Vicki Square is the author of Folk Bags, Folk Hats, and the best-selling The Knitter’s Companion. Her designs have been both self-published and featured in Spin-Off and Fashion Knitting magazines. She won the 1990 National Knitting Contest sponsored by Fashion Knitting and has shown her pieces in juried art shows in Colorado, Oregon, and Illinois.

Vicki has taught knitting for more than ten years, as well as painting and drawing at Colorado State University. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.