ABOUT ME

I'm an artist and knitwear designer living in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. I taught myself to knit using Jacqueline Fee's book The Sweater Workshop, and found myself knitting more and more while I was in graduate school working on my MFA in art. My passion for knitting steadily grew and eventually I also began designing. As a designer, I aim to create classic, flattering garments and accessories that are a pleasure to knit and to wear. 

When I'm not knitting, I'm usually busy creating in other ways: abstract embroidery, collages, drawings. To learn more, please visit my art website.

MY PATTERNS

My designs have been published by Knitscene, Interweave Knits, knit.wear, Brooklyn Tweed, Quince & Co., Green Mountain Spinnery, Knitty, and others. I also have my own line of independently published patterns, Blue Peninsula.

Blue Peninsula patterns are available at Etsy, and Ravelry. 

MY PHILOSOPHY

The name Blue Peninsula comes from a poem by Emily Dickinson that ends:

It might be easier
To fail—with Land in Sight—
Than gain—My Blue Peninsula—
To perish—of Delight

For me, "My Blue Peninsula" is a life dedicated to creativity. Real delight arises from taking risks—including the risk of failure—and being true to oneself. That's my goal as an artist and designer: to create work that's a source of meaning and delight for myself and others.