My mother taught me to crochet when I was 11. She was a master seamstress, self-taught. She wasn't as successful at teaching me to use a sewing machine because I have a lead foot! One of the reasons I signed onto the sewing machine class here on Craftsy. I was taught to knit by my librarian, Stacey Walter, bless her. Because of my crochet background, I was able to learn to knit continental style from a video, I then took a sock knitting ... Read Full Bio »

My mother taught me to crochet when I was 11. She was a master seamstress, self-taught. She wasn't as successful at teaching me to use a sewing machine because I have a lead foot! One of the reasons I signed onto the sewing machine class here on Craftsy. I was taught to knit by my librarian, Stacey Walter, bless her. Because of my crochet background, I was able to learn to knit continental style from a video, I then took a sock knitting course, in which I made a peculiar little sock because I was unfamiliar with knitting with dpns, but I learned from the experience and am now quite a competent sock knitting. I prefer knitting toe-up, but can knit cuff-down and am beginning to enjoy kitchener stitch. I taught myself to weave and also learned to use a 4-harness in a class when I lived in Bloomington, IN. B'ton is a great place for crafters, where I also learned to spin, one of the most relaxing and meditational skills I possess.