Artist Profile

I am 17 months away from hitting 30 and I love everything crafting to do with stitches. I love Cross Stitching, Crocheting, Latch Hooking, Needle Point, Loom Knitting, and Sewing. I am new to loom knitting but have picked up the basic's of it and am well on my way to making a pair of preemie tube socks.

I have been crafting for 23.5 years since I was in kindergarten. As the last 23 and a half years have passed I have learned 8 different crafts and hope to learn more starting with Rag Quilting and Regular Quilting, but Rag first.

I grew up on the Oldies and Country music, making the switch to country when I was 10. Not a lot listen to it, but I really love it. I listen to a little rock thanks to liking wrestler's theme music. I have lots of downloaded music from Amazon on both of my computers.

I am a student in my BSIT program. To make some mad money as my dearly departed Grandmother would say, I opened IStitchWithLove on Etsy. Everything I love making is in that shop as well as my own patterns and other's that I have made up and have given due credit for. So if I can make it that uses some sort of stitches, you will find it there.

I crochet for charity, my shop, and family. I started crochet for charity almost 2 years ago in August. I started after the shock that my beloved Grandmother had passed wore off. It brings me great joy to make stuff for preemies and babies. I do it with my Grandmother's spirit in my memory. She was always giving to charity and I have continued that in her memory. 

I am making a huge transition next March or April when I finally move out on my own for good. Before when I moved out, I was with people. So I am going to do something my Grandmother always dreamed of, have a place that is all mine. I wont be sharing with another human being, just my 2 doggies. I am moving out to no man's land. My closest family will be hours away, so I will be truly on my own.

I am moving to Cincinnati, Ohio. Then rent is affordable and I like the area. It will take some adjusting to living in a major city as for the last almost 11 years, I have lived in farm area and for 2 years in Virginia, I lived in an incorperted town..so needless to say, I've been in the backwood for almost 13 years. So a major city with like 7 to 10 area codes just in the main city limit, not including the suburbs will be a shock, but I will be on my own and will enjoy learning how to get around on the bus and what not. I just need to complete my BSIT first and then move within my time off window before starting my MBA.

Finally I am a teacher over at  http://ecraftclasses.com/ . I have card making, crochet, and cross stitch classes over there. A total of 38 classes so far. I really enjoy it and it is rewarding.