Hello there! My name is Rililie and I am now working for more than 10 years as a knitting designer under the label La Maison Rililie Designs. The name was actually an inside joke, since I was living in France at the time and found it funny to go over the top and give my tiny company a grand haute-couture flair. But it stuck and I am still designing women’s garments and accessories full time and loving every minute of it. My background is in Fine Arts, so my knowledge regarding human anatomy or the flattering use of colours and shapes helps me immensely when designing for various body types. I like working alone because it allows me to move around and travel a lot. I am rarely staying at one place for long periods and have lived in different countries over the years. This allowed me to get accustomed with different cultures, which is hugely inspiring when it comes to design and creativity. Changing one's surroundings is often enough to get out of the rut and find new ways to keep work fresh and interesting. I love participating at international workshops, where I mostly teach a subject that is very dear to me: The endless possibilities to adapt any pattern to one’s own body or preferences and how to detect where to individually modify. Together with each participant we discuss what to look out for and how to proceed in different garment constructions. I try to give as much valuable information as possible regarding knitting techniques or different takes on existing methods. When I play around with my yarn and discover something that could be done differently in knitting, I like to share this info with the community and make photo tutorials or videos and put the things I came up with on my site or on social media - or teach it in my workshops, when I am lucky enough to meet fellow knitters face to face.