Laura Ricketts Designs

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands..."

Laura Ricketts Designs is a personal and business website for Laura Ricketts, hand-knitwear designer, author, teacher, crafter, mother and wife.

About Me


Laura Ricketts is a designer, teacher, author, and former TV show host for In the Loop with Laura. Her history and education background fuels her articles and teaching. A North American expert on Sámi knitting, Laura’s work has been featured in Knitsy online magazine, PieceWork, Knitting Traditions, BÁIKI: The North-American Sámi Journal, the Defarge book series and Midwestern Knits! She has lectured and taught at the American Swedish Institute, Finnfest, the Nordic Knitting conference in Seattle and Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum as well as at knit stores and yarn gatherings. She lives in north-central Indiana.

Contact her to find out how she can teach in your area.

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