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Ramble with Me

Bymichelle March 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m just going to be all over the place with this post.  I’ve been laying around, sick with some kind of cold, without a voice, while doing a food/ caffeine…

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Don’t Blink

Bymichelle February 19, 2013August 1, 2022

They look like two skeins of yarn, but they are so much more.  Very soon, they’ll become this dropped stitch sweater and a reminder of one of my favorite Dr. Who episodes….

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craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Worth Doing Well

Bymichelle February 18, 2013August 1, 2022

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.  –  an old proverb… and my mother I have not failed.  I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.  –  Thomas Edison…

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It’s Henri

Bymichelle February 14, 2013August 1, 2022

…but when I think it, it sounds like “Awn- reeee” in a bad French accent.   This sweater by Ann Leachman of Magical Grammar was the one thing I had…

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Henri Knitting Tech

Bymichelle February 11, 2013August 1, 2022

This post is purely knitting tech, so feel free to move along if that’s not your thing.  But if you want to test how much your brain can take before…

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My Downton Cardigan and How Grown-ups Wash Wool

Bymichelle January 31, 2013August 1, 2022

This is my Downton Cardigan that I knit for the Downton Knitalong hosted by Shannon of Luvinthemommyhood this month.  I kind of love it… and the bike… and links… so…

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Downton Knitalong Update

Bymichelle January 25, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m past the halfway point in my cardigan for the Downton Knitalong.  Which means all of the picking up of stitches and seaming lace is done.  The rest is just…

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Halfway Through This KnitALong

Bymichelle January 19, 2013August 1, 2022

I really should be almost finished with the Downton knitalong sweater, but lots of things have been happening in our lives and that of close family.  My time to work…

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Downton KAL Progress

Bymichelle January 12, 2013August 1, 2022

So, my Ravelry knitalong friends were not kidding when they said I’d love using Madelinetosh.  I misread the yarn requirements and ordered one skein of lace for a woman’s small…

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Season Three Swatching

Bymichelle January 8, 2013August 1, 2022

I made my husband watch Downton Abbey’s season premiere Sunday night.  Just cause.  He asked lots of patronizing questions and nodded to my answers with affected interest.  I don’t mind,…

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