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I first learned to knit in college but became obsessed when I took it back up after finishing my PhD in 2013. Not long thereafter I worked out my first design, a riff on the ever-popular owl cable pattern, and I was bitten by the design bug. I found knitwear design to be a fantastic creative outlet and break from my day job, in which I am a dinosaur paleontologist and assistant professor of biology.

I take inspiration from the world around me, and in particular nature, art, and architectural styles such as Art Nouveau and Art Deco. I love cabling and colorwork, and many of my patterns feature both at the same time. I am also an avid birder, so birds are a theme that I love to explore.

My patterns are primarily self published, but my work has been featured in Twist Collective and I have worked in cooperation with Malabrigo Yarn and Anzula Luxury Fibers.

I grew up on a horse farm in Kentucky, went to school in Chicago and Long Island, and have now settled in western New York where I live with my husband, three snakes, two lizards, and a tortoise.