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Waxing Nostalgic Over a Lace Panel

Bymichelle June 12, 2015August 4, 2022

I love knitting with friends.  For me, that means online knitalongs.  It keeps a solitary hobby from being too solitary and allows for the best part of group knitting- the…

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Shannon

Bymichelle June 8, 2015August 4, 2022

Shannon, by Valentina Strokina,  is my second knit for the Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  Knit in Cotlin, it’s light and comfortable, or at least as comfortable as clothing can…

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A Recovered Introvert

Bymichelle June 1, 2015August 4, 2022

Sometime in my early twenties I realized I was an introvert.  The fact that many of my social outings up to that point had felt a burdensome thing that I…

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Julep Jacket

Bymichelle May 25, 2015August 4, 2022

So happy to have finished my Julep Jacket!  I mentioned I was taking part in the Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  Well, this is my finished top.  I don’t know if…

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Tops Tanks And Tees Time

Bymichelle May 18, 2015August 4, 2022

It’s that time of Spring where knitters in, and around, the Very Shannon boards on Ravelry get together to knit some warm weather knits in the Tops, Tanks, and Tees…

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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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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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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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