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My So-Called Handmade Life Ravelry Group- Blogmas Day 21

Bymichelle December 21, 2018May 20, 2023

You know how “I’m just here for the knitting.” has basically become a meme? Well, I’m not just here for the knitting, though I’m quite obsessed with it. I’m also…

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Image of my Kapsel test knit swatches next to a cup of tea.
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My Only Christmas Knitting- Blogmas Day 20

Bymichelle December 21, 2018June 6, 2023

My Christmas gift to myself this year was to not knit any gifts. I will probably make a few once the holiday is over, but no stressing and knitting all-nighters…

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Image of my proposed yarn and knitting books for the Wing-It knitalong.
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The Wing It KAL- Blogmas Day 16

Bymichelle December 20, 2018June 6, 2023

I’m hosting another knit-along in the new year. One that encourages us to use our skills with a little less guidance from patterns. Remember how I said, in my last…

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Image of Plum sweater sleeve detail.
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Finally, My Plum- Blogmas Day 15

Bymichelle December 19, 2018May 20, 2023

I showed off all of the finished Junko Okamoto patterns on my podcast early in the year, but I wasn’t finished at the time, and have only now taken time…

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Image of my yellow Floozy cardigan yoke up close
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Floozy Progress – Blogmas Day 14

Bymichelle December 19, 2018June 14, 2023

I’m still working away at my beautiful Floozy cardigan, by Libby Jonson. It has been interrupted by a couple of test knits- you know how I am about those. But…

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Image of socks knit in Sweet Soarrow Yarns Peppermint Mocha colorway.
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Peppermint Mocha Socks- Blogmas Day 13

Bymichelle December 18, 2018May 20, 2023

These were my Iceland project. I basically knit one sock on the plane while catching up with Katie, and when not reading Kabul Beauty School. It’s Dani Jorge’s Twas the…

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Image of the Phoenix colorwork yoke sweater and a horse I'm petting in it.
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Phoenix Sweater- Blogmas Day 9

Bymichelle December 15, 2018June 14, 2023

So this is that sweater I posted about for Day 8. It’s Phoenix, by Libby Jonson and it’s my new Christmas sweater. I had to really rush to knit it…

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Image of my phoenix sweater being washed in a sink of sudsy water.
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Test Knitting Rationale- Blogmas Day 8

Bymichelle December 14, 2018June 14, 2023

It always works like this: I say, “I am so swamped right now. I cannot catch up. I’m exhausted. I cannot take on one more thing,” each phrase said in…

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Sunset Highway – Blogmas Day 6
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Sunset Highway – Blogmas Day 6

Bymichelle December 13, 2018June 14, 2023

I finished Sunset Highway, by Caitlin Hunter, like a month or two ago. I know you’ve seen a thousand million of them so why read further? Because I said so. You…

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Image of my modified bulky With Ease pullover that was inspired by The Killing.
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Episode 22- So Many Mods, Also Blogmas Day 5

Bymichelle December 11, 2018July 27, 2023

In Episode 22 I share a modified pattern that I used to make a mock The Killing inspired sweater. I share knits you’ve modified too and share some sketches and inspo for my plaid sweater in our upcoming knitalong.

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