I got started knitting at an early age, I was about 5 years old when the women in my family taught me how to knit. At first I only slipped the stitches from one needle to the other, without any actual knitting, but soon I learnt. I knitted squares and scarves.

When I was about 12, I learnt how to knit socks. At first I only knitted the easy parts, but after a while I learnt how to turn heels as well and I was good to go!

When the one colour knit-only stitches stared to bore me, I knitted stripes, then knit-purl patterns, slip stitch patterns, cable patterns, fair isle patterns, lace patterns, and then I knew it all and needed a break!

In 2006 I moved to Ireland to find work and I'm still living and working in Ireland. I picked up knitting again and, because I didn't need any more socks, I decided to sell socks on Etsy! I am able to use the skills that I mastered over the years to knit Christmas Stockings with intricate fairisle patterns. Now I'm at using four colours for the stockings, the possibilities are endless, I love the creativity that goes with designing and knitting stockings.

I enjoy creating a set of Christmas stockings for a family that will stay with them for a long time and always give my best to create the stockings as the family wants them. Even though needed only one day per year, memories will be created to last a lifetime. For children, the best thing about Christmas is waking up on Christmas morning to find out what Santa left in their stockings. I am strangely excited to think of all the children who are waking up to look into the stockings I made and shipped all over the world…

I plan to continue knitting Christmas stockings, but also create knitting patterns so the skills get passed on. I also enjoy teaching how to knit these in person at my local library in Dublin, Ireland.

As I’m the only person who’s doing all the planning, designing, knitting, packaging and shipping (at least 8 hours per 1 stocking), please place your orders as early in the year as possible. I get very busy the closer it gets to Christmas and usually have to turn away customers.