Hello everyone! 😊 There are some new faces around here lately so I thought it was time for me to introduce myself to you: Hi, my name is Hanna and I live in nothern Germany. 👋 I learned to knit about five years ago. My mother tried to teach me when I was a child, but I did not have the patience back then. Instead I preferred sewing. In my late twenties I gave knitting a second try and I haven't put down the needles ever since. When I started, I knit two headbands and then I dived right into garment knitting. In retrospect I think that the sewing helped me a lot when it came to understanding sweater constructions. I already knew how the different pieces of a sewing pattern needed to be shaped in order to create a certain sweater design, e.g. a raglan or a drop shoulder sweater. So all needed to learn was how to achieve those shapes I already was familiar with in knitting. Since 2019 I publish patterns on Ravelry. Here are some facts about my little knitting business and my patterns: - I do all my knitting related stuff in my free time after work. (During the day I work as a software developer.) - I always try to publish my sweaters in at least 10 sizes. #sizeinclusivity - Frauke from @urbanyarning is my wonderful tech editor who helps be to make my patterns the best that they can be before they go into the test knitting phase. - My tests are hosted on @yarnpond 🧶 If you are interested in becoming one of my test knitters you can join my tester pool there. Links to all open testing calls can be found on my website. - When I write a pattern I always try to explain things in a way that helps you to truly understand what you are doing and why. So the pattern does not only contain the needed instructions but also explanations on what is actually happing. My hope is that knitting one of my patterns will not only result in a beautiful finished object that you love, but will also help you to learn new knitting skills. Earlier today I put up a question sticker in my stories, so please feel free to ask anything about me, my knitting journey, my patterns, my designing process or whatever else comes to your mind. Fire away! 💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh1MDCIX9D/?utm_medium=tumblr