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Collecting Myself

Bymichelle July 6, 2017August 6, 2022

Will you sit with me a minute as I collect my thoughts and work on Gather?  I am missing my friend and am a little numb, so I’m going to…

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50mm | family | kal | linkage | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Waterrock

Bymichelle June 2, 2017August 6, 2022

Let me start by saying these photos are kind of the pits.  Ocean spray, as in the ferry- not the juice, got on my lens and it wouldn’t cooperate the…

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50mm | linkage | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Kinton Tee

Bymichelle May 30, 2017August 6, 2022

My daughter and I took a little day trip to Galveston as, sort of, an in-case-you-move-soon thing.  I didn’t want the summer to get away from us and miss an…

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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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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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Knitting Throwback

Bymichelle February 28, 2017August 6, 2022

The daily prompts in the Yarn Love Challenge have taken me back through my knitting history-  from those days when I knew no crafters but said I wanted to learn…

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craft | crochet | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

I Think I’m a Crocheter

Bymichelle February 14, 2017August 6, 2022

There was that baby Superman cape and there was that really cool Holla Knits scarf, where I did feel like I had a rhythm going by the time it was…

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family | iphoneographs | kal | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Grandmommy’s Hudson

Bymichelle February 11, 2017August 5, 2022

Feyre isn’t the only shawl from Very Shannon that I’ve been working on recently.  I also ordered a crap-ton of Cascade Eco from Craftsy, when I ordered the marled Patons,…

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

Find Your Fade

Bymichelle February 9, 2017August 5, 2022

I wasn’t always comfortable with trusting my instincts, and I don’t just mean when knitting a piece of clothing.  Sometime, within the last several years, I have shrugged off the…

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family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Only a Little Sock Monkey-ish

Bymichelle February 3, 2017August 5, 2022

You know how I’m a big fan of Shannon Cook‘s… everything?  Well, her Feyre shawl is no exception.    I’ve been keeping this worsted weight, marled yarn just for this…

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