Marianne Jansson Bjerkman

Marianne Jansson Bjerkman was born and grew up in Fredrikstad before she moved to Halden, where she now lives with her husband Morgan and their two sons. She holds a master’s degree in food science, and currently works as a product developer. As a knitter, she is perhaps best known for being the woman behind the aliases @knitsandpieces on Instagram and Marianne J. Bjerkman on Ravelry.com. In recent years she has published many knitting patterns digitally, including her popular ‘snow leaf’ pattern.