My Story

This is for the women who are tired of not feeling enough.

The ones who show up for everyone else, every single day, and somewhere along the way forgot to show up for themselves.

I see you. Because I am you.

I've spent my whole life in service of other people. As a senior care worker, then over 15 years as a beauty therapist — all while raising my children alone for 20 years. Juggling, always juggling. I have loved every moment of caring for the women I've met along the way. It is genuinely who I am.

But perimenopause stopped me in my tracks.

In February 2026, aged 49, I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. 49 years of feeling different, not enough, too much, not quite right — and it finally had a name. It took total burnout and an oestrogen crash to get there. My body said enough — and for the first time, so did I.

I found yarn. And something shifted.

Chunky, tactile, gloriously satisfying chenille yarn. Neurodivergent minds are naturally drawn to craft — the texture calms, the repetition regulates, the making gives your brain the dopamine hit it's been chasing. When everything in my head is loud, my hands in the yarn brings me home.

Knit Me Harder Co. was born from that moment — not just as a yarn business, but as a space for women like us.

Women navigating perimenopause, burnout, neurodivergence, or just the quiet exhaustion of always being the strong one.

You are welcome here. You are understood here. You are not alone. And you are enough — exactly as you are. 💜

Teresa, Founder — Knit Me Harder Co.