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  • Perfect Hats for Winter Dog Walking
    knitting

    Perfect Hats for Winter Dog Walking

    Bymichelle March 22, 2022July 27, 2023

    Amid all of the Two of Wands patterns I’ve been knitting, these three hats were quick bulky knits that make the perfect dog walking hats.

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  • Image of me walking the town square in both my Seafarer's Cap and Graduate Scarf knitting projects.
    knitting

    Graduate Scarf and a Scrappy Seafarer’s Cap

    Bymichelle March 21, 2022July 27, 2023

    My experience knitting Two of Wands Graduate Scarf and using the leftovers (always stash busting) to make a scrappy Seafarer’s Cap.

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  • Episode 50: So Much Hue and Me
    knitting

    Episode 50: So Much Hue and Me

    Bymichelle February 16, 2022July 27, 2023

    Wondering if you’d enjoy hand knits made from Lion Brand yarn? Watch me try on a couple of year’s worth of Two of Wands knitting and crochet patterns, all worked in Lion Brand yarns and hear my review of the experience. There’s also some life talk because I took a little break.

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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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  • Grotine
    knitting

    Grotine

    Bymichelle July 16, 2020July 27, 2023

    A closer look at my Groton shawl / scarf knit in old stash Madelinetosh Tosh Dk and the True North Aid organization’s work to benefit First Nations communities in Canada.

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  • Image of the textural arrow details of my Wyeth Pullover by Alicia Plummer
    knitting

    Letter to Alicia Re: Wyeth

    Bymichelle July 1, 2020July 27, 2023

    Learn how I knit the Wyeth Pullover by Alicia Plummer with deep, deep stash and hid a dye lot change in the process.

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  • Color Craze for a Rainy Day
    camping | knitting

    Color Craze for a Rainy Day

    Bymichelle May 15, 2020July 27, 2023

    How I chose the mini skeins, Main color, and mohair combination of stash for my Color Craze shawl by Tamy Gore.

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  • Kia Socks Love Fest
    knitting

    Kia Socks Love Fest

    Bymichelle May 1, 2020July 27, 2023

    These are my Kia Socks by Dawn Henderson. They are a free pattern that was offered at a time when all of the knitters online were starting to confront racism…

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  • Love Note to Me
    knitting

    Love Note to Me

    Bymichelle April 29, 2020July 27, 2023

    My personal take on Tin Can Knits’ Love Note sweater and knitting with mohair held with sock yarn.

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  • The One Week Baby Blanket
    crochet

    The One Week Baby Blanket

    Bymichelle February 20, 2020July 27, 2023

    A few weeks ago I found myself doing something I never thought I would do: waiting, literally waiting, at the door for the mailman to deliver a yarn purchase. It’s…

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