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Image of me wearing my Weekender sweater knit with budget yarn.
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Weekender

Bymichelle June 26, 2018July 27, 2023

Somewhere between starting a podcast and my son finishing his senior year, I have gotten really behind on posting about my knitting projects. It stops today!!!  I said that out…

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Image of the black sand beach in Iceland.
knitting | photography

Episode 10: Icelandic Road Trip

Bymichelle May 18, 2018July 27, 2023

Join me on my trip to Iceland, a dream since I was in 12 grade geology class. There are lots of fun clips, landscapes, and some Icelandic yarn and knitting too.

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Image of my Birch sweater by Pam Allen next to the pattern book.
knitting

Episode 9: Ideal Self

Bymichelle April 14, 2018July 27, 2023

Episode 9: Ideal Self where I’m knitting the Birch sweater for Iceland and talk self-doubt, healthy movement, and simplifying life. Also we broach the natural yarn vs superwash and give all the links for everything.

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Image of my Weekender sweater by Andrea Mowry.
knitting

Episode 7: Hygge on Crack

Bymichelle April 5, 2018July 27, 2023

Episode 7: Hygge on Crack is the one where we start a conversation on crafting and consumerism and how to avoid going to far and the root of it. I also show my finished Weekender sweater by Andrea Mowry in affordable yarn.

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Episode 4: On Mission

Bymichelle February 27, 2018July 27, 2023

In Episode 4 I share pics and video from my recent trip to Peru and a little about the people I met and the work we did.

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Image of me wearing my Christmas socks reflected in a glass ball ornament.
knitting

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Bymichelle January 30, 2018July 27, 2023

What am I going to say about the Twas the Night Before Christmas socks that you haven’t already read or heard a thousand times?  It’s everything you’ve heard- cute, interesting…

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family | homemaking

This Guy

Bymichelle November 17, 2017July 27, 2023

I’m just going to get right to the point.  I am about to be an empty nester.  Remember that awful sit-com in the eighties- Empty Nest?  Well, my son is…

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Image of my big galoot dog trying to fit sideways in our rocking chair.
family | homemaking

Redeemed

Bymichelle October 19, 2017July 27, 2023

This all started about a year ago.  Things were calming down in my life after a long spell of crisis.   My daily schedule was starting to look like a…

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Image of two precious skeins of Gynx Yarns I am about to use to create the Cumberland Shawl.
knitting

Giant Sigh of Relief Project

Bymichelle October 17, 2017July 27, 2023

Cumberland is my palate cleanser between sweater projects for the Brooklyn Knitfolk Hipster KAL.  I realize I won’t finish both Heritage (below) and Feya before it ends, but the point…

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