Jani was a master knitter and knit designer. Her work appeared in Sunset Magazine, in the “Knit a Day” Calendar and in Fleece Navidad (Maggie Sefton).

Over many decades, Jani taught and led knit workshops in California and Colorado. She was co-founder of the Madame DeFarge knitting salon the Denver Public Library.

From 1965 to 1979, she ran a very successful knit shop in San Francisco called “The Knit Wit”, published her own fashion patterns and manufactured the original line of “Texas Coin Purse”-style knitting bags.

Jani’s husband of 67 years, Jim, continues to promote her vintage patterns and honor her legacy.