meet maggie b.

let me teach you how to knit

I learned to knit as a child, but never got much further than knit stitch. I spent 20 years knitting garter stitch scarves and - when I got tired of that - potholders.

After the birth of my second child, knitting became a way for me to connect to myself. I wanted to make something with my hands, and I found myself gravitating back to knitting. With the support of a friend, I cast on my first garment, and I haven’t stopped knitting since.

I am so thankful for knitting and the community it allows me to be a small part of. I love to knit, and I love to share that with others.

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a little more about maggie

  • I've been making clothes since I was eight years old.

    I learned how to sew on an old Singer sewing machine around the same time I started knitting. I had two grandmothers that were prolific sewists and encouraged my interest in making my own clothes.

  • I brought my family on vacation to Denmark... for the yarn, of course.

    Almost a year into my knitting renaissance, I pitched a trip to Copenhagen for our annual family vacation. “It would be a great first international trip for the kids,” I told my husband, leaving out the part of the story that put our home rental midway between a bunch of yarn shops I was itching to visit.

  • I love knitting socks.

    I have nothing else to say about this.

  • I (almost) never knit a gauge swatch.

    It’s not that I don’t find value in gauge - I do! It’s just that I am lazy and would rather rip out a project and start over than spend time knitting a swatch. So I always guess my size based on what I know about my knitting technique and either hit the jackpot or frog. 🐸

  • I'm a monogamous knitter.

    While I always have a bunch of projects on my needles, I typically only knit one or two of them at a time.