Pam Allen has worked in the knitting industry for many years as an independent hand-knitwear designer, editor-in-chief of Interweave Knits magazine, and creative director at Classic Elite Yarns. In 2010, she co-founded Quince & Company, a hand-knitting yarn and knitwear design company, with an historic spinning mill in Maine. She is the author of Knitting for Dummies (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), Scarf Style (Interweave Press, 2004), Home: 18 Knittable Projects to Keep You Comfy (Quince & Co, 2014), and Plain & Simple: 11 Knits to Wear Every Day (Quince & Co, 2018).