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Home / 2017 / December

Month: December 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017January 1, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: That Same Table Behind the Couch

This Week in Pictures, Week 52, 2017

There were parts of this week where my vantage point didn’t change much. Luckily there was Christmas Tree Bokeh to be had in that spot!

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters
Posted on December 23, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Lit.

This Week in Pictures, Week 51, 2017

As you can probably tell, the lure of the out-of-focus Christmas lights is hard for me to resist.

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters
Posted on December 16, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Snowy and Dark

This Week in Pictures, Week 50, 2017

I’ve been admiring the falling snow during the day, and trying to cultivate feelings of warmth and coziness by night. 

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Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on December 9, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Christmas Time is Here

This Week in Pictures, Week 49, 2017

The snow has begun to fall – I love a snowy weekend. It’s so pretty coming down, and you can spend all day inside with the fireplace crackling because there’s nowhere you are supposed to be.

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Categories: crochet, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, mandalas, project 365
Posted on December 2, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: of Sweaters and Merriment

This Week in Pictures, Week 48, 2017

This week I published a new sweater pattern and started a merriment project. Happy December!

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Tags: instagram, project 365, sweaters, weekend sweater
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                          #PictureFlowers Day 27: peonies before they go *po #PictureFlowers Day 27: peonies before they go *poof*.
                          Went to my first concert in 10 years last night an Went to my first concert in 10 years last night and it was uh-MAZE-ing. I've been a Crowded House fan since I was 15 years old, and scraped together my pennies for their first album. Aidan can remember me playing them (and every other Neil Finn project) in the car since before he was 3 years old (and he's 23 now), so he came with me. It was great. So glad we did this! 🤩
                          #PictureFlowers Day 26: (I'm losing steam, but we' #PictureFlowers Day 26: (I'm losing steam, but we're almost done!) Whenever there are flowers blooming in my yard, I feel the urge to bring them inside to brighten my desk and my work day. #whereiwork
                          #PictureFlowers Day 25: When peonies give up, they #PictureFlowers Day 25: When peonies give up, they do so in spectacular fashion.
                          #PictureFlowers Day 24: Little yellow flowers in t #PictureFlowers Day 24: Little yellow flowers in the grass become these imposter wild strawberries.
                          #PictureFlowers Day 23: The day where I resort to #PictureFlowers Day 23: The day where I resort to a fake flower because I give up 😂( I tried, really, but I needed "interesting" colors, and couldn't come up with anything more interesting than a mint green crocheted flower you could never see in nature.)
                          #PictureFlowers Day 22: You could get lost in thos #PictureFlowers Day 22: You could get lost in those luscious #peony petals 🩷
                          Making myself some birthday cupcakes using the Blo Making myself some birthday cupcakes using the Blood Orange Cake Mix from Trader Joe's, and listening to the Strong Songs podcast do a deep dive on Dancing Queen. As you do 🩷🧡
                          #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for this prompt. I don't like to make things blurry on purpose, as a rule. But I did it anyway. I set a tiny aperture so I could get a slow shutter speed, and I waited for the wind to blow this lily all over the place. And after that was done, I took another picture, with the lily sharply in focus, and a reasonably shallow depth of field, just like I like it 😆
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