About
I have been knitting since I was 14, designing for my own business, Baa Baa Knits (BBK) since 1990 and designing for major yarn companies and magazines since 1994. I learned a lot under the expert guidance of the Patons Design Studio, when I worked for them for 4 years. Before that, I spent years in the retail industry as a Human Resource manager. All that time, I knitted my own designs and sold them at craft shows and boutiques around Ontario.
I have had designs published in magazines Vogue Knitting, Family Circle Knitting, Better Homes and Garden's Knit It, Interweave Knits and Knitter's Digest (all very exciting for me). I also have freelance designed for Patons, Bernat, Classic Elite Yarns, Lion Brand and others. I also worked as a consultant and designer, on a book titled "Maran Illustrated Knitting & Crochet" by Maran Graphics.
In Winter 07/08, a division of Random House called Potter Crafts published my first solo book "12 Months of Knitting", photographed by the lovely, kind and super-talented Jennifer Burrell of Toronto (many of those shots are used here on my site. You will be able to tell hers from mine;). Now, I am working on building the site and building a new business with hubby: building. My other passion is interior design, so here will be my outlet! I also write another blog at Rooms Bloom. I will, of course, continue to knit and design freelance and here.
Over the years a number of wonderful women have knitted for me. Sometimes, this is an easy enjoyable task for them and other times, well.....let's just say that I completely appreciate the patience these knitters, sometimes editors had. Their eagle eyes enable me to deliver a knittable pattern. My gratitude goes to these Super Knitters:
Joyce Murray, Dolly D'Costa, Joan Kass, Pat McClymont, Olga Dohlan, Wannietta Prescod, Alina McQuarrie, Susannah MacRae, Kamla Sharma, Jessie McGregor, April Cornell, Joyce Samuel, Marion Zachary, Isobel Watkinson, Franscesca, Dorene Garratt and Lilias Wontas.
I am fortunate that I have family and friends who were willing to let me snap their photos and then be brave enough to let a professional photographer take their picture. When you envision an hour per shot, that is a lot of waiting and posing. My thanks to these Uber Models who are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside:
Chelsea, Scott, Sarah, Angela, Lucy, Elizabeth, Emma, Liam, Debbie, Khoan, Margaret, Doug, Krystyn and Jules.
I hope some of my designs inspire you to pick up the needles. Please email me with suggestions of what you would like to see more of.
I have had designs published in magazines Vogue Knitting, Family Circle Knitting, Better Homes and Garden's Knit It, Interweave Knits and Knitter's Digest (all very exciting for me). I also have freelance designed for Patons, Bernat, Classic Elite Yarns, Lion Brand and others. I also worked as a consultant and designer, on a book titled "Maran Illustrated Knitting & Crochet" by Maran Graphics.
In Winter 07/08, a division of Random House called Potter Crafts published my first solo book "12 Months of Knitting", photographed by the lovely, kind and super-talented Jennifer Burrell of Toronto (many of those shots are used here on my site. You will be able to tell hers from mine;). Now, I am working on building the site and building a new business with hubby: building. My other passion is interior design, so here will be my outlet! I also write another blog at Rooms Bloom. I will, of course, continue to knit and design freelance and here.
Over the years a number of wonderful women have knitted for me. Sometimes, this is an easy enjoyable task for them and other times, well.....let's just say that I completely appreciate the patience these knitters, sometimes editors had. Their eagle eyes enable me to deliver a knittable pattern. My gratitude goes to these Super Knitters:
Joyce Murray, Dolly D'Costa, Joan Kass, Pat McClymont, Olga Dohlan, Wannietta Prescod, Alina McQuarrie, Susannah MacRae, Kamla Sharma, Jessie McGregor, April Cornell, Joyce Samuel, Marion Zachary, Isobel Watkinson, Franscesca, Dorene Garratt and Lilias Wontas.
I am fortunate that I have family and friends who were willing to let me snap their photos and then be brave enough to let a professional photographer take their picture. When you envision an hour per shot, that is a lot of waiting and posing. My thanks to these Uber Models who are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside:
Chelsea, Scott, Sarah, Angela, Lucy, Elizabeth, Emma, Liam, Debbie, Khoan, Margaret, Doug, Krystyn and Jules.
I hope some of my designs inspire you to pick up the needles. Please email me with suggestions of what you would like to see more of.
