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  • A pair of pink socks hangs from wire sock blockers suspended on the knobs of a vintage oak china hutch.

    The Ultimate Simple Guide to Blocking Your Knitting

    A pair of plain white handknit socks on metal sock blockers rest on a floral rug. The socks are slightly staggered vertically with the toes pointing in opposite directions.

    Basic Worsted Sock Knitting Pattern

    Two blue knit swatches with ribbing at the top sit on a crumpled white cloth surrounded by a pair of pink socks, a pair of white socks, and a few clumps of baby's breath flowers. The left blue swatch is bound off using the standard bind-off, while the other is bound off in pattern.

    How to Bind Off in Pattern for Beginner Knitters

    A flatlay photo of two skeins of yarn (one pink one cream with pastel speckles), a ball of blue yarn, and a pink knit hat sitting on a vintage embroidered table runner.

    6 Tips for Knitting with Bulky Yarn

    Four gray mitered squares sit on top of a lace doily next to a yellow rose, a teacup full of milky tea, some antique books, and two neutral-colored balls of yarn.

    4 Ways to Knit a Mitered Square (and When to Use Each One)

    A top-down photo showing two swatches, one with the floats cut and one with the floats intact (the white swatch on the bottom). They're surrounded by more yarn, some metal knitting needles, a silver trinket box, a pink rose, and a seed stitch swatch knit flat.

    Speed Swatching for Knitters: Accurate Gauge in Less Time

    A half-finished knit scarf with tan and white stripes sits on a driftwood log at the beach. Blurred in the background is lots of sand and some soft blue waves.

    Knitting with Alpaca Yarn: What to Know Before You Cast On

    A top-down photo of a pile of pink and cream knit accessories with a gray swatch in the middle. All of the knit items have bobbles on them, including the swatch.

    Three Different Ways to Knit Bobbles

    A top-down photo where a white stoneware pitcher full of metal and wooden knitting needles sits on a desk surrounded by pastel mini skeins of yarn and a couple knitting projects in progress on metal and plastic needles.

    How to Pick the Right Knitting Needle Material for Your Project

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    The only crying I’m interested in doing when it co The only crying I’m interested in doing when it comes to my knitting is happy crying. Luckily, this was one of those times.
    As someone over on the clock app wisely pointed ou As someone over on the clock app wisely pointed out, I’ve already spent three years on this one. What’s a few more hours weaving in the ends? At this point, might as well.
    Free for a very limited time: the Kelp Forest Cowl Free for a very limited time: the Kelp Forest Cowl! This is one of my very earliest designs, reimagined in gorgeous yarn from @seachangefibers and tech edited by @techeditor.bluecrabknits. 

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    All five patterns in the 2025 Golden Honey Sock Cl All five patterns in the 2025 Golden Honey Sock Club are out now! There’s something for everybody here. Whether you are looking for a soothing knit, something with a lot of cables, a project that feels dainty and delicate, or something suited to a newer sock knitter, you’ll find a pattern in here that fits your needs.

In order, the patterns are Clinch Cover, Great Big Ballgown, Illustrated Couple, Sentimental Memento, and Billowing Shirtsleeves. The first four are available individually, but the fifth is and always will be a sock club exclusive, and the club itself is a huge savings over buying all of the patterns separately.
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