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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.
    crochet | knitting

    Episode 56: Big Summer Knitting Plans

    Bymichelle May 15, 2022July 27, 2023

    Deets on Episode 56: Big Summer Knitting Plans where I show tons of summer sweaters and plan my own crochet and knit projects, plus talk Guthrie.

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  • Image of me in my Simcoe Headband by Good Night Day that I knit from recycled bargain scarf yarn.
    camping | knitting

    Episode 55: Ms. Fixit

    Bymichelle March 30, 2022July 27, 2023

    Details and links for Episode 55: Ms. Fixit in which I fix a car camping bed, discuss recycled knit projects and plan t-shirt yarn crochet projects.

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  • Image of my Fisherman's Muse sweater up close as thumbnail for Episode 52.
    knitting

    Episode 52: Sneaky Extra

    Bymichelle February 24, 2022July 27, 2023

    Show notes and links for Episode 52: Sneaky Extra: all aobout Fisherman’s Muse and other Aílbíona McLochlainn patterns plus Nutiden yarn, assigned pooling, and recycled yarn plans.

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  • Episode 51: Hopeful
    knitting

    Episode 51: Hopeful

    Bymichelle February 21, 2022July 27, 2023

    Episode 51: Hopeful is about my Hope Sweater, A Hint of Summer, knitting the Graduate Scarf and responding to some comments in Episode 49 that are now over a year…

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

    Episode 49: What would normal people do?

    Bymichelle July 20, 2020July 27, 2023

    Details on Episode 49: What Would Normal People Do? and the #LoveYourNeighborMAL along with thoughts on imposter syndrome, current WIPs, and sustainable making links.

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  • Sunset Ringer Tee
    knitting

    Sunset Ringer Tee

    Bymichelle July 14, 2020June 10, 2023

    My first cotton intarsia tee, the Sunset Ringer Tee by Alexandra Tavel is finished and I share both the details, 80s surf inspo, and how I handled blocking this summer knit.

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  • Why You Need to Knit a Bulky Sweater
    knitting

    Why You Need to Knit a Bulky Sweater

    Bymichelle July 10, 2020June 10, 2023

    I show my Strathcona sweater from Good Night Day and convince you that you, too, should knit and enjoy a bulky sweater, even if you thought you couldn’t afford or wear one.

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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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