I started crocheting at 7. Hmmm....well, let's just say my parents loved my creations. During a trip to the library I began looking through crochet books and I was hooked (pun intended). ;) I loved all of the wristlets, berets, and amigurumi animals and was determined to be able to make them. I must admit that some of my motivation for continuing was my older brother deciding to attempt crocheting also and he moved on to the second stitch more quickly than I did. This of course is the good sort of sibling rivalry, right? He gave up after that stitch, but I loved creating things! I found books explaining everything from gauge, stitches, stitch marker use and crocheting in the round. It took a while, but I began creating identifiable items. ;)

As I continued crocheting, family and friends seemed to genuinely like the hats, animals, and wristlets I was making and encouraged me to start selling them. My mom found some local craft shows and I decided to call my shop Orgaknits by Brielle (pronounced like the words Organic and Knits combined). I was 11 when I started selling the items I crocheted at shows. After enjoying the Thanksgiving and Christmas craft shows so much, my parents decided I could open a shop here on Etsy also. In 2016 I decided to change the name of my business to Paisley Poppy Designs. It seems that Orgaknits (pronunciation above) did not roll off of people's tongues and often people thought that I was someone named Orga that Knits. ;)

People at shows were often shocked that I crocheted everything because of my age and began asking if I taught classes, so in 2013 I taught my first class. I continue to teach beginning, intermediate, advanced crocheting and special classes on amigurumi.

If you have recently begun crocheting and can't imagine that your pieces will ever be discernible, hang in there, it gets better!

Thanks for stopping by!
Brielle