Mary Kaiser discovered knitting when she was nine years old and her great-aunts bequeathed to her their collection of knitting needles. With a ball of yarn and a knitting book from the library, she began to explore this simple and rewarding craft, moving from a simple scarf to lace, socks, fair isle and Scandinavian color patterns, and finally to designing her own patterns. More than fifty years later, sharing knitting with others is a joyful result of years of practice, so Mary has taught beginning and advanced knitting at UAB’s ArtPlay, and she wrote a column about knitting for Interweave Knits. She has three free patterns available for download on the Ravelry website. Her Ravelry name is MrsRamseyKnits.