Hi, I'm Tricia. Welcome to my passion! I have been knitting & crocheting since I was four years old. Throughout my childhood I helped mum knit garments for all the family, including socks for my dad!! Later, I knit for my own children. Their sweaters, often with pictures of favourite cartoon characters, were so admired that I started knitting for others, as time allowed. Once my children were grown the pressure of work commitments took over and I stopped knitting altogether, until one of my nieces had her baby and requested I hand knit some garments for her 'because hand knitted stuff is more individual and personal than shop-bought', she said. And that, combined with early retirement and the births of several more babies in the family, gave birth to my passion for knitting hoodies, crocheting blankets etc and the response to them has been fantastic! Requests to make them have come flooding in and Kids In The Hood was born! Although I do knit and crochet many other things, like intricately patterned baby dresses and shawls for christenings etc, children's hoodies and baby blankets are now my speciality and my joy.