I live in southern California with my wonderful husband, David, our Rottweiler, Hansi, and our two cats, Amy and Mr. Bean. I became interested in crochet in the summer of 2003. I bought some instructional books and taught myself. I found several websites on the Internet that were also very helpful. Later on, I learned Tunisian crochet and cro-hook through the Internet. Then in spring of 2006, I decided I wanted to learn knitting. First, I bought some knitting looms and made a few items that way, but then I decided I wanted to know how to knit with needles. I bought instructional books on traditional knitting with needles and learned how to knit, also with the help of some excellent websites.