Glenda Winkleman was taught by her maternal grandmother to crochet at the young age of 11 years old. She was hooked from the start and advanced as a self-taught crocheter. In her early 20's she started to design for magazines and has had numerous books published by Annie's Publishing and Leisure Arts. Glenda now focuses her crochet talents on her Youtube channel as Creative Grandma doing crochet tutorials for many of her designs as well as doing crochet stitch tutorials. Glenda runs her crochet website "CreativeGrandma" with her daughter Laurie.