Hi! I’m Maria - a former professional IT geek and moonlighting craft nerd. As a child I would earn pocket money by embroidering and beading the wedding dresses and costumes made by my mother’s award winning dressmaking business. I was started on my fiber arts journey by my grandfather who taught me to knit a simple scarf at 8 years old, but it was when I picked up my first crochet hook 10 years ago when I truly got ‘hooked’ on yarn! Since then I have grown a passion for making retro inspired garments, accessories and homewares, and encouraging new crafters on their journey of discovering knitting and crochet.

I can be found on Instagram and Facebook as @moonlightingmakes