In a nutshell, I’m a technique freak and a skill junkie. I collect techniques and skills like other people collect patterns and yarn.

For years I used to teach – sock heels, mitten thumbs, cast-ons, disaster recovery techniques, seamless sweater construction styles, you name it. And though I loved watching little light bulbs go off as students grasped new ideas, I’m retired from that now.

But a classroom isn’t the only teaching option. My book Charts Made Simple teaches knitters how to read charts – and better yet, how to make the most of them.

I’m also still obsessed with Stitch-Maps.com, the website I built for creating and viewing grid-free charts called “stitch maps.”

You can check out the site itself, or its Ravelry group.

No surprise here, I’ve also designed a few patterns. You can see them all below.