Meet Jessie And Her Incredible Crochet Work

Who’s Jessie Rayot? She’s not only the an award-winning crochet designer but also an incredible blogger sharing her work and family life in Nutley, NJ. Here’s her life adventure.

I’ve been crocheting since my great grandmother first handed me a hook at the age of 8. I started off my professional life as a costume designer/creator/pattern maker. While managing the costume department for Adelphi University in Long Island, NY I was set up on a blind date with a Jersey boy. A few years later I found myself married and living in Jersey. Shortly after marrying, we search for a place to live with great schools and a family atmosphere, and that’s when we moved to Nutley.

In 2007 I became a stay at home mom to twin girls. Shortly thereafter I started Jessie At Home as a way to share photos and stories of the girls with my family. Eventually I started adding crafty posts in, then patterns, and it just kept evolving until it became the fun crochet, knit, and family blog that it is today. Since then I’ve has earned several awards from the CGOA (Crochet Guild Of America) Design Competition.  In 2013 I started designing for others outside of Jessie At Home, such as Red Heart Yarn, Crochet! Magazing, Interweave Crochet Magazine, and various online magazines. In the past few years, I have found myself traveling around the country to various conventions and trade shows. It’s been a very fun adventure.

In addition to all things yarn related, I enjoy just about all arts and crafts, playing games with my family, and cuddle time with my daughters and a good book.

• Blog: Jessie At Home ~http://jessieathome.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessie-At-Home/290313351031032
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jessie_AtHome
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jessieathome/

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