The maker

Hi, I'm
Marija.

I started knitting in 2025. What began as a way to survive a hard season at work became something I did not expect — a practice that changed how I see patience, creativity, and what it means to make something real.

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How it started

A need to make
something real

I have spent years in a role where the work is intangible. At the end of each day, there is no object in my hands. No proof of what I built. For a long time, that felt fine. Then it did not.

At the start of 2025, after a difficult stretch at work, I picked up a pair of needles. I had always admired people who made things by hand. I wanted to be one of them.

What I did not expect was how much knitting would give back. The focus it required. The quiet it created. The way a finished piece felt different from anything a screen had ever produced.

It also woke something up. As a child, I was drawn to patterns and design. That interest got buried somewhere along the way. Knitting brought it back.

"I am not described as a patient person. Knitting taught me I was wrong about that."
— Marija Jerbić, Still Hour Knits
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Two worlds

Product Manager
meets maker

Working in IT
The intangible world
  • You build things you cannot hold.
  • Progress is measured in metrics, not objects.
  • The work is never truly finished.
  • Speed is the standard. Patience is a bottleneck.
  • Your hands are always on a keyboard, never on the thing itself.
  • At the end of the day, you close the laptop. Nothing remains.
Knitting
The tangible world
  • You build something you can touch, wear, and give away.
  • Progress is visible. Every row is proof.
  • There is a moment when it is done. Completely done.
  • Patience is not a weakness. It is the whole point.
  • Your hands are the tool. They remember every stitch.
  • At the end of the day, you hold something that did not exist that morning.
"In IT, I manage work. In knitting, I do the work. There is a difference."

Both worlds require attention to detail, problem solving, and the ability to follow a complex system. But only one of them ends with something warm in your hands. That shift changes more than you expect.

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The creative process

Ideas arrive
everywhere

I do not have a defined style yet. Right now I call it creative chaos. Inspiration comes from everyday objects, colours I notice on a walk, a texture on a wall, a shape in a window.

But the clearest ideas come when I am holding the needles. Something about the rhythm of knitting unlocks a different kind of thinking. A technique clicks. A form becomes obvious. A pattern writes itself.

I do not force it. I follow it. That is the only rule I have so far.

Everyday objects Texture & form Colour & light Creative chaos Cozy textures Still moments
i.
Patience

Not a virtue I was born with. One I found through knitting. It shows up in every pattern I design.

ii.
Honesty

I am new to this. I will not pretend otherwise. What I bring is curiosity, precision, and a genuine love for the craft.

iii.
Making

There is something powerful about holding a finished object you built with your own hands. That feeling is what Still Hour Knits is built around.

Ready to find
your still hour?

Every pattern in the collection is designed with the same intention — to give you a quiet, focused hour that produces something beautiful at the end of it.

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Based in
Croatia
Knitting since
January 2025
Speciality
Cozy sweaters & baby knits
Current style
Creative chaos