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Home / 2016

Year: 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: Farewell 2016

This Week in Pictures, Week 52, 2016

It’s the last week of 2016, and it has been mostly pleasant.

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Categories: crochet, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, mandalas, project 365
Posted on December 24, 2016December 28, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: ’twas the week before Christmas…

This Week in Pictures, Week 51, 2016

It’s Christmas Eve, and I am happy to report that I seem to have avoided my annual pre-holiday meltdown. [Knock on wood.] [Contented sigh.]

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Categories: knitting, polymer clay, this week in pictures
Tags: bangle bracelets, instagram, project 365, sweaters, three shades of gray cardigan
Posted on December 20, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

3 Shades of Gray

Come meet my improvised top-down cardigan with stranded colorwork yoke! It’s a mouthful to say, and a pleasure to wear 😉

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: 3shadesofgray, cardigans, fair isle, stranded colorwork, sweaters
Posted on December 17, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Jangly

This Week in Pictures, Week 50, 2016

I have essentially spent all week sitting on my butt making things and learning new skills. Aside from my butt probably requiring more exercise than that, it’s been a good thing for me.

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Categories: knitting, polymer clay, this week in pictures
Tags: bangle bracelets, instagram, project 365, sweaters, three shades of gray cardigan
Posted on December 10, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

TWiP: Red!

This Week in Pictures, Week 49, 2016

If nothing else, I can say that my week was very festive-looking!

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Categories: crochet, this week in pictures
Tags: flirty fifties mandala, instagram, mandalas, project 365
Posted on December 3, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

TWiP: polymer clay by day, knitting by night

This Week in Pictures, Week 48, 2016

I’ve done a lot of making this week.

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Categories: knitting, polymer clay, this week in pictures
Tags: crochet hooks, instagram, project 365, stick pens, sweaters, three shades of gray cardigan
Posted on November 26, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: Cranberries, Fire, and Coziness

This Week in Pictures, Week 47, 2016

It’s been a cozy-feeling week, with fireplaces, family, and cranberries aplenty.

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Categories: crochet, excursions, family, knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: blankets, cherry hill nj, collingswood nj, family room squircleghan, instagram, project 365
Posted on November 19, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: I’m supposed to be shopping right now

This Week in Pictures, Week 46, 2016

I can’t remember the last week that I took this few photos…

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Categories: crochet, knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: blankets, family room squircleghan, fingerless gloves, instagram, project 365
Posted on November 16, 2016June 15, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Quiet Time 4

Today I tore my hair out over a technical problem, and I made a new playlist. Those two things are not related at all.

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Categories: blogging, playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, headway themes, mix tape, quiet time, wordpress
Posted on November 12, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

TWiP: it’s been a week.

This Week in Pictures, Week 45, 2016

I’m going to let the pictures speak for themselves this week.

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Categories: knitting, polka dot cottage, this week in pictures
Tags: craft shows, instagram, porthole pullover, project 365, sweaters

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                          #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant f #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant for a sunny day, which I don't have, but I do have this lovely kitchen window light, that renders beautifully on a Polaroid. More accurately, it's the moody shadows that get me. Sadly, the Polaroid was disappointing (how many times has *that* phrase been uttered?), so I used my Canon, and I'm happy with those results. Then, just for kicks, I set up my Kodak for a little #ThroughTheViewfinder fun, which I haven't done since 2010, when it was all the rage on Flickr, and the only reason I even bought this camera 🙂
                          #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits on the hill in their back yard watching the fireworks. That's what it looks like to me, anyway 😄
                          #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get outside with my camera, all of the bees had gone home for the night. So how about an image illustrating the symbiotic ant/peony relationship instead?
                          #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and my peonies have started to bloom! The biggest force of nature evidently having an influence on them is gravity 😁
                          #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt becau #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt because these are the only flowers I saw all day, and I couldn't make the angles work 😁
                          #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinne #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinner party (and my peonies were not in season, and I couldn't get a bunch of zinnias from a local farm) I would probably be decorating with grocery store gerbera daisies.
                          I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩 I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩
                          The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk i The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk is nearly empty. My favorite kind of Monday morning 😍
                          #PictureFlowers Day 14: We went to Corsons Inlet i #PictureFlowers Day 14: We went to Corsons Inlet in search of wildflowers for this prompt. We saw mostly teeny tiny things, and I would have settled for those, but then a single bush full of beach roses came into view.
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