About
This is the page where Marnie talks about herself in the third person, as though she has people to write about her and a vast audience itching to learn more.
Marnie lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and rescued dogs, Thea, and Darwin. They all miss Panda, who, like all dogs, was the very best dog.
Designing
Unless you count the animated gif laden Angelfire page Marnie created in the late 90s, she launched her internet presence in late 2001. After moving from Boston to Los Angeles, she began knitting in earnest and soon found herself dabbling in designing. She lost her Metallica-esqe logo, overhauled her site in 2004, and became absolutely obsessed with learning everything she could about designing and writing patterns. Over the course of a couple years, she created around 30 patterns, and by 2006 she had started selling her first PDF pattern. From there, she has worked to improve her writing style and layout, expand the size ranges she offers and find all new and more humiliating ways to include her dogs in photoshoots.
Marnie was a production assistant at Twist Collective for nearly the entirety of its decade-long run. She was involved in all aspects of the magazine's production. She thought it was wicked awesome (did she mention that she grew up in New Hampshire?)
The rest of her life
Marnie has worked at newspapers for most of her adult life in various technical roles, where she has equal opportunity to flex her creative skills and her love for technology. Don't get her started on the joys of pivot tables and InDesign GREP styling.