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Home / 2017 / November

Month: November 2017

Posted on November 29, 2017November 28, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

The Weekend Sweater Knitting Pattern

Introducing the Weekend Sweater: easy to knit, easy to wear.

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Categories: downloadables, knitting, show and tell
Tags: pullovers, weekend sweater
Posted on November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Join Polka Dot Cottage Be Merry (#pdcbemerry) on Instagram!

pdcbemerry

Join me on Instagram this December for Polka Dot Cottage Be Merry! It’s a way to do something small for ourselves everyday, to help cultivate a happy holiday feeling, even (or especially!) when we feel busy and overwhelmed.

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Category: photography
Tags: christmas, instagram, pdcbemerry
Posted on November 25, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Food, Family, and the Comforts of Home

This Week in Pictures, Week 47, 2017

This fourth week of November, I did many of the same things I do every fourth week of November. And I’m really ok with that.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, thanksgiving, weekend sweater
Posted on November 20, 2017June 15, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Coffee and Keyboard Christmas

Coffee and Keyboard Christmas is a new playlist that features 32 instrumental holiday and winter songs to listen to while you work, or any time that words will just get in the way.

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Categories: playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, christmas, coffee and keyboard, mix tape
Posted on November 18, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Candlelight and Comfort Food

This Week in Pictures, Week 46, 2017

I really seem to have amped-up the hygge this week. I may need to buy more matches…

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, weekend sweater
Posted on November 11, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: In the Dark

This Week in Pictures, Week 45, 2017

With the end of Daylight Savings Time, comes the end of my ability to take a photo in natural light during the week…

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, weekend sweater
Posted on November 4, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: So Autumnal

This Week in Pictures, Week 44, 2017

This time of year nature puts on such a show! This week was leaves, trees, clouds, family, cozy time, and a new sweater on the needles.

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Categories: excursions, knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp wildlife refuge, instagram, project 365, sweaters, weekend sweater
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                        #PictureFlowers Day 31: Last prompt! We're suppose #PictureFlowers Day 31: Last prompt! We're supposed to buy ourselves flowers, but I already did that a few days ago with these dark pink #peonies. They're finally opening up nicely, though, so that's a good gift for today 🙂Thank you @traceyclark for another enjoyable month-long challenge 💗
                        💜 A few images from my first roll of #LomoChrom 💜 A few images from my first roll of #LomoChromePurple, including one from the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and one from the Ocean City boardwalk 💜I shared the whole roll (and my thoughts) on my blog. See the link in my bio.Spoiler alert: I think they're cool and I want to take some more 😁#filmisnotdead #minoltaxgm #lomography #lomopurple #ocnj #gsnwr
                        #PictureFlowers Day 30: I wasn't really in the moo #PictureFlowers Day 30: I wasn't really in the mood for a selfie today, but the prompt said otherwise, so here I am, though the real star of the show today is this Trader Joe's peony which smells sooooo lovely 🪷
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