My Lydia & her Michael married last March at the Rainbow Room in NYC! I knitted a clutch for the festivities. The clutch pattern is **here**.

A SMITTEN sweater selfie : ‘Love Is In The Air’

about

I learned to knit from my Latvian 🇦🇹 grandmother who emigrated from Riga to the USA in 1916 (photo below). My work can be found in numerous knitting magazines, as well as in seven books including best sellers, Hip Knit Hats (2005), Hattitudes (2009), Short Story (2012), Happy Feet (2014), and Cowlgirls 1 & 2 (2010, 2016).

At the moment, I am using stranded knitting to render letters, words and language as design elements under the logo ‘TICKER KNITS’. However, when time permits, I continue to work on private commissions and for other publications as well.

Alma Brunneck aka ‘Nana’, my grandmother taught me how to knit. She arrived in the USA from Riga, Latvia 🇦🇹 in 1916 at the age of 17. Once stateside, she became a nurse and remained a faithful Lutheran ‘til the end.🌿 Nana also taught my mother ab… — Alma Brunneck aka ‘Nana’, my grandmother taught me how to knit. She arrived in the USA from Riga, Latvia 🇦🇹 in 1916 at the age of 17. Once stateside, she became a nurse and remained a faithful Lutheran ‘til the end.🌿 Nana also taught my mother about gardening who in time taught me as well.

2026 🍁 fall

It’s High-Knit Season again - the most fun time of the year because the ‘cold’ is a real raison d’etre to knit…

And with three grandchildren - twins almost two years old and the oldest 3.5 years old - as to be expected, I am designing and knitting for them constantly. They are growing so fast but I still want to see them in my work. So I have been designing simple pullovers in fabulous yarns; for one, Manos del Uruguay x PurlSoho’s Lovebird - a luscious mix of vibrant color in a super soft merino. The design will be posted here soon.

I am also have a fun time posting to The Whirl on Substack (@theknitwhirl.substack.com). My recent post is about PETA’s campaign against mohair; so I just posted The Unrepentant Mohair Bag - take that PETA!

As I previously mentioned, I am having great fun creating cartoons for The Whirl -
’W o o l - B e i n g’
is about my two main characters, Yarn Ball and Needles and their take on the world…

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Cathy C.

Find me also on instagram @ ‘cathy.carron’ ⬇️

‘got gifted this fab custom Emma Bridgewater mug to commemorate the launch of ***The Whirl*** 🥰 thank you to you-know-who-you are 🙏🏼

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