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Episode 5: The Slow Life

Bymichelle March 2, 2018July 27, 2023

Episode 5: The Slow Life is about just that plus I show my The Edge sweater by Alina Scnieder. I talk about Alina’s designs, look through KnitScene Spring 2018 together and Stillness of Trees.

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family | iphoneographs | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Perfect Day

Bymichelle July 28, 2017August 6, 2022

Here’s what my perfect day in Galveston looks like.  First, you get in the ferry line early enough to eat brunch at Mosquito Cafe.  We like the walnut crusted brie…

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family | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Collecting Myself

Bymichelle July 6, 2017August 6, 2022

Will you sit with me a minute as I collect my thoughts and work on Gather?  I am missing my friend and am a little numb, so I’m going to…

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Christianity | family | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

Grandmommy

Bymichelle June 28, 2017August 6, 2022

My best friends are together now.  I am happy for them, but I’m still sad for me.  I don’t feel up to composing a post that is worthy of her…

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50mm | family | kal | linkage | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Waterrock

Bymichelle June 2, 2017August 6, 2022

Let me start by saying these photos are kind of the pits.  Ocean spray, as in the ferry- not the juice, got on my lens and it wouldn’t cooperate the…

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family | iphoneographs | knitting | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

Hello, Nature

Bymichelle May 9, 2017August 6, 2022

This is my written ode to the trees that keep me sane.  How I have missed you!  Come to mama. I need to be out of doors.  Truly.  It was…

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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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family | iphoneographs | kal | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Grandmommy’s Hudson

Bymichelle February 11, 2017August 5, 2022

Feyre isn’t the only shawl from Very Shannon that I’ve been working on recently.  I also ordered a crap-ton of Cascade Eco from Craftsy, when I ordered the marled Patons,…

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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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family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Only a Little Sock Monkey-ish

Bymichelle February 3, 2017August 5, 2022

You know how I’m a big fan of Shannon Cook‘s… everything?  Well, her Feyre shawl is no exception.    I’ve been keeping this worsted weight, marled yarn just for this…

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