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Brandon Sanderson Book Signing

Bymichelle January 31, 2015August 4, 2022

Last year I fell, headfirst, into Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere.  It started by my stumbling upon his Mistborn trilogy and getting sucked in.  A few months, and several books later, I…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

My First Event

Bymichelle January 20, 2015August 4, 2022

This is going to be a very fiber geek kind of post.  There will be terms like “Fiber Event” and “Knit Night” sprinkled throughout, and I will write with a…

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

Things I Did via Instagram

Bymichelle January 17, 2015August 4, 2022

A random assortment of things I did in 2014 via my Instagram feed, and in no particular order: I stared at dog paws knitted a lot, duh. visited with grandpas…

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

Worst. Knitting. Photos. Ever. 2014

Bymichelle January 5, 2015August 3, 2022

There’s this file on my computer named: Worst. Photos. Ever Knitting photos make up the bulk of them.  You know how lots of knitters are doing the best and worst…

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50mm | cheap stuff | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Aidez

Bymichelle December 28, 2014August 3, 2022

Here it is: Aidez by Cirilia Rose.  This is a really big moment in my knitting this year.  I’ve done complicated cables before, but never this complicated while so much…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.

Bymichelle December 27, 2014August 3, 2022

Oops.  I hope you all had a great Christmas.  I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas.  As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…

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50mm | knitting | shows | thinking out loud

Foliage Cowl

Bymichelle December 26, 2014August 3, 2022

Here’s a quick peek at the Foliage Cowl I knit my mother in law before it gets wrapped.  This is one of those knits that is just so fun to…

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family | knitting | phoneography | thinking out loud

Crazy Time

Bymichelle December 23, 2014August 3, 2022

There are only two projects on my needles: a tv knit (Drift’s Ridge) and a cabled knit (Offshore V-Neck).  All is as it should be. A few weeks ago I…

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50mm | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Fancy Knitting

Bymichelle December 5, 2014August 3, 2022

I am back in the cabling groove, but I still need a project for all the times I multi-task knit.  Drift’s Ridge , by Teresa Gregorio, is that project.  Since…

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50mm | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

My Petawawa Toque

Bymichelle November 25, 2014August 3, 2022

What’s the deal with all of the hats?  I have all of these winter sweater-y plans, with yarn ready in “yarn corner”, but I keep side-tracking into hats.  Several were…

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