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It's funny how the best things in life can happen right out of the blue. Like last Thursday evening--I made a routine post to Instagram, did a bit of knitting, then went to bed as usual. By Friday morning, that same post had become one of the top nine posts under six separate hashtags; #madeincanada, #naturalneutrals, #instaknit, #ethicalfashion, and #knittersofig. Wow! 

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The irony is, after spending hours intentionally trying to compose pretty product shots, I'd piled these particular pieces together simply to get them out of the way; it wasn't until I put down the camera to tidy up that I was struck by their beauty.

I picked up the camera and snapped a few final shots. Not composed. Not created specifically for social media. Just a few in-the-moment, wow-aren't-these-pretty-together, pictures. Natural. Authentic. Beautiful. I guess that's why the image did so well on IG...its 'realness' made it relatable.

Personally, I learned a valuable lesson (well, re-learned). If you want to be pleasantly surprised by life, you have to stop trying to control it. If only I could remember this more often! 

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