So now I am doing it! I have had this blog since November and I have thought about what to write every day. Then the miracle happened and Aimee who operates www.studioekko.com got me going. She is/was a big help and without her I would still be at my very first empty first page….So cudos to you AIMEE, you rock!!
It is hard to write the first entry especially when you are not sure yet how everything works.
But I am ready to do this!
So here is a quick introduction to the world about me and Absolute Knits.
I am originally from Germany but I have been living in the US for almost 15 years and I got my citizenship in 2008 – so I am good to stay. To be precise as my 11-year-old son would say: I live in Appleton, Wisconsin and I enjoy living here!
I was taught to knit in elementary school in Germany and we did quite elaborate projects like knitting a snake, a doll with hair and clothes (!) and a sweater! I think I was born to knit, I can’t live without it and there is no day where I am not working on something. Elizabeth Zimmermann is my soul mate.
In 1990 I graduated as fashion designer specialized in knitwear design. But then my mom got really sick and I never got a job in the knitwear industry.
In 1995 my husband and I moved to the US and since 2000 I am happily designing for magazines (I got the cover on the Vogue On-The-Go Series Scarves II http://store.vogueknitting.com/p-86-vogue-knitting-on-the-go-scarves-two.aspx and in spring I was on the cover of Knitter’s magazine http://www.xrxinc.com/flash/knitters/GalleryDetail.php?IssueNum=78&ID=485 ). I still design and make prototypes as my main source of income (Skacel Collections and Cascade) but my strongest wish is to design what I feel is missing. And there is a lot! My days are too short to make all my ideas come true!
I have a store on Etsy called Absoluteknits http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbsoluteKnits
and I am trying to list a new pattern every week. Sometimes I get a bit carried away and then I am crocheting…although knitting is my number 1, 2, and 3 addiction.
I teach knitting classes at least twice a week at my local yarnstore.
http://www.irisfineyarns.com/. It feels like big city to be at this store! It is the best I think! I am so grateful I live only three blocks away J…….
and I have other groups – I teach at Starbuck’s once a month. I could teach and meet with more people all the time but then there would not be any time left to design which is my passion after all.
I am also in the middle of getting my very own website www.absoluteknits.com going as well. My plate is getting fuller and fuller by the mintute! It is not done yet but please check back later!
I am looking forward to writing this blog!
So now I am doing it! I have had this blog since November and I have thought about what to write every day. Then the miracle happened and Aimee who operates www.studioekko.com got me going. She is/was a big help and without her I would still be at my very first empty first page….So cudos to you AIMEE, you rock!!
It is hard to write the first entry especially when you are not sure yet how everything works.
But I am ready to do this!
So here is a quick introduction to the world about me and Absolute Knits.
I am originally from Germany but I have been living in the US for almost 15 years and I got my citizenship in 2008 – so I am good to stay. To be precise as my 11-year-old son would say: I live in Appleton, Wisconsin and I enjoy living here!
I was taught to knit in elementary school in Germany and we did quite elaborate projects like knitting a snake, a doll with hair and clothes (!) and a sweater! I think I was born to knit, I can’t live without it and there is no day where I am not working on something. Elizabeth Zimmermann is my soul mate.
In 1990 I graduated as fashion designer specialized in knitwear design. But then my mom got really sick and I never got a job in the knitwear industry.
In 1995 my husband and I moved to the US and since 2000 I am happily designing for magazines (I got the cover on the Vogue On-The-Go Series Scarves II http://store.vogueknitting.com/p-86-vogue-knitting-on-the-go-scarves-two.aspx and in spring I was on the cover of Knitter’s magazine http://www.xrxinc.com/flash/knitters/GalleryDetail.php?IssueNum=78&ID=485 ). I still design and make prototypes as my main source of income (Skacel Collections and Cascade) but my strongest wish is to design what I feel is missing. And there is a lot! My days are too short to make all my ideas come true!
I have a store on Etsy called Absoluteknits http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbsoluteKnits
and I am trying to list a new pattern every week. Sometimes I get a bit carried away and then I am crocheting…although knitting is my number 1, 2, and 3 addiction.
I teach knitting classes at least twice a week at my local yarnstore.
http://www.irisfineyarns.com/. It feels like big city to be at this store! It is the best I think! I am so grateful I live only three blocks away J…….
and I have other groups – I teach at Starbuck’s once a month. I could teach and meet with more people all the time but then there would not be any time left to design which is my passion after all.
I am also in the middle of getting my very own website www.absoluteknits.com going as well. My plate is getting fuller and fuller by the mintute! It is not done yet but please check back later!
I am looking forward to writing this blog!
It is hard to write the first entry especially when you are not sure yet how everything works.
But I am ready to do this!
So here is a quick introduction to the world about me and Absolute Knits.
I am originally from Germany but I have been living in the US for almost 15 years and I got my citizenship in 2008 – so I am good to stay. To be precise as my 11-year-old son would say: I live in Appleton, Wisconsin and I enjoy living here!
I was taught to knit in elementary school in Germany and we did quite elaborate projects like knitting a snake, a doll with hair and clothes (!) and a sweater! I think I was born to knit, I can’t live without it and there is no day where I am not working on something. Elizabeth Zimmermann is my soul mate.
In 1990 I graduated as fashion designer specialized in knitwear design. But then my mom got really sick and I never got a job in the knitwear industry.
In 1995 my husband and I moved to the US and since 2000 I am happily designing for magazines (I got the cover on the Vogue On-The-Go Series Scarves II http://store.vogueknitting.com/p-86-vogue-knitting-on-the-go-scarves-two.aspx and in spring I was on the cover of Knitter’s magazine http://www.xrxinc.com/flash/knitters/GalleryDetail.php?IssueNum=78&ID=485 ). I still design and make prototypes as my main source of income (Skacel Collections and Cascade) but my strongest wish is to design what I feel is missing. And there is a lot! My days are too short to make all my ideas come true!
I have a store on Etsy called Absoluteknits http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbsoluteKnits
and I am trying to list a new pattern every week. Sometimes I get a bit carried away and then I am crocheting…although knitting is my number 1, 2, and 3 addiction.
I teach knitting classes at least twice a week at my local yarnstore.
http://www.irisfineyarns.com/. It feels like big city to be at this store! It is the best I think! I am so grateful I live only three blocks away J…….
and I have other groups – I teach at Starbuck’s once a month. I could teach and meet with more people all the time but then there would not be any time left to design which is my passion after all.
I am also in the middle of getting my very own website www.absoluteknits.com going as well. My plate is getting fuller and fuller by the mintute! It is not done yet but please check back later!
I am looking forward to writing this blog!
So now I am doing it! I have had this blog since November and I have thought about what to write every day. Then the miracle happened and Aimee who operates www.studioekko.com got me going. She is/was a big help and without her I would still be at my very first empty first page….So cudos to you AIMEE, you rock!!
It is hard to write the first entry especially when you are not sure yet how everything works.
But I am ready to do this!
So here is a quick introduction to the world about me and Absolute Knits.
I am originally from Germany but I have been living in the US for almost 15 years and I got my citizenship in 2008 – so I am good to stay. To be precise as my 11-year-old son would say: I live in Appleton, Wisconsin and I enjoy living here!
I was taught to knit in elementary school in Germany and we did quite elaborate projects like knitting a snake, a doll with hair and clothes (!) and a sweater! I think I was born to knit, I can’t live without it and there is no day where I am not working on something. Elizabeth Zimmermann is my soul mate.
In 1990 I graduated as fashion designer specialized in knitwear design. But then my mom got really sick and I never got a job in the knitwear industry.
In 1995 my husband and I moved to the US and since 2000 I am happily designing for magazines (I got the cover on the Vogue On-The-Go Series Scarves II http://store.vogueknitting.com/p-86-vogue-knitting-on-the-go-scarves-two.aspx and in spring I was on the cover of Knitter’s magazine http://www.xrxinc.com/flash/knitters/GalleryDetail.php?IssueNum=78&ID=485 ). I still design and make prototypes as my main source of income (Skacel Collections and Cascade) but my strongest wish is to design what I feel is missing. And there is a lot! My days are too short to make all my ideas come true!
I have a store on Etsy called Absoluteknits http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbsoluteKnits
and I am trying to list a new pattern every week. Sometimes I get a bit carried away and then I am crocheting…although knitting is my number 1, 2, and 3 addiction.
I teach knitting classes at least twice a week at my local yarnstore.
http://www.irisfineyarns.com/. It feels like big city to be at this store! It is the best I think! I am so grateful I live only three blocks away J…….
and I have other groups – I teach at Starbuck’s once a month. I could teach and meet with more people all the time but then there would not be any time left to design which is my passion after all.
I am also in the middle of getting my very own website www.absoluteknits.com going as well. My plate is getting fuller and fuller by the mintute! It is not done yet but please check back later!
I am looking forward to writing this blog!
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