Who is Woven ~N~ Spun?

For the most part, Woven ~N~ Spun, is me, Kimberly.  I run the website, create the designs, do the knitting and crocheting, write the patterns, and just about everything else that goes on with this site.  However, Woven ~N~ Spun really is a family affair.

I started crocheting when I was about 11 years old or so.  The grandmother of my oldest brother's girlfriend taught me how to crochet a chain stitch.  I tell you, for a year, I had the best chain stitch around.  I later taught myself how to do other stitches and the fun really began. I made blankets and weird dresses for my Barbie's and stuffed animals.  I sort of put crocheting aside when it didn't look cool anymore and took up other interests including Machine Embroidery.  My first creations were created under the name Kim's Kreations.  Because my husband is in the Army, I primarily started focusing on military related items, designs, and the like and thus, The Stitch Sergeant was born.  For several years, I was busy creating all sorts of things for machine embroidery and loving it, but I still found time here and there to pick up my crochet hooks and create some things.

Then came our children.  Our first child joined our family first at age 9.  Fourteen months after his adoption was final a sibling group of 4 came to live with us.  Talk about culture shock.  Jim and I went from no children to 5 in a very short time.  All 5 of our children, having spent a significant time with their birth families, came to us with some severe challenges.  God has been gracious and kind to us and has allowed us to work with our children and we are slowly reforming their behaviors and showing them what a loving family can really be like.

Because we decided to home school all 5 children, The Stitch Sergeant retired from active duty.  However, I just couldn't keep my creative mind and hands still.  Woven ~N~ Spun took flight in March 2005.  The name came about from a Praise and Worship song.  Since I love to spin, crochet, knit, and because our family felt that God was weaving our family together.

Please feel free to drop us a line at kimberly @ wovenspun [dot] com (please remove spaces and punctuation before sending).  We would love to hear your comments on how we can make our site a more family oriented place.  

Come again soon.