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Young Lady Bat

Bymichelle May 24, 2013July 27, 2022

It’s all finished and on my daughter’s person now, just in time for the last day of high school… ever!  I was doubtful that I could squeeze in a handmade…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud

Knitalong Updates

Bymichelle May 16, 2013August 2, 2022

I set my Bombshell Shorts for the Pour Moi KAL aside to finish Lady Bat as a gift in the Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees KAL; however, I’ve run out of…

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family | knitting | phoneography | photography | places

Kind of Perfect Day

Bymichelle May 14, 2013August 2, 2022

For my Mother’s Day gift, I got to do some things I love.   There was chocolate, flowers, a small tool kit, and the rest of the Mars Trilogy.  Then,…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | diy | knitting | phoneography

DIY Circulars and Double Points

Bymichelle May 9, 2013August 2, 2022

I love the look of beautiful, wooden circular needles, polished to a shine.  Since most of my knitting is circular and most of my wooden needles are straight, I thought…

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iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography

No, Really, it’s a Sweater!

Bymichelle May 7, 2013August 2, 2022

I sat in a doctor’s office this morning with my grandmother, trying to explain how this sweater was made and that it would, in fact, be a sweater when I…

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50mm | animals | knitting | phoneography | photography

Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees

Bymichelle May 4, 2013August 2, 2022

  This may not appear to be much progress on my Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong but I’m pleased that I’m finished with most of one sleeve.   It’s an…

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50mm | family | knitting | parenting

This is the Space Where a Finished Object Should Be

Bymichelle April 30, 2013August 2, 2022

Instead, I’m posting a nearly finished object because I need to feel a sense of accomplishment in this Knitalong.   I have crotch and waistband seams to sew, along with elastic…

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50mm | knitting | linkage

Swatching for My Daughter

Bymichelle April 25, 2013August 2, 2022

Her request for one of these tops ended my indecision about what to knit in Shannon’s Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  I was waffling between this pattern, Lady Bat…

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

Reading Material

Bymichelle April 23, 2013August 2, 2022

So I’m going to ramble about things on the bookish front.  These are some of the books I’ve kept beside me for stolen moments.  Some have been beside me for…

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

“Mine, All Mine” Knitalong

Bymichelle April 20, 2013August 2, 2022

The Pour Moi Knitalong is all about laying aside your many knitted gifts for others to eek out a little something for yourself.  I feel like a fraud.  I mostly…

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