Started knitting after giving up my pet sitting business due to health issues. It's one of the only activities I'm able to do now...and I'm simply addicted! I'm an artist at heart but besides knitting, my other joys are nature, animals & dogs. I have a Westie & a Cardigan Welsh Corgi who are both rescues. They are the joy of our lives & have also become my service dogs & love helping me. They pick up anything I need & alert me before ... Read Full Bio »

Started knitting after giving up my pet sitting business due to health issues. It's one of the only activities I'm able to do now...and I'm simply addicted! I'm an artist at heart but besides knitting, my other joys are nature, animals & dogs. I have a Westie & a Cardigan Welsh Corgi who are both rescues. They are the joy of our lives & have also become my service dogs & love helping me. They pick up anything I need & alert me before seizures hit. My first project, other than a scarf, was a sweater for my Westie. He's wearing it in my icon photo. He doesn't have true Westie "double coat" hair to shed the snow, so I decided to knit him one & he loves to wear it! With his chronic pancreatitis it's hard to keep his weight up, so the sweater's perfect. The Corgi is our resident squirrel & bird wrangler and takes her job seriously - but squirrels are her favorite! I'm really enjoying this coarse, and even chose to do my 1st real shawl in laceweight --- and it's going great thanks to Laura's wonderful instructing : D