Kim Haesemeyer

Meet Kim Haesemeyer

Her innovative patterns have been published in several popular knitting magazines. She has also created special designs for a half-dozen yarn manufacturers. For Kim Haesemeyer, knitting is like breathing—natural and easy. However, she says it wasn’t always that way.

Kim says, “Though my mom taught me to knit when I was young, my stitches were so tight I promptly broke a needle. Out of frustration, I didn’t touch anything knitting-related until after my third child was born, when I taught myself from a kit I purchased on clearance. My mom lives many states away, so she helped me over the phone. I haven’t looked back since. I can’t believe I lived this long without knitting!

“Soon after that, I started designing because I knew there had to be an easier way to make ‘it,’ whatever ‘it’ was at the time. My goal is clear patterns that are easy to read and understand, because knitting time is too precious to be spent agonizing over directions.

“Absolutely anything can inspire me. I love to look at the color combinations and designs in nature, any type of magazine, and all kinds of fabric. Even the shapes of vintage jewelry can spark ideas for lace patterns.”

Her first book with Leisure Arts is being published in August 2012.

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