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Karen learned to knit while in high school. She paused the hobby just after marriage and children, but renewed interest in order to knit booties and sweaters before her third child, a winter baby, was born.
Throughout her adult years she taught herself to do crewel embroidery, crochet, and counted cross stitch but knitting was always the favored work.
In the early 1980s she opened “The Needleworks Shop” in Knoxville, TN. Yarn was one of three main categories in the shop. The other two were counted cross stitch and smocking.
She chose to close the shop several years later to pursue another career. However, she remained a member of a knitting group in Sevierville that was created during the time her shop was open, almost 35 years ago.
She has three children, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Karen resides near the French Broad River in Sevier County, TN.
Behind the Design:
I love to knit the round dish clothes. They are great for a knit while watching TV or to carry when traveling. I had just finished a hat that was knit; band first then crown. Why not do a crown and then the band? The hat crown is knit with short rows. Then stitches are picked up and then the band is knit in the round. This hat is a
quick knit and more than one could be made with 8 mini skeins. And, who doesn’t like a cute little Tam?
Connect with Karen:
Ravelry: travelmom45
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