A native of Ohio, the late Annie Modesitt taught herself to knit at age 25 before a move from NYC to Texas. The Texas tenure…
Annie Modesitt
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Technique: Knitted Lace
Knitted lace and lace elements
Jared Flood
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Jared founded Brooklyn Tweed as a blog for knitters in 2005, and has since grown the company into a maker of sustainable, breed specific American…
Never Not Knitting
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A former knitting instructor, Californian Alana Dakos began designing knitwear in 2009 and has produced the Never Not Knitting pattern line ever since. Alana’s design…
Northern Lace
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UK designer Elizabeth Lovick says, “I was taught to knit by my Cornish grandmother when very young and kept myself in clothes through school by…
Sabina, the designer behind Caidree, designs garments from home in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Sabina sells both handknits and the patterns for them.…
Martin Storey
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Martin Storey has designed hand knits for more than 25 years, and is currently designer for the Classics range of Rowan Handknit Brochures. Martin collects…
Ashley Rao
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Ashley Rao is a knitwear designer and architect with an insatiable interest in texture, geometry, and construction. Ashley lives in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of…
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…
U.S. designer Vanessa Smith says, “Simply put, I’m a knitter. The cold and rainy seasons of Washington State laid the foundation for my desire to…
For Lisa at Paper Daisy, knitting is not just a hobby; it is a lifestyle. “I am constantly concocting my next design and am hindered…