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  • A pile of yarn with a felted striped purse and a knit sock with some minor felting.

    Felting and Superwash Wool: What Every Knitter Should Know

    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 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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    In August, things tend to get a little quieter in In August, things tend to get a little quieter in the garden around here. 

The weather has finally warmed up, so I’m feeling lazy and therefore not as diligent about watering things, and the plants are still a little tired from their spring flush. 

Still, there are blooms, and the blooms make me happy.
    I’m serious when I say that every day that ends I’m serious when I say that every day that ends in y is an A+ day for knitting.

Also, this is a fun peek at how I tension my yarn. Do you also wrap yours around an extra digit or two?
    Let’s try this one more time. They say third tim Let’s try this one more time. They say third time’s the charm, right? Right?
    Now that I’m self-employed, any complaints about Now that I’m self-employed, any complaints about company management are really just complaints about myself, so I’m trying to be a good boss.
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