The beginning
March 2020.
15 days to slow the spread.
I picked up knitting in the first weeks of the pandemic, the way a lot of people found something to do with their hands when there was suddenly nothing to do. I didn't expect it to become the thread through three pregnancies, three newborn stages, and more hours in a nursing chair than I can count.
There's something particular about knitting while pregnant. It's the one thing you're making that the baby will actually use. Every stitch is pointed at something specific — a hat that will fit a head you haven't met yet, a blanket that will be in every photo for the next three years.
Before all this
Ten years.
Household name clients.
Before I became a stay-at-home mom, I ran a digital media company for a decade. Real employees, real clients, a travel schedule that looked impressive on paper and was genuinely incompatible with the family life I wanted.
By 2020 I'd already begun the strategic transition to consulting — making room for marrying my fiancé, making room for what came next. The pandemic just accelerated the timeline. I don't miss the travel. I do occasionally miss the business problems.
Why Bump n Purl
Every time I've been pregnant, I just wanted to knit and think about the baby. I didn't want to scour the internet for yarn substitutes to old patterns. I didn't want to guess my way through pattern errors. I wanted to be thinking about my baby actually using what I was knitting.
What this site is
The resource I
kept looking for.
Bump n Purl is patterns that work, yarn that's available, and honest notes from someone who's actually finished them. Organized by where you are in the pregnancy — because what you can knit at 10 weeks is not what you should be starting at 36.
It's also a registry guide updated across three babies, a knitting journal written in real time, and a library of book reviews that will tell you what to buy and what to borrow. The opinions are the way they are because I've lived this three times and I'm not interested in hedging.
Right now
Three under four.
Full time.
Two boys and a baby girl. I'm home with them full time and I chose that deliberately. Mornings are structured. Nap time is sacred. The house runs on a schedule because three small children require one — and because running a company for a decade apparently rewires how you think about systems.
Each of my kids has come with their own set of complexities. The appointment calendar is its own part-time job. The business background turned out to be genuinely useful for things I never anticipated — advocating in medical settings, researching, making decisions quickly with incomplete information. I'll write about all of it eventually. For now, the knitting continues through all of it.
Knitting since
March 2020
Made for
All three babies
Based in
Florida
Needle of choice
KnitPicks Prism
What's on the site
Knitting Kits
Curated by trimester
Patterns that work, yarn that's in stock, and notes on timing — from first trimester through toddler and for mama too. Browse the kits →
On My Needles
The knitting journal
Real projects, real yarn, real notes. Updated as I finish things. Read the journal →
The List
Baby registry guide
Three babies worth of product opinions. 60+ items reviewed. Zero sponsored picks. Read The List →
Book Reviews
What to buy, borrow, or skip
Honest pattern book reviews from someone who actually knits from them. Read the reviews →
Free Guide
Hospital bag checklist
The knitting mama's packing list — including what goes in your project bag and why it matters. Get the checklist →
Shop
What's actually in my bag
The needles, tools, and patterns I use across every pregnancy and every stage. Browse the shop →