| |
| |
BioI grew up on a small family farm in Western Oregon where my love of wool first took root. Though I learned to knit as a young girl, I didn't pick it up with passion until after college and I have been at it full bore ever since. In 1998, I started teaching classes, designing/altering patterns and working in my local yarn store (Atelier in San Francisco). Then, in 2002, Allison Isaacs and I pooled our creative resources to open ImagiKnit in San Francisco. The shop quickly became the premier Bay Area destination for inspiring yarns and original patterns and has been vaunted in many publications, including Knitter's Magazine. My first book (Holiday Knits), co-written with Allison Isaacs, came out in the fall of 2005. I recently started a new chapter in my life, moving back to Oregon in order to concentrate more on writing/design and on Yarn of the Month Club. Philosophy |
finding patterns with long enough sleeves, lengthen the sleeves. With a
nice logical approach, these things are easy to do. If you love the
shape of a garment, but dislike the stitch pattern, change the stitch
pattern. The most important tenent of my knitting philosophy is to
enjoy your knitting. This sounds obvious, but so many factors can
interfere with your pleasure if you let them. In the shop we got a
first hand view of the many things that can cause anxiety: gift giving
deadlines, low confidence for fixing mistakes and reading patterns,
inappropriate yarn choices, and perfectionism to name a few. Most of
these I have no control over as an author. But I can make my
instructions as straight forward as possible. I can give hints to
foster self-sufficiency and confidence. And I can encourage a more
relaxed, process oriented approach.