Stephanie at Very Busy Monkey Designs learned to knit because the parents thought Stephanie’s interest in horses was too expensive. Little did they know. Today,…
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Designers who create patterns for bags
Vita Apala, the designer behind Mon Petit Violon, learned to knit and crochet as a child. “Already at that time I didn’t like to follow…
Vanessa Ewing
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Vanessa Ewing at New Jersey-based Cape May Fiber Co is inspired by the sea and shore. “Taking my fine arts degree and my knowledge of…
Balls to the Wall Knits
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Gretchen Tracy is an American who’s obsessed with knitting and currently living in Zürich, Switzerland with a husband and three small boys. Gretchen enjoys designing…
Stephanie is the Canadian crochet designer behind All About Ami. “Contrary to popular belief, my name is not Ami, though I completely understand why people…
Amanda Collins
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Designer Amanda Collins lives in Glasgow, surrounded by yarn and coffee. With patterns both self-published and featured in several newsstand magazines, Amanda likes to draw…
Lauren Aston Designs
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Lauren Aston is usually the one holding the really big needles and basking in a room full of knitting. “In the interests of getting to…
I Live on a Farm
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J.L. Fleckenstein, author of the I Live on a Farm blog, says, “I strive to design and write my knitting patterns with great care toward…
Maine resident Sonya is the talented crochet designer behind Blackstone Designs. “I have been designing crochet patterns since 2012,” Sonya says. “Since then I have…
Brenda Castiel is “an obsessed knitter and knitwear designer, living in Los Angeles, California. I grew up in Montreal and also lived in Toronto for…