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Gingerbread Sweater aka Like Wearing Kittens, if That Were a Good Thing

Bymichelle August 25, 2017August 6, 2022

I had high hopes of taking interesting photos of this sweater while on hiking vacation in The Grand Tetons.  But just because I am surrounded by landscape that’s beautiful, it…

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50mm | craft | crochet | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | thinking out loud

Baby Granny Stripe Blanket

Bymichelle March 29, 2017August 6, 2022

I guess I can post this blanket now that it’s been gifted and the recipient has been born.  It made me so happy to think of the loving home she…

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Julia Sweater

Bymichelle March 21, 2017August 6, 2022

I don’t know what happened.  I slipped this big sweater over my head and next thing I knew it was like the last 26 years were a dream.  What?  I’m…

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So Much Seed Stitch, Then a Rant

Bymichelle March 8, 2017August 6, 2022

How have I been knitting for 15+ years and still not yet knit a Wool and the Gang pattern?  Weird, huh? So the Julia Sweater is my first one.  It’s also been in my…

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Everything I know about knitting socks can fit in this box.

Bymichelle January 6, 2017August 23, 2022

The Year of the Sock came and went.  I’m finally ready to post photos of something besides socks.  That’s a good thing because I think all of my non-knitting friends…

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Goldfinch in Targhee

Bymichelle December 13, 2016August 5, 2022

I’m unusually proud of this shawl.  Maybe because I didn’t play it safe in my color choices.  The mix of these colors may be a no big deal to you…

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Tiny Hits of Visual Joy

Bymichelle October 21, 2016August 5, 2022

You can only knit so many blue, green, and grey sweaters before you know it’s time to move on and try something new.  Of course, in my case, I outgrew…

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The Continental’s Confetti and Champagna

Bymichelle August 29, 2016August 5, 2022

I called them this because the skein of Gynx Yarns, Confetti and Champagne, made me think of Christopher Walken’s The Continental.  The actual name of the pattern is called Smooth…

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Afterthoughts and Stranger Things

Bymichelle August 22, 2016August 5, 2022

First up, let me show you my progress on The Continental’s Confetti and Champagna socks (Susan B. Anderson’s Smooth Operator Socks): You can see the white waste yarn where my…

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We Are Knitters’ Siren Song

Bymichelle July 28, 2016August 5, 2022

Have you been able to resist the siren song of We Are Knitters?  I did, for a while, thinking their kits  appealed more to beginners.  They come neatly packaged- with…

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