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Aquae Tank

Bymichelle July 16, 2014August 3, 2022

These are my Aquae Tanks.  The pattern, by Hilary Smith Callis, is the perfect summer tank.  The straps are wide enough to hide other straps, I can used worsted to…

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

I Have Sticks, Yarn, and Slightly Below-Average Intelligence

Bymichelle July 15, 2014August 3, 2022

“Really all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence.” “.. what’s the sense in planning ahead, unless you have to?” “…contrary to…

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Oud Tank

Bymichelle July 2, 2014August 3, 2022

This is the Oud Tank by Sarah Hurwitz of Knit York City.  Can you see why I love it?  It’s so cute- all vintagey with that lace pointed collar.  It…

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50mm | family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud | ugly places

Hawt Galveston Sands

Bymichelle June 26, 2014August 3, 2022

Riding the ferry to Galveston is a major nostalgia trigger for me.  I remember taking it to visit my older sister one summer after my mother passed away.  I didn’t…

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

In Pieces

Bymichelle June 23, 2014August 3, 2022

I started knitting in my late twenties and hadn’t been at it long when I was introduced to seamless knitting.  There was that Twinkle book and Stefanie Japel, and I became…

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50mm | knitting | thinking out loud

Cotton

Bymichelle June 20, 2014August 3, 2022

It’s my new thing.  (This is a fibery kind of post; I’m just warning you.)  I’m officially all the way into the deep end of summer knitting.  Last summer, I…

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50mm | knitting | photography

Reef Knot Tank

Bymichelle June 13, 2014August 3, 2022

I started the Reef Knot Tank, by Sarah Wilson, on the way home from Utah last summer.  But then there was a sweater knit along, sale wool, more wool, and…

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50mm | books | knitting | linkage | shows | thinking out loud

Pom Pom Quarterly

Bymichelle June 6, 2014August 3, 2022

Every once in a while I come across something trivial that I obsess over.  I must collect every single issue, piece, or version of it.  It’s usually some form of…

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50mm | knitting | photography

Slo-Mo Knit

Bymichelle May 28, 2014August 3, 2022

I don’t know why it’s taking me so long to finish my Hawt Sands.  No, really, I do.  It’s because I’ve been going to bed by 10, like a good…

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

Fire Opal Tee

Bymichelle May 23, 2014August 3, 2022

Even with my new self-imposed bedtime, I still managed to finish one thing for both the Selfish Sweater KAL and the Tops, Tanks, and Tees KAL.  It’s the Fire Opal…

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