Welcome to Adorable Elegance! My name is Rayla, I am the creator of the treasures I sell here. I hope they will grow to be of as much sentimental value to you as they have been to me.

I was fortunate to be born into and extremely talented and hard-working family. My dad owned an insurance agency, helped his dad run a cattle ranch, as well as running his own eleven acre farm. My mom has been a band, orchestra, and choir director as well as taking care of our family and sewing whatever Halloween costume or prom dress I dreamed up(or helping my grandmother alter my wedding dress).

My Great-Grandmother was a saint. She knitted and personalized Christmas stockings and receiving blankets for each and every one of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and their spouses as they came into the family. As she became older and dealt with arthritis and other health problems, her younger posterity who lived close enough assisted her with the completion of these numerous projects. I had the honor of being one of her most frequent helpers until I left home for college in another state. During my first year away from home, she passed away just before her 95th birthday. Helping her was the beginning of my love for knitting machines and I am enjoying the possibilities these machines have to offer!