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Image of the beginnings of The Weekender sweater that I will bring on a trip as travel knitting
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Plane Knitting

Bymichelle February 9, 2018July 27, 2023

What an easy, relaxed knit!  I pull The Weekender, by Andrea Mowry, out when I want the ease of stockinette so I can just relax and chat or watch tv….

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Image of The Edge cabled sweater in progress.
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Test Knit, I Know I Know

Bymichelle February 7, 2018July 27, 2023

I realize I said in my first podcast episode that I wouldn’t be doing any deadline knitting projects, no gifts or test knits.  Famous last words.  When Alina of Gift…

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Image of me wearing a moddy Marley brioche shawl knit in Gynx Yarns.
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Marley and How I Conquered Brioche

Bymichelle January 15, 2018July 27, 2023

I finished it, a giant shawl of just brioche stitch!  I feel like I could run a marathon, or try a back flip.  I will probably just waller a hole…

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Image of my son in law in his new Cobblestone Pullover sweater.
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Cobblestone Pullover- My Christmas Eve Cast Off

Bymichelle January 8, 2018July 27, 2023

Literally.  I knew I would end up doing this.  I just knew, deep down, that no matter how much I budgeted my time and planned my holiday knitting, this would…

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Sofa Hack

Bymichelle November 7, 2012May 16, 2023

We needed a couch, one that could withstand growing people who flop rather than sit and a cat’s occasionally claw honing. I kept going back to this and this; only, I knew this…

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