Mary Jane Mucklestone is a hand knitting designer who likes the process of knitting as much as the end productthat she creates. She is a popular craft teacher specializing in lively, fun and informative classes. She teachesworldwide but can be found online at craftsy.com with her class The Fair Isle Vest: Stranded andSteeked. She also moonlights as a photostylist for yarn companies and knitting magazines.
Mary Jane has a varied background in art and textiles earning a BFA in Printmaking from PrattInstitute, studying fashion at Parsons School for Design, and Textiles and Historic Costume at theUniversity of Washington. She has taught handwork to the early grades in a Waldorf School, as wellas working for years in the fashion industry in New York City, and the related fields of advertising andinterior design.