Laura Hulslander has been knitting for almost 25 years and still loves to learn about yarn, spinning, and all things woolly.
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High arches often mean that beautiful handknit socks are uncomfortable and rarely get worn—until you adjust the heel depth to create the extra room your foot actually needs.
One of the challenges—and beauties—of choosing to knit with small-batch farm yarn is that it’s not quite the same as commercial yarn. Using some basic math, you can convert almost any pattern to work with your one-of-a-kind skeins.