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Whatever I Feel Like I Wanna Do, Gosh!

Bymichelle January 28, 2017August 5, 2022

Napoleon said it best.  That’s going to be me this year, and not just when it comes to crafting. I found my Fade.  From top left, clockwise: Madelinetosh- Reindeer, Knit…

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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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Meh Humbug

Bymichelle December 9, 2016August 5, 2022

I had this long post written about the Christmas traditions we kept when I was a girl and how I kept those traditions going with my own children.  You know,…

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knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

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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knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Rah-Rah-Rah

Bymichelle October 15, 2016May 1, 2023

My hometown could easily be Dillon, Texas of Friday Night Lights.  (Click here and here for a bit of my hometown insanity.)  Instead of Alamo Freeze, we’ve got the Dairy…

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Proud Owner of a Campside

Bymichelle October 7, 2016August 5, 2022

It is exactly a year since I cast on, but I did finish my Campside shawl, by Alicia Plummer.  You know what I’ll say next, things like “love”, lots of…

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kal | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | shows | thinking out loud

Laura + Maddy

Bymichelle October 6, 2016August 5, 2022

If you are like me and need a palette cleanser between your sweaters or monster shawl projects, then you’ve got to knit these.  The Laura + Maddy Mittens, by Teresa…

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I Love Lisette

Bymichelle October 4, 2016August 5, 2022

I truly do.  Libby, of Truly Myrtle, is always cooking up some great design and Lisette is one of her newest.  I love it. It’s taken me too long to…

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Reindeer

Bymichelle September 30, 2016August 5, 2022

This cardigan is a very special project to me.  It was designed by one of my knitting friends, Alina Schneider.  You may know her better as Giftofknitting on Ravelry and…

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kal | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Indie Everything

Bymichelle September 2, 2016August 5, 2022

It seemed fitting to use this Indie dyed yarn, from Miss Mothballs, for these Indie patterned socks, from The Sweater Collective, for the Indie Designer Knit-along.  That’s right, I’m seeing…

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