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50mm | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

When your pom pom has a life of it’s own, you know it’s the correct size.

Bymichelle September 29, 2017August 6, 2022

Now, my regular blogging can begin.  Now, that all of the hurricane clean-up/ moving my daughter is finished.  Now that I have completed my first week as a BSF CL…

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

A Long Journey, Literally

Bymichelle September 12, 2017August 6, 2022

Something…something got finished for the Summer Sweater Knit-Along through all of this vacation, then hurricane, craziness.  I didn’t think it would happen when I had to frog my Heritage, but…

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kal | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography

When knitting is your comfort, and I interviewed Alina Schneider

Bymichelle August 28, 2017August 6, 2022

Since we are hunkered down at home, awaiting more rains from Hurricane Harvey, I have gotten quite a bit of knitting done.  (We are fine.  We may get a bit…

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craft | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | travel

Gingerbread Sweater aka Like Wearing Kittens, if That Were a Good Thing

Bymichelle August 25, 2017August 6, 2022

I had high hopes of taking interesting photos of this sweater while on hiking vacation in The Grand Tetons.  But just because I am surrounded by landscape that’s beautiful, it…

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Gathered Around Me

Bymichelle August 17, 2017August 6, 2022

I’m still working on my Marley shawl, but my Gather, another Andrea Mowry design, is now complete.  It isn’t easy to stand outside in a wool/ linen shawl right now.  It’s not…

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

The Orri Shawl

Bymichelle August 11, 2017August 6, 2022

I am fresh from family vacation, where I had no connection with the outside world for about 2 weeks.   It wasn’t the kind of vacation that’s all about relaxing….

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Hipster KAL

Bymichelle August 2, 2017August 6, 2022

I knew I would be taking part in the Summer Sweater KAL, that’s a given.  But when I heard Brooklyn Knitfolk’s Jaclyn talk about how over “fade” projects she is and…

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Summer Sweater Knit-along Plans

Bymichelle July 31, 2017August 6, 2022

I’m so excited about the beginning of the Summer Sweater KAL!  I had a million things on theneedles in June, but now I’m down to six.  This is really good,…

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camping | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Roadtrip Knits all Mapped Out

Bymichelle July 18, 2017August 6, 2022

Thanks to everyone who chimed in about how to tackle all my works-in-progress!  I have a plan now.I’ve already cleared my work space by blocking 3 knits yesterday.  Thanks to…

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BRK and BRP, Pwned

Bymichelle July 15, 2017August 6, 2022

Brioche got served today.  It’s been taunting me for 12 years, lurking in the back corners of my brain since I was a new knitter and tried to knit this…

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