I didn’t know how much I missed creating until I started knitting.
As I transitioned into adulthood and felt internal pressure to be “successful,” I lost the creative side of myself that was at the center of my identity for most of my life. After college, I went to law school and felt the last bits of my creativity slip away. I practiced law for only a couple of years before realizing that I was going to lose all of the things that I loved about myself if I continued down that path.
In order to make sure that did not happen, I formulated a plan to uproot my entire life and reshape it into what I wanted it to be. I will be the first to admit that this took a lot of privilege and is not something that everybody is able to do, but I am so thankful that I was in a position to do it. The first step in my plan, was to move to Chicago to attend a coding bootcamp where I learned to be an iOS developer. Switching careers afforded me a healthy work life balance that allowed me to open up space in my life for creativity once again, and I filled that space with knitting in February of 2019.
For me, the appeal of knitting comes in the form of creating. Though I love making garments that I think are beautiful and functional, I have truthfully never been a person who cares all that much about fashion. I find joy in creating something tangible stitch by stitch.
During the pandemic, I found myself with the time to start a new venture outside of my career, and I decided I wanted to use that time to try to inspire others in their knitting. I am so happy you have stopped by my website, and I hope you find even something small that will inspire you on your maker journey.