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 taug ht me as well.

2024 🍂
Fall’s arrived

I finally feel myself climbing out of the Covid-haze. I know it’s been a while since the pandemic passed (for the most part) but it really changed up life for the longest time.

So we made a big decision to live in the Connecticut countryside full-time albeit we still drive into New York City for the symphony and especially for Irish Rep Theatre which really sustained and entertained us during Covid. It’s an incredible theatre company that managed to create and ‘zoom’ performances to us once-sequestered folks.

The move to the country also prompted me to sell my studio in the city and in turn, to build a knitting studio off the side of our country house. I just moved into the space last Spring, but I am still not quite settled, but I’m getting there.

I have lots planned - hoping to perhaps start a Substack, perhaps a book - stay tuned. Throughout it all, I never stopped knitting, especially for my new grand-daughter, Lily and there’s fraternal twins on the way as well.

And perhaps most exciting, I am due to travel with Heather at RowanTree Travel to discover the magical wonders of Estonian knitting this coming December. I’m also tacking on a few days to drop into Latvia, where my grandmother (see photo to the left) was from; she arrived in the USA at 17 years of age in 1916. Can’t wait.

Stay tuned & Enjoy the Fall (buy a pumpkin!) 🎃

🙋🏼‍♀️ Find me on instagram @ ‘cathy.carron’ ⬇️

👉🏼 All books are available on Amazon.com 💥