I am a full-time teacher and student of English, and a self-taught knitter. Never one to follow a pattern, I began recently to write down the designs of the pieces I was making and post them on my knitting blog. I tend to design baby clothes most, because they are a good size for experimentation -- if something goes wrong, you don’t have miles of work to rip out!

My taste in knitting runs to the traditional and the vintage -- a lot of the pieces I design are directly or indirectly inspired by vintage clothing pieces I have seen or that are in the family; others are variations on traditional pieces, but with modern modifications to make them easier to knit.