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  • A top-down view of a pair of gray, lacy socks laid out flat on a white marble counter. They're surrounded by roses, antique paper ephemera, and a white teacup full of coffee.

    New Pattern Release: The Solimar Socks

    A top-down image of the Lucida Socks, a pair of lavender-colored socks with panels of eyelets and cables running down front and back, modeled on a pair of sock blockers and laid flat on a white marble background surrounded by antique books, which roses, and a teacup full of espresso

    New Pattern Release: The Lucida Socks

    A top-down image of pink and white balls of yarn, some pink knitting on a circular needle, a cup of tea, and some antique books surrounded by flowers

    On Writing Knitting Patterns with Clear Instructions

    A close-up image of the Catalina Eddy Blanket draped across the arm and seat of a wing-back chair

    Introducing the Catalina Eddy Blanket

    How to Knit a Blanket Using Any Stitch Pattern

    How to Knit a Blanket Using Any Stitch Pattern

    An orange triangular shawl with columns of slipped stitches and a cabled edging is wrapped around a white dressmaker's form. In the background are a brick fireplace, some white coral, a blue and white ginger jar, and antique prints on the wall.

    The Auklet Shawl is Ready to Soar

    A golden-colored cowl with alternating rows of eyelets, bobbles, and seed stitch is laid flat and surrounded by pink and white roses, antique paper ephemera, and a blue and white teacup. The photo is shot from the top straight down.

    Let’s Celebrate the Sycamore Canyon Cowl Re-Release!

    The Amicus Socks - A pair of pink socks with vertical cables and eyelets is laid flat on top of a cream lace background and some antique botanical prints. They are surrounded by white roses and white snapdragons, along with a cup of tea.

    I’m Joining the Fasten Off Yarn-a-long Again!

    A top-down shot of a blue and white teacup and saucer sitting on the edge of an oak table with a white doily and some white knitting on steel needles. Knitting helps me overcome perfectionism by giving me a safe place to make mistakes.

    How Knitting Helps Me Overcome Perfectionism

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    I’ve been thinking a lot about perfectionism again I’ve been thinking a lot about perfectionism again lately, and how so often, it just ends up getting in our own way. If you’ve got a random purl stitch when it should have been a knit, or an ssk instead of a k2tog, or something else tiny like that, and you don’t notice until several rows later? It’s okay to just leave it. You don’t have to drop back to fix it if you don’t feel like it, and you DEFINITELY don’t have to rip out your work and start over.
    I promise, the project you’re looking for isn’t co I promise, the project you’re looking for isn’t covered up by the text!

But as you can see from this video, even major mistakes are hard to spot at a quick glance, and most people aren’t giving our clothing more attention than that. If the mistake doesn’t affect the functionality of your finished knit, it’s totally okay to leave it there. I do it all the time.
    Take a peek at the blocking process for the Deckle Take a peek at the blocking process for the Deckle Edge Socks! You’re really unlikely to do any serious harm to your knits in the washing process if you are just a little bit careful, but if you’re worried, this trick might help you.
    I bought this gorgeous yarn from @sinceresheep at I bought this gorgeous yarn from @sinceresheep at the SoCal Fiber Fair a couple years ago and have been trying to find the perfect project for it ever since. I finally settled on knitting up my next version of the 15 Knots Hat.

I only had about 150 yards to work with, though, so I had to get a little creative and be a little bit gutsy.

Have you joined the knit along yet? The conversation is popping over my Facebook group, and this fundraiser for @sailingmom2la28 has brought a lot of joy.
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