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  • Three handknit socks in shades of green, white, and pink sit on top of a white dresser. The green sock, in front, is in focus. Blurred in the background are lots of antique books.
    Knitting Design

    How to Get Started as a Knitting Pattern Designer

    It can be hard to find information about how to start working as a knitting pattern designer, so I’ve rounded up some of the most important things I’ve learned.

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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 Knitting Tutorial: Mitered Square Bag

  • 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?

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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.

Patterns

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

Gardening

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.

Living

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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Gardening

  • 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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  • Three handknit socks in shades of green, white, and pink sit on top of a white dresser. The green sock, in front, is in focus. Blurred in the background are lots of antique books.
    Knitting Design

    How to Get Started as a Knitting Pattern Designer

  • 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

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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Please tell me I’m not the only one whose project Please tell me I’m not the only one whose project bags end up with random bits and bobs shoved in them. I know the whole point of a project bag is to protect my project from all of the other random bits and bobs floating around in my main bag, but sometimes things don’t go according to plan here.
A Continuous Smell of Steam gets its name from a p A Continuous Smell of Steam gets its name from a passage in North and South where Fanny Thornton complains about how noisy and smoky Milton is. An industrial city in the 1850s is probably not where you’d want to wear this delicate white shawl, but the color and stitch pattern reminded me of billowing steam. I couldn’t help myself.

The pattern for this shawl is coming on June 5. I used two skeins of @aimeeshermakes Comfort Silk Linen (kindly provided as part of our collaboration) to knit my sample and had enough left over that I may make a matching little scarflet.

Are you ready to cast on yet or do you still need to pick out your yarn?
Every knitter has a story, and I’m no different. I Every knitter has a story, and I’m no different. I’ll be honest, though, I definitely did not anticipate this is where things would end up when I first started! Has your knitting journey taken you on some surprise quests, too?
After a bit of a lull in my reading (life + work g After a bit of a lull in my reading (life + work got a little busy), I’m back at it with another treasure from the library. Have you watched the tv adaptation yet? I’m saving it until I finish the book.
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