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Image of me holding a very bad kitty on my shoulder while I wear the Guthrie color work yoke sweater pattern.
family | homemaking | knitting

Making Guthrie while listening to Guthrie

Bymichelle May 23, 2022July 27, 2023

Caitlyn Hunter’s Guthrie color work sweater has brought back all sorts of musical family memories that you can reflect on with me as I describe my knitting process.

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Mixtape Tee
knitting

Mixtape Tee

Bymichelle September 11, 2020July 27, 2023

Indule in some 80s and 90s cassette tape nostalgia with me as I discuss the Mixtape Tee sweater and how I used scraps to memorialize one of my favorite mixtapes via an intarsia sweater.

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Image of the inside of my colorwork yoke sweater in all of it's loose ended glory.
knitting

Episode 36: Ends Shmends

Bymichelle September 1, 2019July 27, 2023

In Episode 36: Ends Shmends I discuss motivation to weave in ends on projects and demonstrate 3 ways to handle ends in colorwork on my Soldotna Crop.

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Image of the very first rows of my Guthrie sweater and some sweet stitch markers given to me along with a Christmas themed pouch I found in the bargain aisle.
knitting

Little Ways-Blogmas Day 4

Bymichelle December 11, 2018June 14, 2023

I have tiny celebrations in December.  Not the biggies, like a big turkey dinner with the family on Christmas Day. I mean little things that only I know about that…

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Image of a Three Dog Night album insert.
music

Three Dog Night- Blogmas Day 2

Bymichelle December 3, 2018June 14, 2023

I’m starting to enjoy the empty nest a little by eating at fancy schmancy places and going to concerts for other oldsters. Come along with me.

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Image of me wearing my Seaglass and Driftwood sweater.
knitting | photography

Episode 19: Thank You & a Giveaway

Bymichelle October 30, 2018July 27, 2023

In Episode 19 I thank you for your support and show my finished Seaglass and Driftwood knit with an affordable tonal yarn plus I show some of my first 600polaroids from Roidweek.

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homemaking | photography

Homegrown Tomatoes

Bymichelle May 23, 2011May 16, 2023

They adorn kitchen windowsills across the country.  My favorite summer decoration. (homegrown tomatoes, day 137)

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