Welcome to the world of Miniature Knitting

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I was born in Holland during the war years. Things were not easy in those days with severe shortages of just about anything, but living on a farm meant that there was always food on the table. My mother had always been a good and prolific knitter and with a supply of wool from our own sheep, spun on a wheel constructed by my father there was certainly no shortage of warm clothing either.

Not surprising I was taught by my mother how to knit at a very early age, which was followed up as a subject at school a few years later. Very soon not only my two brothers but also family and friends were wearing my sweaters.

About 15 years ago my husband realized a dream I had ever since I was a child and built a Dollhouse for me. After dressing the house I had to find clothes for the many dolls that I had collected and set about sewing outfits for the occupants. In one of the Dollhouse magazines that I had bought I came across a knitting pattern in 1/12 scale and after finding the right thread and blackmailing my husband into making a pair of 1 mm needles I knitted my very first outfit.

After having exhausted all the patterns that I could lay my hands on, I thought it was time to start and design my own patterns. At the moment new designs are coming at the rate of about two a week I am very happy and content and spend up to 14 hours a day on this fascinating hobby.

You can now find my patterns in one of the UK Dollhouse magazines, in my Webpage shop and at some of the Dollhouse fairs that I attend. At the same time I have started importing a thread that is extremely suitable for miniature knitting and sell the knitting needles in the four most popular sizes.

I do hope that you will join me in my journey into miniature knitting on DollHouseArtisan.com and enjoy knitting the patterns that I produce.