Who am I?

I was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in August 1971.

Since I was a little girl I used to make things with my hands. First I learned to knit. When I was 9 years old, my mother thaught me the basics, how to start and how to end. I knitted scarfs and hats.

At the age of 14 I made my first sweater. I live by the ice skating hall and winter jackets were so big to wear. So I made a sweater to wear when I feel like going to ice skating. When I saw how good it turned out, I continued knitting sweaters.

It is very strange to me how long I've been making sweaters and how many I have made, because I'm not a very patient person. When I want something I want it now, not later. Both knitting and crocheting calm me down.

1996. I bought a knitting machine. I have made four sweaters and one dress on it and I found out that I don't like knitting on the machine, although I would like someone to teach me.

The first time I came across crocheting was when I was 16 years old. Mum's aunt gave me some hooked needles. I crocheted some doilys, and after that summer I completely forgot about it.

In the summer of 1998. I translated the Australian TV serial "Heartbreak High" and I saw a model that I liked very much. Since I didn't know how it had been made, I bought some cotton and took up crocheting. It turned out very nice. I found out that I like crocheting very much. So I made six models in one year.

Unfortunately, knitting and crocheting are not very popular among young people in Yugoslavia. Also, we don't have crochet magazines nor books, so we are all practicaly designers over here :).