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Springtastic

Bymichelle April 29, 2016August 5, 2022

Guys, I just knit the most textured, cabledy socks I’ve ever seen.  They’re Stefanie Goodwin-Ritter‘s Springtastic Socks.  Ah, my need to make something “more” has been completely satisfied.  The lower cuff also…

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iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Sunset Shawl

Bymichelle April 28, 2016August 5, 2022

This pattern is called the Simple Spring Shawl, by Michelle Krause, but mine looks more Sunset than Spring. I have never used a variegated yarn for a shawl or scarf…

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craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

His and Hers Slippers

Bymichelle April 1, 2016August 5, 2022

I finally knit my husband a pair of socks. Sort of.  They’re his and her matching Inniskór slippers from Chelsea Berkompas’ book The Wool Project. Now we’re matchy matchy twins-…

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Two at Once, Toe-up, Magic Loop Stripes

Bymichelle March 24, 2016August 5, 2022

You’ve heard of the Love Dare?  Maybe the Respect Dare, too?  Well I’ve settled on doing the Sock Dare and I’m already seeing the difference in my relationship with sock…

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Book and Pattern Splurge

Bymichelle March 24, 2016August 5, 2022

Guys, this may seem like a thrown together post, but I just wanted to get something up after a week of silence.  The silence was due to weird pulled muscles…

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Cherry Pie Sweater

Bymichelle March 15, 2016August 5, 2022

Somehow I finished my Cherry Pie cardigan by the end of the Great Northern Knit-along.  If you didn’t know,  Great Northern Knits is a knitting book based on Twin Peaks….

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Favorite Gluten-Free Four Layer Cake Recipe

Bymichelle February 22, 2016August 5, 2022

It’s about time I shared this recipe from my birthday, which was only over a month ago.  It’s a really easy no-bowl recipe that only takes 5 minutes of prep…

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Maximus for Adamus

Bymichelle February 18, 2016August 5, 2022

We usually just go out to eat for Valentine’s Day, buy some chocolates for ourselves and our kids, and eat too much of everything.  I hadn’t thought of doing anything…

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Holla Knits Knit-Along 2016

Bymichelle February 16, 2016August 5, 2022

Wow, that’s a serious sounding KAL title, huh?  It seems to need an intense Y2K reference thrown in there, like:  Holla Knits Titanium Knit-along 2016-2.0.  That has the right wave-of-the…

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The Great Northern Knit-along

Bymichelle February 13, 2016August 5, 2022

At the moment I’m involved in 4 knit-alongs.  It’s a bit much, I know.  But it’s hard to watch knitting friends “get together” to make something you have yarn for…

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