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  • A straight-on photo of a pink knit bag made from mitered squares that's hanging from the shoulder of a white dressmaker's form.
    Free Patterns · Knitting Design

    Free Knitting Tutorial: Mitered Square Bag

    A mitered square bag is an easy, fun way to use up leftover yarn. Here’s a free tutorial for how to do exactly that.

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  • A straight-on photo of a multicolored seed stitch scarf draped around the neck of a white dressmaker's form. The form stands between a white vintage dresser and a mahogany console table. Filling most of the wall behind the dressmaker's form is a vintage landscape art print in a carved wooden frame.

    Free Knitting Tutorial: Scrappy Seed Stitch Scarf

  • A pair of feet wearing thick pink socks extend from the bottoms of a pair of light blue jeans. The socks have front panels of lace and cables.

    Syllabus Slipper Socks – A Free Pattern to Knit Slipper Socks

  • An open drawer of a white dresser reveals two pastel pairs of handknit mitts and several small balls of pastel yarn leftovers.

    Is It Copying or Just a Coincidence?

  • A white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair knits a pink sock while snuggled up under a multicolored knit blanket made up of mitered squares. She is lounging with her feet tucked under her on a vintage sofa with faded floral upholstery.

    Answering All Your Questions About the Mitered Square Blanket of Doom

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A close-up on the brim of the Pebbles by the Sea Hat. It shows the 1x1 twisted ribbing on the brim. The hat is knit in a clay-colored yarn and surrounded by white flowers on a white marble countertop.

Knitting

A side view of a white shawl with tan and gray variegations draped around a dressmaker's form. From this angle, you can more clearly see the tiny little bobbles and stripes of lace that make up the textured portion of the shawl.

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A peach cafe au lait dahlia fills the entire photo with a little greenery visible at the edges.

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A vintage teacup with purple violets painted on it sits on a matching saucer. A tarnished silver spoon rests on the saucer, and the cup is filled with chamomile tea. In the background are some white roses and a silver sugar bowl.

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A pastel plate with five round crackers. Each cracker has some soft cheese and fruit spread on it. The plate is surrounded by white knitting and pastel skeins of yarn.

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  • A cluster of pale peach roses with many petals blooms in the center of the photo surrounded by lots of bright greenery.
    Gardening | Roses

    Two Tips for Rose Care in Cooler Months

    Rose care strategies need to change as the weather cools down, even if you’re not ready for your big winter prune yet.

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  • A white woman's left arm reaches out in front of a gray stucco wall. Her hand is full of roses in varying shades of pink, coral, and yellow.

    All the Roses in my Garden: A Review

  • A peach cafe au lait dahlia fills the entire photo with a little greenery visible at the edges.

    How to Care for Your Dahlia Bulbs During Winter

  • A light green vase full of pink, apricot, and yellow roses sits on a dark table flanked by two large candles.

    June 2023 Rose Garden Update

  • A bouquet of peach, yellow, and cream roses held against a white wall.

    The Gift of the Fall Flush

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  • A straight-on photo of a pink knit bag made from mitered squares that's hanging from the shoulder of a white dressmaker's form.
    Free Patterns · Knitting Design

    Free Knitting Tutorial: Mitered Square Bag

  • A woman's feet wearing two mismatched socks rest on the faded floral cushions of a vintage sofa. The left foot wears a pink sock with a heel flap and gusset. The right foot wears a green sock with a Fleegle heel.
    Knitting Socks · Knitting Tips and Tricks

    Knitting My First Fleegle Heel: A Review

  • Three gray swatches of different ribbing styles sit on a weathered outdoor wooden table along with some pink socks, a blue cowl, and a gray-green hat.
    Knitting Tips and Tricks

    3 Steps to Choose the Best Ribbing for Your Knitting Project

  • A white woman's left hand holds some small-circumference knitting on progress on its tiny circular knitting needles. The needles have a longer tip on the right hand side than on the left hand side.
    Knitting Tips and Tricks

    Knitting Needle Review: Addi Sock Wonder

Knitting Tips & Tricks

  • A woman's feet wearing two mismatched socks rest on the faded floral cushions of a vintage sofa. The left foot wears a pink sock with a heel flap and gusset. The right foot wears a green sock with a Fleegle heel.

    Knitting My First Fleegle Heel: A Review

  • Three gray swatches of different ribbing styles sit on a weathered outdoor wooden table along with some pink socks, a blue cowl, and a gray-green hat.

    3 Steps to Choose the Best Ribbing for Your Knitting Project

  • A white woman's left hand holds some small-circumference knitting on progress on its tiny circular knitting needles. The needles have a longer tip on the right hand side than on the left hand side.

    Knitting Needle Review: Addi Sock Wonder

  • A pair of handknit cabled socks in a dusty pink color sits on top of a white dresser next to a skein of darker pink yarn and a skein of deep burgundy yarn.

    How to Know Whether You’re Getting a Good Knitting Pattern

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Life of a Knitter

  • A light blue hat with a pink brim is on a set of steel knitting needles sitting on a dark wood coffee table.

    Why Do We Knit? 8 Common Reasons

  • A light blue knit shawl in progress on metal needles sits on the cushion of a vintage sofa with faded floral upholstery. A needlepoint pillow fills the background.

    Pushing Back on the Knitting Police: Unsolicited Advice for the Unsolicited Advice-Givers

  • A top-down photo of a pair of white handknit socks and a blue knit shawl in progress on a pair of steel needles.

    The Knitting Police Think You’re Doing Things Wrong

  • A woven basket filled to the brim with handknit socks sits on a pastel floral rug.

    Are You Making Luxury Knits?

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The Frontispiece Socks have the details shifted ov The Frontispiece Socks have the details shifted over to the sides. It’s a fun little twist on my usual texture placement. Have you cast on a pair yet?
I’ve been working on another scrappy project for a I’ve been working on another scrappy project for a little while now! This mitered square bag has been living in my imagination for months, but it took a while for me to have a gap in my knitting schedule where I could get it done. I needed to do a little experimenting, so I knew there would be some false starts here and there.

The tutorial is live now on my blog, though, and you can get the link easily just by commenting “bag” on this post. I’ll send you a DM with the link to the tutorial. It’ll cover yardage, gauge, scaling the size up and down, and assembly.
I love taking pictures of my knits almost as much I love taking pictures of my knits almost as much as I love creating the knits themselves. It’s a fun process where I get to fuss about with pretty little things and create an imaginary world where my pattern can live.

The pattern for these socks is my Florilegium Socks, designed using @theknittingloungeshop’s in-house sock yarn (gifted).
I love using these increases to work the thumb gus I love using these increases to work the thumb gussets on my fingerless mitts. If you want to knit a pair of your own, I have a free pattern for a simple, elegant pair up on my blog. Comment “mitts” and I’ll send you the link!
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