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Spring Cleaning

Bymichelle April 18, 2016August 5, 2022

I’ve been quiet here for a few weeks to do some Spring cleaning.  It’s all part of that taking time to do things that are good for me, while balancing…

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craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

His and Hers Slippers

Bymichelle April 1, 2016August 5, 2022

I finally knit my husband a pair of socks. Sort of.  They’re his and her matching Inniskór slippers from Chelsea Berkompas’ book The Wool Project. Now we’re matchy matchy twins-…

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books | craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Book and Pattern Splurge

Bymichelle March 24, 2016August 5, 2022

Guys, this may seem like a thrown together post, but I just wanted to get something up after a week of silence.  The silence was due to weird pulled muscles…

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craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | new to me | photography | shows | thinking out loud

Cherry Pie Sweater

Bymichelle March 15, 2016August 5, 2022

Somehow I finished my Cherry Pie cardigan by the end of the Great Northern Knit-along.  If you didn’t know,  Great Northern Knits is a knitting book based on Twin Peaks….

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The Wool Project Introduced Me to Lopi

Bymichelle February 26, 2016August 5, 2022

Chelsea Berkompas recently released an ebook, The Wool Project, which has so intrigued me.   Besides having several of her beautiful patterns in it, one of which I’m almost finished…

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iphoneographs | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Interesting Shaping

Bymichelle February 25, 2016August 5, 2022

Oversized sweaters have been the thing for so long that knitting much waist shaping feel awkward to me, now.  And there is a lot of really interesting shaping going on…

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craft | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Favorite Gluten-Free Four Layer Cake Recipe

Bymichelle February 22, 2016August 5, 2022

It’s about time I shared this recipe from my birthday, which was only over a month ago.  It’s a really easy no-bowl recipe that only takes 5 minutes of prep…

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50mm | family | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Maximus for Adamus

Bymichelle February 18, 2016August 5, 2022

We usually just go out to eat for Valentine’s Day, buy some chocolates for ourselves and our kids, and eat too much of everything.  I hadn’t thought of doing anything…

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Holla Knits Knit-Along 2016

Bymichelle February 16, 2016August 5, 2022

Wow, that’s a serious sounding KAL title, huh?  It seems to need an intense Y2K reference thrown in there, like:  Holla Knits Titanium Knit-along 2016-2.0.  That has the right wave-of-the…

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animals | family | iphoneographs | photography | thinking out loud

I Am an Animal Person

Bymichelle February 15, 2016August 5, 2022

We have a new addition to our family.  No, it’s not a new baby, despite the way things appear in my latest knitting photos.  She’s a tiny kitten that found…

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