Initially, I wrote about sewing on my blog. A little later, during a mother-child cure, I rediscovered knitting, as I had actually knitted back in the 1980s. Back then, I learned from my grandmother, creating very simple square vests or sweaters in a checkerboard pattern—typical 80s style.

In early 2015, I began knitting more intensively and quickly realized that the designs I liked were hardly found in magazines. I was looking for roughly knitted oversized jackets and sweaters. Not necessarily made of mohair—that came later when I realized that roughly knitted oversized jackets work best with mohair. I then inevitably fell in love with the look and feel of mohair and essentially specialized in knitting with it.

Being a self-taught person, I taught myself everything about knitting over the years, or simply tried things out. Although a design I had in mind was always the main focus at first, I was more fascinated by the techniques—how I had to knit something to achieve a particular cut, including the calculations needed for it. I shared this on the blog, and that’s how my first models came about, which I initially shared for free. After realizing that my designs were clearly not only liked by me and receiving so much positive feedback, I decided to write down the first patterns, grade them into different sizes, and offer them as paid patterns.

Since then, I’ve been constantly working on new designs and, unfortunately, often realize that different rules apply to chunky knits. The past few years have therefore also been very tough learning years, but they are now paying off, and I can benefit from this wealth of experience. Nevertheless, a design sometimes takes 1 to 2 years before it is (for me) perfect and ready for a pattern. This tinkering brings me incredible joy.

Fortunately, there are also designs that sometimes just fly off the needles.