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In Search of the Perfect Oversized Sweater

Bymichelle March 19, 2018August 6, 2022

I have used the Commercial KAL on Stranded Podcast’s Rav page to fuel my quest to re-make the sweaters of my youth.  Basically, everything I am knitting is huge. I have wanted…

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Plane Knitting

Bymichelle February 9, 2018August 6, 2022

What an easy, relaxed knit!  I pull The Weekender, by Andrea Mowry, out when I want the ease of stockinette so I can just relax and chat or watch tv….

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

With Ease

Bymichelle February 3, 2018August 6, 2022

With Ease is my first project from Sylvia McFadden‘s Gentle Armour.  This shawl was exactly what I thought it would be.  It was interesting, but not so hard I couldn’t…

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50mm | craft | family | kal | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Bymichelle January 30, 2018August 6, 2022

What am I going to say about the Twas the Night Before Christmas socks that you haven’t already read or heard a thousand times?  It’s everything you’ve heard- cute, interesting…

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Christmas on My Feet

Bymichelle January 27, 2018August 6, 2022

I have a few Christmas yarns in my stash, but all of them were debatably Christmasy.  You know, they were great colorways- some with vintage pastel speckles, one with movie…

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Marley and How I Conquered Brioche

Bymichelle January 15, 2018August 6, 2022

I finished it, a giant shawl of just brioche stitch!  I feel like I could run a marathon, or try a back flip.  I will probably just waller a hole…

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Cobblestone Pullover- My Christmas Eve Cast Off

Bymichelle January 8, 2018August 6, 2022

Literally.  I knew I would end up doing this.  I just knew, deep down, that no matter how much I budgeted my time and planned my holiday knitting, this would…

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50mm | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud

We Were Seeds

Bymichelle November 28, 2017August 6, 2022

This one was an engaging knit, guys.  We Were Seeds follows seeds, that is seed stitch, through germination- there’s lots of sprouting and climbing involved.   I’ve never knit a…

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Cumberland

Bymichelle October 31, 2017August 6, 2022

…And just before the deadline for the Brooklyn Knitfolk Hipster KAL, I finished my Cumberland.  I love it.  The end. You wish I was that brief.  No, I have to…

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animals | Christianity | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Redeemed

Bymichelle October 19, 2017August 6, 2022

This all started about a year ago.  Things were calming down in my life after a long spell of crisis.   My daily schedule was starting to look like a…

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