Caring for Knitwear Archives - A Bee In The Bonnet

A 3/4 side view of a light blue knit t-shirt displayed on a dressmaker's form.

A Quick Guide to Knitting With Pure Silk Yarn

A pair of feet wearing pearly gray handknit socks with a richly textured leg and eye of partridge heel are settled on their side against a tan couch cushion with pink and blue flowers on it.

Are Knit Socks Durable? 6 of My Best Tips for Lasting Socks

A top-down view of two banana-leaf baskets filled with carefully folded handknit socks. The socks are in pastel shades of pink, blue, grayish purple, tan, and green.

How to Store Knit Socks During the Off Season

Two pairs of pink, hand-knit socks sitting in the top of an open suitcase.

How to Care for Hand-Knit Socks While Traveling

A top-down photo of the two pairs of socks featured in this post, one light blue and lacy, one with pink, white, and brown stripes. Both have had all their pills removed and look crisp and sharp again. Tucked in the middle between them is a blue and white teacup full of coffee and a white rose.

How to Handle Pilling on Knit Socks

A small Eastlake dresser with carved handles sits next to a dressmaker's form with a gray shawl draped on it. Hung on the wall behind them are a wooden clock and two framed paintings. On top of the dresser are antique books, a lamp made to look like an oil lantern, a basket of yarn, and a wooden head form with a knit hat on it.

My Top Tips for How to Store Wool Sweaters and Hand Knits

A pair of handknit socks laid flat on a white marble countertrop. One has been blocked and sits smoothly on the surface. The other hasn't been blocked and is extremely lumpy.

Why I Always Block My Knit Socks for Better Results

A glass bowl, filled with water and soap, holds multiple pairs of hand knit socks, which peek up through the bubbles.

How to Wash and Care for Hand Knit Wool Socks

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Caring for Knitwear

A Quick Guide to Knitting With Pure Silk Yarn

Are Knit Socks Durable? 6 of My Best Tips for Lasting Socks

How to Store Knit Socks During the Off Season

How to Care for Hand-Knit Socks While Traveling

How to Handle Pilling on Knit Socks

My Top Tips for How to Store Wool Sweaters and Hand Knits

Why I Always Block My Knit Socks for Better Results

How to Wash and Care for Hand Knit Wool Socks

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