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  • A top-down photo of a woman's feet wearing purple lacy knit socks with Birkenstock sandals and black cropped jeans.

    Shoes for Showing Off Handknit Socks: Six Suggestions

    An ornate, antique teacup with pink flowers painted on it sits on a matching coaster. It's full of one of my favorite teas, Harney & Sons' Vanilla Comoro. In the background is a mitered square blanket made of lots of pastel yarns and a vase full of pink and white hyacinths and baby's breath.

    January Sip and Stitch: Mitered Squares, Grocery Store Teas, and Pirates Ahoy!

    A young woman with light brown hair grins while holding a coffee cup near a window. Teresa has soft bangs that fall across her forehead and a happy, relaxed demeanor.

    Meet the Maker – Teresa Runnett of Classical Songbird Knits

    A top-down image of a pair of pink socks, a light blue hat, and a pair of green socks all laid flat on a white marble countertop. They're surrounded by tiny yellow roses and a white teacup full of tea.

    Community: My Knitting Word of the Year

    Three pairs of knit socks (pink, blue, and caramel) are laid out on a flat surface in a diagonal from top left to bottom right. They're surrounded by white roses, antique books, a teacup full of chamomile, and antique paper ephemera.

    Gift Knitting: My Three Ground Rules

    Two flatlays next to each other. On the left is a flatlay that seems like a random jumble of items together. On the right is a a flatlay that is arranged more intentionally, has better control of light flow, and uses a balanced color palette.

    Come Take a Flatlay Workshop with Me!

    A white woman with short gray hair smiles in the sunshine. She is wearing a red, long-sleeved shirt and has reading glasses perched on top of her head. In her hands is a large basket full of colorful yarn dyed using natural materials.

    Meet the Maker: Sharon Miller of Flora Adora Fibers

    A top-down image of a pair of small, plump, white hands holding a blue and white teacup and saucer. The teacup is full of milky rooibos tea. In the background are some knitting, a couple antique doilies, a plate of madeleines, and some antique books.

    October Sip and Stitch: Dickens and The Gilded Age

    A woman with long brown hair wears a shawl draped around her shoulders. She is looking to the left and downward so you can see the shawl's drape. The shawl is knit in a blue and brown gradient fade yarn with vertical panels of seed stitch and lace.

    September Community Feature – Warm Knits for Fall

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    It’s been a while since I took a moment to log the It’s been a while since I took a moment to log the little things that have made me smile lately. Here’s a sampling: knitting, roses, happy little moments.
    Here’s a peek at how I like to test out new constr Here’s a peek at how I like to test out new constructions of sock components without knitting an entire pair of socks. Have you ever tried this method before?
    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.
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