Biography
Anisa is the founder of Stitch2Create, a crochet platform dedicated to preserving and evolving the crochet craft. Raised at the intersection of analog craft traditions and digital automation, Anisa draws on a wide range of disciplines. She is formally trained in design software as well as traditional techniques, including Tezhip, Ebru, calligraphy, crochet, embroidery, oil painting, watercolor, and sculpting. Recognized as a role model artist by a U.K. public institution alongside names like Vivienne Westwood and Grayson Perry, she brings both academic rigor and lived practice to her work. Her design education covers U.S., U.K, Taiwan, and Turkey. Her approach centers on the idea that motifs are more than decorative; they are carriers of memory and message. A motif is like a canvas; your space to create and express who you are, while staying true to the roots of crochet and keeping its tradition alive for future generations. If you're interested in selling Stitch2Create products in your stores, developing custom projects using the products, producing them under your own brand, or even working on more creative collaborations, feel free to reach out to Anisa directly at anisa@stitch2create.com.
About Stitch2Create
Stitch2Create is not a traditional consumer-facing brand — it functions more like a carefully organized collection. Its full catalog of hundreds of original, hand-designed crochet motifs is available exclusively to select retail partners, who apply and are approved. Every motif is created, tested, and refined in-house by seasoned artisans. None are AI-generated or machine made; each piece is authentically handmade, a reflection of the brand’s commitment to craft.
This philosophy carries into every part of the company. The platform also offers modular kits that let people design personalized garments, home decor, or artwork, encouraging a slow, hands-on approach to making as a counterpoint to fast fashion. The brand’s stop-motion film, for example, was crafted frame-by-frame by Anisa — from fabric staging to post-production — showcasing the artistic expertise she brings to all facets of Stitch2Create.
On the retail side, Stitch2Create integrates smart systems — from reorder automation and inventory logic to pegboard analytics — combining the precision of a tech startup with the tactile charm of traditional craft kits. Its global production network spans Europe, Asia, the Americas, and beyond, with each artisan partner selected for ethical practices, exceptional skill, and fair compensation.
Stitch2Create does not sell direct-to-consumer. It avoids online marketplaces and fast-moving trends, remaining intentional about where and how its work is shared. The goal isn’t mass appeal; it’s meaningful continuity — a space for craft that speaks. Founded in response to a disposable, copy-driven industry, Stitch2Create offers a different path: where design is thoughtful, materials are respected, and creativity stays personal and timeless.
Stitch2Create does not exist to simply decorate.
Stitch2Create does not exist to align with trends.
Stitch2Create exists to confront the world with proof that the hand still outlives the machine — that tradition is not a dead relic but a blade of beauty, not mere copying but true creation.
Founded by Anisa Ozalp, not your everyday “multidisciplinary artist” but a hunter of traditions, a destroyer of categories. Stitch2Create refuses the safety of branding. It is not “craft commerce.” It is a return to roots, while making things beautiful.
We stitch tradition into the present, into commerce, into wearability.
Each motif is not decoration. It is declaration.
Our mission is simple and merciless:
- To honor the handmade against the tide of automation.
- To weaponize heritage against the erasure of cultures.
- To stitch civilizations together into forms that terrify the comfortable.
The future of creation will not be mass-produced.
The future will be handmade.
And we are already making it.
Slow fashion, not fast destruction.
Be part of it. Connect.
