Alli Barrett – www.knitwits-heaven.com
Alli has been knitting most of her life and loves to teach anyone interested in learning. She started designing in the 1990’s and is currently running 2 websites where she offers some of her patterns for sale. Her dream is to publish a book of her designs some day. You can see more of her work here: http://knitwitsalley.tripod.com, and www.knitwits-heaven.com To read more about her personal life check out her blog: http://alliknitts.blogspot.com. Contact Alli by email: .
Elaine Fitzpatrick – downcloverlaine.blogspot.com
Elaine lives in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts and spends most of her free time reading about knitting, dreaming about knitting, and shopping for yarn. Once and awhile, she actually does some knitting!! She was raised by a wonderful mother who always encouraged her to do needlework. An accomplished needle artist in her own right, she set a high standard that Elaine still tries to meet.” You can see more of Elaine’s work by visiting http://downcloverlaine.blogspot.com . You can contact her at .
Kay Gardiner – www.masondixonknitting.com
Kay Gardiner is co-author, with Ann Shayne, of the Mason-Dixon Knitting (2006) and Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines (2008). You can find her every day at www.masondixonknitting.com , yakking about her knitting passions of the moment, from blankets based on patchwork quilts, to dishcloths (of course). You can contact Kay at .
Jo Ellyn Wheeler
Jo Ellyn has been knitting since knitting wasn’t “cool” and has been teaching others to knit (and tat) for the last 15 years. After retiring from her pesky day job, she opened The Sandpiper’s Nest: a quiet place where she can teach classes and block finished items without her cats napping on them. Jo Ellyn would one day like to create a blog, but fears that it will cut into her knitting time. Until she overcomes that fear, you can email her at .
Susan Mrenna – knitalittlestore.blogspot.com
Susan has been knitting for many years, starting in childhood. She especially loves the picture cloths. The majority of her patterns are designed to be 40 stitches wide by 60 rows long. This enables them to be sewn together as afghans as well as used for dish and wash cloths. Please visit her online shop at http://knitalittlestore.blogspot.com/. Susan can be contacted at .
Emily Jagos – www.designsbyemily.com
Emily is a life long crafter who began designing dishcloths at the beginning of 2007. She has been crocheting for 20 years, knitting for 8 years and dabbling in many other crafts such as cross stitch, sewing, beading, calligraphy, and ceramics. She taught herself to knit when her oldest son was an infant and discovered that dishcloths were the perfect thing to knit in small snippets of time. She now sells dishcloth patterns on her website www.designsbyemily.com. Emily can be contacted at .
Janet Nogle – janetsknittingroom.blogspot.com
Janet has been crocheting and knitting for 10 plus years and took up designing when she couldn’t find a design she had in her head and decided to put it down on paper. However, She would have never ventured such a task if it wasn’t for Rhonda White, she encouraged Janet to take the leap. Janet has been working with the “Dishcloth Hangups” Calendar for the last three years for the very same reason…nothing out there had what she wanted and much to her amazement others were going through the same thing. You can find most of her designs on the MonthlyDishcloth group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MonthlyDishcloths/) or her personal blog at: http://janetsknittingroom.blogspot.com/ and she can be reached at .
Dione Read – http://www.sew-funky.com
Dione is, in her own words, a dishcloth fanatic. She lives in New Zealand with her husband and 3 children. She has a craft blog; http://www.sew-funky.com and you can contact her at .
Lindy – patternsbylindy.blogspot.com
Lindy has been knitting since she was five, and selling her work since age seven. She is now a 18 year old homeschooler, and lives in NC with her parents, brothers, and dog. Besides knitting, she enjoys theater, her church, talking with friends, and reading. When she graduates, she wants to get a 2 year degree in business at the local community college, and hopes to one day have her own craft shop. Her ultimate goal, however, is to be a homeschool mom. Lindy can be reached at: , her blog is http://patternsbylindy.blogspot.com/.
Sue Schaefer – harvestmoonupperroom.blogspot.com
As founder and designer of Harvest Moon Designs, Sue Schaefer has found a great joy and many blessings through her creations. After retiring from being a preschool teacher for almost 25 years, Sue turned once again to knitting to deal with using her hands and mind in a different way. Through designing, Sue’s goals have always been to share a gift God has given her so that in some way she’s making an impact on those who knit and who receive these little blocks of knitted fabric. You can visit her site at http://www.harvestmoonupperroom.blogspot.com or contact her at .
Debbie Trainor – www.knitnsewstudio.com
Debbie Trainor lives in New Jersey, has one adult child, and 2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. She is the Business Administrator for a public school. Knitting and Sewing have been part of her daily life since childhood. She has always created clothing and home accessories and has been the Costume Designer for several high school musicals including the King and I, Mame, and Anything Goes. She enjoys teaching knitting to children and adults and has assisted girl scouts attain the Hobbies badge. Among her charity knitting projects, she has coordinated the efforts of knitters in creating afghans from individual squares. You can visit Debbie at: www.knitnsewstudio.com or contact her at .
Cathy Waldie – www.wishingiwasknitting.blogspot.com
Cathy Waldie is a Bruinmom, a Terriermom, a Hoosiermom and now an Orangemom, too, with a Wolverine heart and a lot of yarn on the side. She started knitting when she was 7 years old while pestering her Aunt to teach her, and has been dreaming of Hawaiian beaches ever since the 4th grade. She currently lives in Southern California and misses the lake where her family spent the summers with a lot of s’mores, snores and a whole lot more. You can visit Cathy at www.wishingiwasknitting.blogspot.com or contact her at .