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Why Do Sewing Needles Scare Me?

Bymichelle November 21, 2012August 1, 2022

Maybe it’s the cut-offs I tried to hem in high school; they ended up shorter in front than in back.  Or it may be the lining I sewed into this…

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50mm | craft | knitting | photography

My Holla Back Tank

Bymichelle October 14, 2012August 1, 2022

I finished.  The Holla Back Tank is a design from Emma Welford that actually had me knitting lace. I don’t see myself as a lace sort of girl.  There are…

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

Hehehe

Bymichelle September 21, 2012August 1, 2022

It could be the sound of an evil, mastermind, rubbing his hands together in anticipation of a patiently prepared plan being, finally, executed. Or it could be the sound of…

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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 | books | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | shows | thinking out loud

Free Floating

Bymichelle August 20, 2012August 1, 2022

This is a pattern swatch for another knit along I’m starting today, lots of linkage, and other free floating thoughts. Feel free to ignore this post, altogether. I’ve decided to…

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craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | thinking out loud

I Hear Chariots of Fire

Bymichelle July 31, 2012August 1, 2022

Actually, I just hear the first few lines of Chariots of Fire… over … and … over again. I’m still on the toe of these toe-up, two at a time,…

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craft | knitting | new to me

I’m Not the One Preparing for Campus…

Bymichelle July 27, 2012August 1, 2022

… that would be my daughter… but I’ll wear the jacket just the same. This is Campus Jacket from Amy Christoffers, who has some of the most wearable looking sweater patterns…

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cheap stuff | craft | knitting | new to me | phoneography

Toggle Fail

Bymichelle July 27, 2012August 1, 2022

I tried to make toggles with leather loops for my Campus Jacket.  Amy Christoffers‘ were really cute, but it just didn’t work for me.  (See, Amy Christoffers’ photo tutorial on toggle…

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