Katinka was a capable little girl from a story that my grandmother told my mother as a child.  Katinka was resourceful and easily solved problems confronting her, and like my mother, I tend to apply just such problem solving skills to knitting.

Because my mom, who taught me to knit, isn't afraid to try new things, I didn't know to be afraid of knitting, and never had any doubt that I would succeed in completing my first knitting project - a raglan pullover sweater made using US size 6 needles. There isn’t much in knitting that frightens me, and I've learned the most by experimenting and making mistakes.

My education and career background are in geology, elementary education, and environmental consulting.  In knitting, I do use skills from all of that previous, seemingly unrelated experience.

I enjoy teaching people to knit and guiding them from the planning stages through the successful completion of their knitting projects. 

All the best in your knitting,

Lynn

Katinka Knits