I live in the foggy city of St. John’s — Newfoundland & Labrador, have lived for several years each in Victoria, Toronto and Munich, and grew up in Sidney and Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. In my pre-kid life, I was an atmospheric scientist obsessed with the Need to Know about everything atmospheric physics, fog in particular. I have a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, an M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography, and a B.Sc. in Physics (with a minor in mathematics). Things change and I change with them, and now after our son was born, I’ve been creating knitting patterns since 2018.

In 2025, I developed tendonitis in both elbows due to a grand kerfuffle of cable knitting and camping — and went to a super physiotherapist! — and it changed my knitting. The tendonitis returns if I use certain yarns and do certain things, but as long as I stick to what doesn’t hurt, I can keep on keeping on with it. It forced me to start a new chapter and tumbled me into falling in love all over again with pure and simple knitting. Every knitter finds that certain fabric that they love to make; now I love and cherish knitting rounds upon rounds of speckled, smooth, and loose stockinette free of pain.

We have a great knitting time in my knitjlee Designs Ravelry group and if you’re on Instagram, you can find me as @knitjlee