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Melissa sits on her knees in a cozy white chair holding Joey, her adorable black kitty. She is wearing her Beautifully Basic Henley, a cozy button-neck pullover.

About me.

I live in upstate New York with my husband and our cat, Joey, where we spend summers growing and preserving our own fruits and veggies.

I worked as a physical therapist with a specialty in orthopedics for ten years before a family tragedy changed the trajectory of my life. I turned to knitting with the hope of finding quiet solace for my broken heart. Instead, I found an entire loving community of fiber artists who welcomed me with open hearts and enthusiastic needles.

My peaceful pastime gently evolved into designing knitting patterns that fit my style and my love for simplicity. I work mainly in clean lines and classic shapes with a playful or whimsical touch here and there. I’m not particularly trendy or complicated in my knitting designs, or my life in general, but I do what I love and that makes me love what I do.

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