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Summer Sweater, So Far…

Bymichelle July 11, 2012August 1, 2022

This is my Campus Jacket, a pattern by Amy Christoffers.  I’ve been wanting something toggled and tweedy for winter, and when I saw that Webs had just enough of one…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | photography

Umbre Lovre

Bymichelle July 4, 2012July 31, 2022

I love this little top.  It was what first made me want to subscribe to Holla Knits.  So simple in design and technique but with unique, hand knit details that make…

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50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography

Knitting Along

Bymichelle June 28, 2012July 27, 2022

Forgive me, this will be a scattered, grocery list sort of post with too many links.  Oh, well.  I can scratch another resolution off of the list- well, almost.  This…

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There Was Doubt

Bymichelle June 21, 2012July 31, 2022

There was doubt in my mind every time I walked past my table and saw this cardigan.  But blocking dispelled it and now I can get on with my summer projects…

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Big Needle Craving

Bymichelle June 20, 2012July 31, 2022

I cannot be the only knitter to crave big needles and bulky yarn after so many finely knit sweaters.   They were the tools I learned on and any time…

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50mm | animals | craft | knitting | new to me | thinking out loud

Possibilities

Bymichelle May 24, 2012July 31, 2022

I feel on the brink of something.   I realize I’m saying that and then following it with a bunch of pictures of yarn and my cat…again, which begs the…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | my home

Cheap DIY Memory Foam Platform Bed

Bymichelle April 17, 2012July 27, 2022

I received a comment on my DIY Memory Foam Bed  post recently asking for plans to our pine platform frame.  I didn’t go into much detail with that post because…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | family | knitting | linkage | photography

Pull Out the Bongos, Man

Bymichelle March 23, 2012July 31, 2022

… because I finished my Beatnik sweater and it is pretty cool, though I wasn’t at all the nonconformist the name suggests when knitting it.  Yep, I actually stuck with…

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cheap stuff | craft | knitting

Happy Sweater

Bymichelle March 6, 2012July 27, 2022

I wanted a happy Beatnik.  So far, so good.  This is an acrylic/ wool blend that I wasn’t sure about using but it was the only brightly colored yarn the…

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More Cowl

Bymichelle February 28, 2012July 27, 2022

I made a few Stripe Ed Cowls this month, trying different things with them.  I loved working with Louet Gems light- worsted wool on the one below.  It felt very…

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