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Truly Myrtle Knitting Along

Bymichelle July 9, 2015August 4, 2022

Since I’ve been waxing lyrical about podcasters I enjoy,  I must mention one of my favorites- Libby of Truly Myrtle.  This is her pattern, Settler Shawl, that I’m working on…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Ugh, Ribbing

Bymichelle July 6, 2015August 4, 2022

It’s my least favorite… no, second to least favorite… no, third to least favorite thing to do.  It comes after weaving in ends and large bind offs.  I swear I’ve…

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family | photography | thinking out loud

Home

Bymichelle July 3, 2015August 4, 2022

One of my best friends went home last Saturday.  I’m so happy for him. He was a master story-teller… and a cut-up. He was heroic all of his life, not…

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Easy Beach Knitting

Bymichelle June 23, 2015August 4, 2022

My Morning Mist is now at the easy stage I call beach knitting.  I have tried it on several times and it really, truly, seems to fit, so I’m going…

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Waxing Nostalgic Over a Lace Panel

Bymichelle June 12, 2015August 4, 2022

I love knitting with friends.  For me, that means online knitalongs.  It keeps a solitary hobby from being too solitary and allows for the best part of group knitting- the…

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A Recovered Introvert

Bymichelle June 1, 2015August 4, 2022

Sometime in my early twenties I realized I was an introvert.  The fact that many of my social outings up to that point had felt a burdensome thing that I…

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Tops Tanks And Tees Time

Bymichelle May 18, 2015August 4, 2022

It’s that time of Spring where knitters in, and around, the Very Shannon boards on Ravelry get together to knit some warm weather knits in the Tops, Tanks, and Tees…

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cheap stuff | craft | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | stuff | thinking out loud

Good Memories

Bymichelle May 12, 2015August 4, 2022

You know all those sock scrap memory blankets you see all over knitting sites?  You know how they take forever, but still considerably less time than a Beekeeper’s Quilt?  Well,…

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50mm | garden | knitting | thinking out loud

Twenty Ten

Bymichelle May 6, 2015August 4, 2022

Twenty Ten kind of slipped under the blogging radar.  You may remember I began it on the way to Madtosh Fort Worth to see Veera Välimäki and Joji Locatelli.  That…

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Wilco is 20, We’re 21

Bymichelle May 5, 2015August 4, 2022

Our marriage is 21, that is.  We celebrated it quietly by almost forgetting and remodeling our tiny kitchen.  It will now be a nicer looking, tiny kitchen.   But a…

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