Hey there. My name is Ruth Nguyen; I’m a knit and crochet designer and constant crafter, and I’m so glad you stopped by.
If you’d offered my seven-year-old self any superpower I wanted, I would have asked for knitting. (I wasn’t a very practical child. Flight or super speed would have been much more useful. I think I’d just read too many children’s historical novels, but I digress.)
Unlike most childhood superpower wishes, though, mine actually did come true. Another girl, who was the impressively senior age of twelve or so, taught me how to handle a pair of needles or a crochet hookâand I was unleashed upon the world.
Even though my origin story doesn’t involve space magic or a radioactive spider, it did lead me on some big adventures.
Quite a few years later (shhhh, nobody need know exactly how many), I have a pile of handmade garments in my closet, an indecently large yarn stash all over my office, and a catalogue of nearly 70 knit and crochet patterns to my name. Not to mention the privilege of having worked with some of the loveliest humans ever. My work has been published by Knit Picks, Quince & Co., and Knotions, and I’ve collaborated with incredible dyers such as Malabrigo, Sugarplum Circus, and Miss Babs on numerous indie designs. I also got to serve as a Designer in Residence with SweetGeorgia Yarns in 2021, and contributed to The Fellowship of the Knits: The Unofficial Lord of the Rings Knitting Book, aka one of the coolest projects I’ve ever been a part of.
Bless that friend for teaching me way back when.
I’m only designing on occasion these days, as I’ve fallen into a whole other career writing novels, which you can read about here. But I still love exercising my crafty superpowers to enlarge my sweater collection. Writers can never have too many sweaters.
If you’re reading this, chances are you have those superpowers too. You’re awesome, I’m so glad you stopped by, and I hope you’ll stick around.
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