mkdesigner's Profile

Bio

Welcome to my Etsy Store!

I'm an avid machine and hand knitter and enjoy all sorts of fiber crafts. Married for 40 years, we have 3 children and 11 grandchildren who keep us young and active -- and usually exhausted!

I began designing over 35+ years ago for my 'signature' line of knit and starched baskets called Stitch 'n' Starch. This began as a journey through history. Through great foresight of my grandmother, great aunts and my mom, numerous Victorian and Edwardian hand crafted items were passed down to me. My grandmother and great aunts did a lot of starching and I am fortunate enough to have their original patterns in that elegant, spidery handwriting of the day.

We have attempted to design memories of those very same bygone eras and bring them into the world of modern day machine knitting. Not only do I market the finished crafted items, but also the patterns so other machine knitters can produce these elegant item. I also market graphs for hand knitting and my latest venture into another passion of mine, cross stitch patterns.

Our other store, knitsnmore, will be back online in mid-January.

I'm into Craft Fairs, several online forums for crafting, hand knitting, machine knitting, cross stitch and marketing my lines of merchandise. Now that I've joined Etsy, I am having a wonderful time creating such great friendships with fellow Etsians!!

Female, Born on July 10