Cassie Ward

As a child, I was always creative. I could draw, paint,sew, knit and embroider.,I suffered terribly with anxiety and needed a distraction from my overactive mind. I was at an exhibition sitting next to an Irish lady from the UK Hand Knitting Association . I picked up a hook, she taught me the basics of crochet there and then, and sent me on my way. I was instantly addicted and began designing immediately.I made amazing creations, but never having learned how to read a pattern, I had no real idea of what’ stitches I was using! I needed proper lessons. A lovely lady named Helen taught me how to ready patterns and showed me new techniques. From this, The Missing Yarn , my crochet business, was born.When I’m not crocheting, I’m a single mum to the most amazing identical twin boys. We live in a sleepy English village in Cambridgeshire and my twins’