet | knitting | linkage | new to me

County Fair Scarf

Bymichelle August 15, 2014August 3, 2022

I did it!  With minimal crochet skills a few days hiatus from sweater knitalongs, I completed my County Fair Scarf by Claire Denny.  Why did I put off making this…

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Super Baby, Revisited

Bymichelle June 25, 2014August 3, 2022

I just wanted to post this photo, which is much more appropriate than the last one,  of the cape I crocheted for my sister in law, only this time there’s…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | iphoneographs | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography

DIY Pet Clocks

Bymichelle June 12, 2014August 3, 2022

Here’s an ancient draft I thought I’d finally publish:  DIY pet clocks.  I made these as Christmas gifts for several members of my family.  They went over very well.  My…

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Super Crocheter

Bymichelle May 12, 2014August 3, 2022

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a dog in a crocheted baby cape!  It may be tacky, but I had to do it before I sent the cape away.  Don’t worry…

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