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  • 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

    Many knitting projects use some kind of ribbing, but not all ribbing is equally suited to every purpose. Here’s how to pick the best one.

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  • 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

    A while ago, a kind friend sent me an email asking if I’d ever tried the Addi Sock Wonder needles. He had ordered a set for himself and somehow wound up with two. I jumped at the…

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  • 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.
    Knitting Tips and Tricks

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

    Many knitters are rightly concerned about accidentally getting a dud of a knitting pattern. Here are some ways to avoid that outcome.

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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 Patterns · Knitting Design

    Free Knitting Tutorial: Scrappy Seed Stitch Scarf

    When you have a lot of tiny scraps of yarn, this easy seed stitch scarf will help you use them up without wasting any.

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

    Why Do We Knit? 8 Common Reasons

    One common question I get about knitting, is why do it in the first place? Here are the most common reasons knitters shared with me.

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  • A pair of feet wearing white, lacy, handknit socks rests on top of a vintage needlepoint stool with flowers embroidered on it. The feet are crossed at the ankles.
    Caring for Knitwear

    5 Common Reasons Why Knit Socks Wear Out Too Fast

    Do your knit socks develop holes after just a few wears? This blog post goes over the five most common reasons your socks wear out too fast.

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I'm a former lawyer turned knitwear designer who designs soft, romantic patterns for knitters who want a brief escape from the everyday. When I'm not knitting, you can usually find me puttering about in my rose garden, hosting tea parties, or collecting sea glass at the beach.

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  • 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

  • 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.
    Knitting Tips and Tricks

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

  • 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 Patterns · Knitting Design

    Free Knitting Tutorial: Scrappy Seed Stitch Scarf

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Ribbing is used for lots of different purposes in Ribbing is used for lots of different purposes in knitting, but not all kinds of ribbing are interchangeable. Some are better used in some circumstances and are a bad fit in others. Here’s a look at six types of ribbing I like to use in different scenarios.

How about you? Do you have a favorite type of ribbing you use? Is there one you love that I haven’t covered here?
The pattern for the Dynamic Range Socks is officia The pattern for the Dynamic Range Socks is officially available on Etsy and Ravelry! This pattern was first published a few years ago in Cast On Magazine, but now I’m able to make it available to everyone. Hope you enjoy knitting them as much as I did.
Little snippets of joy. I’ve been knitting and cle Little snippets of joy. I’ve been knitting and cleaning and going for walks and hanging with my favorite canine houseguest. What’s something that has put a smile on your face lately?
Excited to share this fun and relaxing sock knitti Excited to share this fun and relaxing sock knitting pattern with you all very soon. These socks have been sitting in my pile for years now, so it’s about time I got that pattern finished up and ready for publication!
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