Hello! My real name is Áine Ryan but I also appear around the internet as RollyMags and knitahedron.

I’m originally from Ireland but currently live in Edinburgh, UK after having spent some time living in York and London and Saarbrücken, Germany.

I learned to knit (and sew!) in school and at home when I was about 8 and then knit on and off through my teens. After a long sabbatical, I started again sporadically in 2009 and more seriously since 2011.

I’m a research Chemist by trade and that sciency background comes in handy when crunching knitting maths!

Curious about my name? Listen to how it’s pronounced here.