About Me

Hi, I’m Amy Abramson, the maker behind Thymely Knits. I help knitting designers publish patterns with complete confidence.

My background is rooted in the Medical Laboratory Science field. We are an analytical, exact, and detailed lot. And at first glance, a sterile medical lab and a cozy basket of yarn seem like entirely different worlds—but to me, they’re not.

Both follow strict formulas, and use precise, repeated steps to achieve a result—whether making a chemical reagent or a sweater. It was only a matter of time before I figured out that I could take these same lab skills and apply them to knitting…

I found the best of both worlds in technical editing.

I still love the magic of creating and watching a sock grow stitch by stitch, but my new mission is to catch pattern errors before they reach a knitter’s needles. So, you do the dreaming and designing, I’ll handle the rest.

Qualifications:

• Industry-Trained: Certified via Carol Ibbetson’s Cool Wool School tech editing curriculum.

• Fiber Artist: Over 50 years of knitting experience; techniques, garment construction, pattern writing, error diagnosis.

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.): Medical Laboratory Science skills include:

  • Technical Proofreading

  • Methodical and Detailed Approach

  • Analytical critical thinking

  • Meticulous documentation