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Knitting a Skirt

Bymichelle April 10, 2015August 4, 2022

This is a knitting first for me.  I’ve never knitted a skirt before, though I’ve wanted to make this since it first came out in the HK Fall/ Winter collection….

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50mm | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | shows | thinking out loud

The Rory Needs a Break Scarf

Bymichelle April 7, 2015August 4, 2022

This modified Unicorn Stripes (by Antonia Shankland) scarf was a form of therapy.  Who cares that it’s super long and repetitive?  It uses lots of stash yarns, some of which…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | shows

Stashbusting Scarf

Bymichelle March 31, 2015August 4, 2022

My instagram has been all about this scarf lately.  Though the pattern was written with Madelinetosh Unicorn Tails in mind, I found that I could use several of the tails…

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50mm | knitting | my home | photography

Cedar Glen Mitts

Bymichelle March 28, 2015August 4, 2022

I told you I wasn’t finished with purple.  These are Cedar Glen Mitts, by Katie Canavan.  They are so lovely and spring-like that I thought I’d do some planting in…

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Laylow! Emily and Richard are on the Warpath

Bymichelle March 26, 2015August 4, 2022

Do you know how long I have waited to make Shannon Cook‘s Laylow shawl?  I think I ordered yarn for it before my pattern booklet came in.  Then I just took…

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50mm | garden | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography

Cafe au Lait

Bymichelle March 24, 2015August 4, 2022

Guys!  I knit a super long lace and cable cardigan out of fingering weight yarn.  If you don’t know knit speak, let me translate this for you:  I rule. That…

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Gilmore Girls Knit-a-Long

Bymichelle March 12, 2015August 4, 2022

I put it off as long as I could.  I mean I watched all of my old favorites, like Firefly, Lost, anything with David Tennant, and The Closer, multiple times….

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Lots of Little Pieces

Bymichelle March 5, 2015May 15, 2023

Just a visual update on Cafe Au Lait and my Cedar Glen Mitts.   I think both will be done in a couple of days. (ravelry, kollabora, flickr, instagram) I…

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One Thing at a Time

Bymichelle February 19, 2015August 4, 2022

Usually seeing a project progress gives me a lift.  Something tangible is getting accomplished!  But this year I’ve found I’m getting bogged down in projects.  I haven’t shifted my expectations…

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50mm | family | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

The return of mauve and other things my mother would’ve loved

Bymichelle February 16, 2015August 4, 2022

I was so much more content to wear my brother’s old blue jeans than dresses straight off the set of Little House on the Prairie.  My mother won on Sundays,…

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