It's happened to all of us, probably more than once. We finish folding a load of laundry only to discover that a few socks have lost their mates. Blame it on the washing machine monster or the dryer ...

Forgive me. I'm not a sock knitter. But for the last couple of years, every time I think about knitting socks, I am reminded of something Maggie Jackson of Maggie Knits said at Vogue Knitting Live New ...