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  • Image of my Raw-Tee summer sweater halfway through the knitting process laid next to a piece of driftwood in the afternoon sun.
    crochet | knitting

    Episode 73: The Summer Patterns I’ll ACTUALLY Make

    Bymichelle July 11, 2023July 27, 2023

    After recent talk about my perfect summer sweater and reviewing all the summer yarns of the past, I show you what I will actually be casting on this summer. The list is brief but destined to be cast on.

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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 a big pile of summer sweaters on the bed beside me from where I review all of the yarns for you in this vlog.
    knitting

    Episode 71: Finding the Right Yarn for Summer Sweater Patterns

    Bymichelle July 1, 2023July 27, 2023

    This is the vlog where I talk about all the yarns I’ve ever used for summer sweater patterns and narrow down the ones that actually worked.

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  • Image of my finished LAtely Pullover, a cabled worsted weight sweater with drawstring hem, laid on the ground.
    knitting

    Episode 70: Lately Pullover & Other Faves

    Bymichelle July 1, 2023July 27, 2023

    Want my thoughts on knitting the Lately Pullover and other designs by Shannon Cook? This is my vlog review, with all of the patterns listed and links. I also link the yarns I have used to knit her designs.

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  • Image of a geometric planter I filled with curving, draping cacti.
    Home DIY | homemaking

    First Person Maker: Vintage Succulent Planters

    Bymichelle June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

    In this First Person Maker, I invite you to pot some vintage planters I’ve been hunting for online and in thrift stores and share a bit about how I find them and use them around the house. Just a little home DIY inspo.

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  • AI and I Solve All Your Knitting Problems
    knitting

    AI and I Solve All Your Knitting Problems

    Bymichelle June 15, 2023July 1, 2023

    In Episode 69, AI and I tackle some of your knitting problems to see who has the most succinct and useful answer. We talk yoke modifications, my current WIPs and stashbusting.

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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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