Stitch of Nature

My name is Jenia Daugherty. Welcome to the Stitch of Nature Channel.

I was born in 1976 in the Altai Region of Russia. Like many women do in Russia, I grew up around needle arts. By watching my Grandmother and Mother, I learned to knit and sew at the age of 10. I loved it! I knitted my first sweater when I was 12 - I even wore it to school that winter. As my skills developed, my entire family had knitted garments made from patterns from my favorite magazine "Burda Moden".

In my University years, I met a friend who showed me some basic crochet stitches. It was a great first step towards learning new skills and tricks through tutorials, crochet magazines, self-discovery and experimentation.

In 2006 I moved to the US where I now live with my husband and two young boys. I work from home and get inspired by the beauty of nature around, the ever-present diversity of life and all the simple things that I cherishes the most.