About me and this site

This site is intended for creative people who are interested in knitting as a creative process. In last several years, the interest in knitting has significantly increased. Some people use it to get rid of stress caused by today’s fast life, some people are tired of wearing standard clothes and are looking for ways to express their individuality, and some people just knit for fun – after they make a sweater with their own hands, they realize that it is, in fact, a very interesting and fun thing, and that knitting has a huge potential and possibilities for self-expression.

I learned knitting when I was 12. I accidentally had a chance to have a glimpse at a knitting manual that my school friend owned, and decided to try to make my first row. I liked it so much that I kept kitting, so there was a second row, then the third one, and so on – I have been knitting ever sense. I did not have my own knitting manual, so I had to experiment and learn by mistakes, empirically, as they say. In a week I started to knit my first sweater. And from that time, knitting becomes a wonderful miracle-making tool for me: for any occasion I had a new beautiful dress, later when children were born, I never had any problems with the clothes for my kids because I could knit them...

And every time, starting something new, I felt an excitement – because it is a real magic, you know: you hold a yarn in your hands, and then in 1-2 weeks you have an incredibly beautiful knitted thing, and you can’t get your eyes out of it, you love wearing it, it makes you happy. And every subsequent thing that you knit, you want to make even better, more beautiful. My desire to create never left me. When I was finishing one thing, I was already thinking about the next one, even more complicated and even more interesting.

I am a philologist by education, and most of my professional life I worked as a teacher and a psychologist with children 7-18 years old. I always wanted to help them to feel the passion for creativity, and here my hobby again was very useful. With the children I worked with, we were knitting beautiful things, we took part in many competitions, we won many prizes and we were very happy. Now I am 50, but I can not even imagine myself without my hobby, which now became my full time job. I am always willing to experiment and to create unusual, beautiful things. I have so many ideas that I sometimes wonder – will my life be long enough to try them all?

I often work 15-18 hours a day, but I never feel bored. Yes, I can get tired physically, but the next morning when I wake up, I am thinking about a new creation.

I was born and lived most of my life in Russia, and several years ago I have moved to a Mediterranean island of Cyprus which became my second motherland. And I live and knit here, and take part in various competitions. In 2005, I participated in 30-th Cyprus International Fair, where I have met some well-known clothes designers from Europe, and saw a huge interest for my collection, and was invited to many other international exhibitions in Europe.

But for me, the biggest and the most important feeling of accomplishment is when I see a happy woman wearing one of my creations. I know how important it is for a woman to feel a unique and very beautiful, and when I can help her to achieve that, my heart sings.

Thank you for visiting my site!
Sincerely,

Zoya Woolwitch