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Image of loads of summer tees and tanks of the past that I used to develop my personal criteria for what makes the perfect summer sweater.
crochet | knitting

Episode 72: What Makes My Perfect Summer Tee or Tank Pattern?

Bymichelle July 6, 2023July 27, 2023

What makes my perfect summer tee or tank pattern? I share my personal criteria for comfortable sweaters in the summer, nothing too … uh … demanding.

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Image of Lately Pullover test knit sweater and food themed stitch markers.
knitting

Episode 68: No Other Knitting Podcaster Does This

Bymichelle June 6, 2023July 27, 2023

This is where I record the eleventy billionth knitting podcast. This week: I search for my elusive niche space of authority in the knitting world and show progress on the…

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Episode 67: I Did Not Make This
crochet | knitting

Episode 67: I Did Not Make This

Bymichelle April 17, 2023July 27, 2023

I answer your questions and give the dirt on what I really wear, why my family didn’t love my knits for years, and I tell many more summer knitting lies.  Find…

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Image of the wonkiest crochet blanket in existence.
crochet

Episode 66: Wonkiest Blanket Ever

Bymichelle March 4, 2023July 27, 2023

Today I talk about my sad little fix on the wonkiest blanket ever and we finish up the Stashbusting the New Year make-along with a couple of giveaways. We talk…

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Image of a crochet blanket with a rainbow motif that is slowly getting wonkier and wonkier.
crochet | knitting

Episode 65: A Yarn No-Buy?

Bymichelle February 10, 2023July 27, 2023

Episode 65 is all about your thoughts on stash busting and big yardage projects. I talk about yarn no-buys, why-buys, and buy-less (es)?

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Image of me drowning in a sea of green and blue yarn, wondering how I got this way and can I get out.
crochet | homemaking | knitting

Episode 64: I Think I’ll Re-Stash. JK

Bymichelle January 25, 2023July 27, 2023

Just kidding! I couldn’t help it. So 2022, right? Let’s talk #StashbustingTheNewYear with big blanket projects for using things up, what you’re stashbusting with, your oldest & moldiest stash, how…

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Image of hand knit socks next to a sometimes bad black cat, in front of the Christmas tree.
crochet | homemaking | knitting

Episode 63: Stashbusting the New Year!!

Bymichelle January 10, 2023July 27, 2023

Or “I got RSI for Christmas!” Join us for #StashbustingTheNewYear thru Feb! My personal goals for the year: gift some baby blankets, always have some No Waste Socks going, finish…

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Episode 62: Spring League Hoodie
knitting

Episode 62: Spring League Hoodie

Bymichelle December 23, 2022July 27, 2023

In Epsiode 62: Spring League Hoodie I talk about my sleevless Two of Wands hoodie and what it’s like knitting my first all acrylicc sweater. We also talk scrappy projects and prepare to stashbust together.

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Episode 59: My Villanelle Sweater
knitting

Episode 59: My Villanelle Sweater

Bymichelle October 12, 2022July 27, 2023

This is where I post the eleventy billionth knitting podcast. Find me: on the blog: https://myso-calledhandmadelife.com on Instagram as @mysocalledhandmadelife: https://www.instagram.com/mysocalledhandmadelife/ on ravelry as mamatronic: https://www.ravelry.com/people/mamatronic Stuff I talk about:…

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Episode 58: Socks and a Rant
knitting | thinking out loud

Episode 58: Socks and a Rant

Bymichelle September 3, 2022July 27, 2023

All the notes and links for my million sock projects of the last few years and a rant about the dry, repetitive nature of social media lately. Also the longest list of blogs I followed for blogging geeks.

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