About Claire Montgomerie
Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer specializing in crochet and knitting. She has written many best-selling books on these topics, and also styles and edits the UK craft magazine Inside Crochet.
- The Beginner's Guide to Crochet has now sold over 54k copies;
- The Granny Square Card Deck sold out before its publication date and has now sold over 250k copies worldwide, in 12 different languages, topping best-seller lists around the world!
- The Granny Square Flowers Card Deck published in May 2025 and has so far sold 100k copies;
- The Granny Square Stitches Card Deck published in November 2025 and has so far sold over 50k copies copies.
Claire lives in Cambridgeshire.
Check out her website: clairemontgomerie.com and Instagram: @clairemontyknits