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.

2026 🎉
here we go

For the past few years, I have been pondering about what direction to take regarding my knitting - and I am never-not-knitting.

The market has changed so dramatically; Many knitting stores have closed and larger distributors have consolidated, the internet has been a boon for some (the independent knitter) and not so much for others (established knitting magazines and media), and with the plethora of patterns and yarns, the marketplace has gotten very competitive. So what’s a knit designer to do 🤷🏼‍♀️ First off, keep knitting…

So that’s what I have been doing. And While I have been doing this I am constantly looking and analyzing fashion and trends. To that end, I thought I’d begin a Substack newsletter, which I’ve called ‘The Whirl’ (https://theknitwhirl.substck.com) because that’s what life always seems like - a flurry of activity.

Come take a look. It’s my own take on knitting at the moment.

Cathy C.

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