Mette is a Dane who lives in Italy since the early '70s and works as an English teacher in the primary school. She learned to knit, crochet, and sew as a child with her grandmothers. Ever since then she has been creating her own "things" using different techniques and materials. Mette is the happy 1st place winner in the contest of A PATTERN A DAY CALENDAR 2008 - Knitting http://www.knittingpatternaday.com/winners2008.htm And she is the lucky third place winner in the contest of A PATTERN A DAY CALENDAR 2009 – Crochet http://www.knittingpatternaday.com/winners.htm And ever since then she has published patterns in the Calendars every year! If you want to know more about her, please take a peek at “Maestra Mette’s Homepage” http://www.maestramette.it – her homepage in three languages (English, Danish, Italian) to read and see while listening to music! ….and please do not claim her designs as yours!