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A Summer Tank

Bymichelle June 3, 2013August 2, 2022

The Harnett Tank is my evening tv project.  It’s knitting up fairly quickly with just a little work each night.  It was supposed to be my Arrested Development knit, but…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | places

On the Beach Headband

Bymichelle May 28, 2013August 2, 2022

I needed something small that could be stuffed in a beach bag for a day trip a couple of weeks ago.  It also had to withstand dousings with sand and…

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

Young Lady Bat

Bymichelle May 24, 2013July 27, 2022

It’s all finished and on my daughter’s person now, just in time for the last day of high school… ever!  I was doubtful that I could squeeze in a handmade…

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50mm | family | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud | ugly places

Quietly Hopeful

Bymichelle May 22, 2013August 2, 2022

These are of one of my daughter’s closest friends.  I had the honor of shooting her graduation photos.  I’m posting the ones I like best, not necessarily the ones that…

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family | knitting | phoneography | photography | places

Kind of Perfect Day

Bymichelle May 14, 2013August 2, 2022

For my Mother’s Day gift, I got to do some things I love.   There was chocolate, flowers, a small tool kit, and the rest of the Mars Trilogy.  Then,…

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50mm | animals | knitting | phoneography | photography

Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees

Bymichelle May 4, 2013August 2, 2022

  This may not appear to be much progress on my Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong but I’m pleased that I’m finished with most of one sleeve.   It’s an…

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50mm | family | new to me | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

Senior Pictures and I Didn’t Ruin Them

Bymichelle May 2, 2013August 2, 2022

So, that’s a big relief!  I know I can take okay photos, but that’s when it’s for me and when it’s what I like.  Why else would I do it?…

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50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

“Mine, All Mine” Knitalong

Bymichelle April 20, 2013August 2, 2022

The Pour Moi Knitalong is all about laying aside your many knitted gifts for others to eek out a little something for yourself.  I feel like a fraud.  I mostly…

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Liwen

Bymichelle April 5, 2013August 1, 2022

You can see the dilemma of living in Texas and being able to make things like this, right?  But today we had a cold spell, just in time for me…

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

Who Wears Short Shorts?

Bymichelle April 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I suppose I will… this spring… because I’m finally making the Bombshell Shorts. I’ve been so looking forward to making this that I’ve had trouble concentrating on the project I…

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