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A horizontal photo showing three projects made with seed stitch: a gray shawl at top left, a pink cowl at bottom right, and a turquoise dishcloth in progress in the middle. they're surrounded by antique paper ephemera and trinkets.

How to Knit Seed Stitch – Easy Tutorial for Beginners

A top-down photo of a pair of light pink vanilla socks laid flat on a table with the toes pointing to the right. One sock is crossed over the other. They're surrounded by white roses, a few mini skeins of neutral yarn, a pair of dark pink socks in progress, and a mint-colored teacup full of tea.

The Vanilla Sock: My Favorite Basic Knitting Project

A flatlay showing four purple swatches on four different kinds of double-pointed needles. They're surrounded by antique textiles and paper ephemera, white roses, and a mint-colored teacup full of tea.

The Best Double Pointed Knitting Needles for Your Unique Needs

Five children's books are laid out flat on a gray surface, surrounded by several white roses, some knitting projects, a teacup and saucer, and a couple antique doilies. The books are The Complete Brambly Hedge, Julia's House for Lost Creatures, Minou, Little Women, and Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine.

5 Cottagecore Children’s Stories Inspiring My Knitting Designs

A light blue, crescent-shaped shawl is draped around a white dressmaker's form. The shawl has stripes with eyelet texture and stripes of garter stitch.

New Knitting Pattern Release: Dusk in the Desert Shawl

A pair of copper scissors with handles shaped like swans sits on a cream doily. On either side of the scissors are a pink sheath for the scissor blades and a tiny circular needle with the beginnings of a cream-colored sock on it.

7 Knitting Tools for Every Project Bag: Product Reviews

A top-down photo showing a gray garter-stitch square with a picot bind off. To the left is a blue shawl with a picot bind off. To the right is a yellow and blue shawl with a picot bind off. There are also antique botanical prints, wooden knitting needles, a doily, and a small silver tray with a brass key that has a tassel tied to it.

Why and How to Knit a Picot Bind Off – With Video Tutorial

A white woman's hands (mine!) knit on the front side of a piece of light blue lace knitting. The photo focuses in on how the lifeline is more visible when working on the front side of the yarn.

How to Knit With a Lifeline and Prevent Disasters

A white woman (me!) wearing a white poplin blouse with pintucks and lace trim works on knitting a multi-colored scrappy mitered square blanket. I'm knitting continental style, with the working yarn tensioned around my left hand.

How to Knit a Mitered Square Blanket – Free Tutorial

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Sometimes I feel like a broken record going on abo Sometimes I feel like a broken record going on about how important it is to block your knits, so you better believe I’m having some complicated feelings about my decision not to block the Mitered Square Blanket of Doom!

But I have a couple very good reasons for my decision, and I think everything is going to work out just fine.
I get a lot of comments about how even my tension I get a lot of comments about how even my tension is, and if I’m honest, it really boils down to three things. I’ve had a whole boatload of practice, I’m a tight knitter, and I block all of my knits. All of them. Every single one.

 If you’ve struggled with uneven knitting tension, there are definitely ways to help improve that situation! This is a good starting point, but feel free to share other suggestions in the comments.
When I’m not knitting, you can often find me in When I’m not knitting, you can often find me in the garden talking to my roses. 

They have names and personalities. Some have spicy scents. Some are finicky and won’t bloom unless the conditions are perfect. Some have a zillion thorns.

And I love each of them just the way they are.
This is your permission slip to cast on and start This is your permission slip to cast on and start knitting that pair of socks this weekend. Go for it.
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