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Episode 48: Summer Knits Roundup
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Episode 48: Summer Knits Roundup

Bymichelle May 14, 2020July 27, 2023

Show notes and links for Episode 48: Summer Knits Roundup where I list all the coolest summer knit sweaters and a crochet tote while discussing quarantine life in the most positive way possible, and general weirdness.

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Image of me in my merino and mohair Love Note sweater by Tin Can Knits made in Barker Wool.
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Episode 47: So Much Drama

Bymichelle April 29, 2020July 27, 2023

Episode 47: So Much Drama and all the links, where I spill it on my Love Note Sweater knit in Barker Wool, talk free patterns, a crochet bag, knit books, and tv links.

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Love Note to Me
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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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Episode 44: Goal #1- Fixing and Finishing
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Episode 44: Goal #1- Fixing and Finishing

Bymichelle February 2, 2020July 27, 2023

In Episode 44 I talk about projects I need to either fix, like my Winston Pullover and personal sweater pattern or things I need to finish like my Floozy Cardigan. We also talk about materialism while I show lots of stuff.

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Image of my hand knit Christmas stockings hanging with care in front of our TV with a fireplace screen saver playing.
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Episode 42: A Less- Traditional Christmas

Bymichelle December 24, 2019July 27, 2023

In Episode 42 I talk about my giant hand knit socks that I made as stockings and other non-traditional ideas for celebrating Christmas you all gave me while our home is being repaired. Plus there are lots of WIPs and my scrappy blanket make-along project.

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Episode 40: The Sweater Experience
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Episode 40: The Sweater Experience

Bymichelle December 5, 2019July 27, 2023

This is my sweater knitting history. Episode 40 is over 100 sweaters that I’ve knit since I started knitting. It is literally everything from 2002 to 2019 because I’m a freak and had kept them all!

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Image of me leaning against an old Acadian barn wall in my Soldotna Sweater.
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Episode 38: A Couple of Non-Knitting Confessions

Bymichelle October 4, 2019July 27, 2023

Episode 38 is the one where I show my Soldotna and Guthrie by Caitlin Hunter along with Ready Player One socks. There are also a couple of confessions.

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Soldotna Crop

Bymichelle September 24, 2019June 5, 2023

I finally knitted a cropped winter sweater and managed to actually make it cropped. In the past, every attempt at a cropped sweater is thwarted by one of two things:…

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Image of the inside of my colorwork yoke sweater in all of it's loose ended glory.
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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 me reaching out from under a massive pile of knits that need their ends woven in.
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Episode 35: #EndWeavingParty

Bymichelle August 10, 2019July 27, 2023

In Episode 35 I share your projects that need endweaving and I share mine too… and it’s super embarrassing, plus a weird End Weaving dance party clip because I have zero shame.

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