FIBER ARTISAN

My mother was an expert knitter and taught knitting. She taught me to knit when I was very young...probably about six years old. I can remember making squares which never turned out square. But Ive never been a quitter. There are different methods of knitting. I was taught the European method which is not the method most people use. I "pick" and the other way is to "throw" (Im referring to the yarn.)

I went on to love knitting and made many garments for friends and family. Then I decided to open my own shop in 1959. It was called "Harriets Yarn Barn" on El Camino Real in Belmont, California. After a year, due to personal matters, we closed it and moved to southern California. I did little knitting for many years, and then in the mid to late 70s, I spent 2 1/2 years in Tehran, Iran. Left with little to do in the evenings, I went back to my old love, (no, not him!) knitting. I have continued with knitting as one of the many hobbies I love. Harri (as she is fondly known to us all) and her husband Wayne, live in Bend, Oregon.