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Bombshell Shorts = Instant Fun

Bymichelle May 27, 2013July 27, 2022

Are these Bombshell Shorts not astounding?  They are my new camp shorts knit for the Pour Moi Knitalong, hosted by Evelyn, and they’re the most fun thing I’ve ever knit.   Even…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | parenting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

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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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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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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“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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Do Not Judge the Stash

Bymichelle April 11, 2013August 2, 2022

It’s a wonderfully, dreary day.  The kind where you can’t go for a run, can’t get groceries easily and so say, “Why bother?”  The kind of day where you are…

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Liwen

Bymichelle April 5, 2013August 1, 2022

You can see the dilemma of living in Texas and being able to make things like this, right?  But today we had a cold spell, just in time for me…

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Who Wears Short Shorts?

Bymichelle April 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I suppose I will… this spring… because I’m finally making the Bombshell Shorts. I’ve been so looking forward to making this that I’ve had trouble concentrating on the project I…

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Now Leaving Knitter’s Trance

Bymichelle March 28, 2013August 1, 2022

I’ll be honest.  I just needed a break from making tiny loops with tiny little sticks.  No fingering weight, no sport, NO lace.  I’ve had these skeins of Araucania Liwen…

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Buying Handmade

Bymichelle March 22, 2013August 1, 2022

Katie Henry makes me want to sew.  That is really saying something because, other than an occasional button, I’ve only actually sewn one project- my Scallop Clutch.  When I look…

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