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Home / 2017 / April

Month: April 2017

Posted on April 29, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: Fewer Words

This Week in Pictures, Week 17, 2017

I’ve decided, starting this week, that my Project 365 theme of “words” is now going to be more of a suggestion than a hard-and-fast rule.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, vernal pool pullover
Posted on April 26, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Then and Now

These days, instead of starting my day with crafty blogs, I wake up with the New York Times and have my morning coffee in front of three monitors and a screen full of PHP code.

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Categories: domesticity, photography
Posted on April 22, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: This and That

This Week in Pictures, Week 16, 2017

I knit a total of 8 rounds this week, and that was the extent of my creativity. I photographed some flowers, went to a school event, celebrated a holiday, had busy week at work…. Just a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, vernal pool pullover
Posted on April 17, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Pink (and white and purple) trees!

The building where I work is surrounded by flowering trees.

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Category: chit chat
Tags: flowers, spring, trees
Posted on April 15, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Pleasant Weather

This Week in Pictures, Week 15, 2017

Taxes, coffee, and an update on my Vernal Pool Pullover.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, vernal pool pullover
Posted on April 8, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

TWiP: Vernal Pool

This Week in Pictures, Week 14, 2018

This week we had an anniversary, a birthday, and copious amounts of new-sweater knitting.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, vernal pool pullover
Posted on April 1, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Out like a lion

This Week in Pictures, Week 13, 2017

Happy First Day of April! I hope this means the warm weather is just around the corner. March has just been far too cold!

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Categories: crochet, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, mandalas, project 365
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