What I Learned About Crochet from a Roomful of Knitters
Friday night I had about the best speaking experience I’ve ever had. More people came to the Knit City kick-off party than were expected, and the room was packed full of people who were super excited about Vancouver’s first proper weekend yarn event. Their enthusiasm was palpable, and that’s a really cool thing for a speaker to work with. This was my first time talking about crochet to a room of mostly knitters. And when I say “knitters” I don’t mean that most people in the room didn’t know how to crochet. I asked for a show of hands, and most...
Read MoreKnit City This Weekend in Vancouver!
Just a note that I’ll be speaking at the kick-off party for Knit City this Friday night! If you’re in the Vancouver area or want to be, I hope you’ll come say hello. And stick around for the weekend for an amazing marketplace and workshops! FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponJust a note that I’ll be speaking at the kick-off party for Knit City this Friday night! If you’re in the Vancouver area or want to be, I hope...
Read MoreMore Than One Thing Workshop Today
Just a reminder that I’ll be teaching an online workshop with Tara Swiger today at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific). If you’ve been struggling with wanting to broaden the types of products or services you offer through your business without confusing your customers or your friends and family, I hope you’ll join us. Registration is open right up to the start of the workshop. See? The fog is lifting. FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponJust a reminder that I’ll be teaching an online workshop with Tara Swiger today at 2pm Eastern (11am...
Read MoreMore Than One Thing: A New Online Workshop!
[If you want to skip my bit about how this workshop came to be, here's the link to its page. I'm not insulted that you want to tape my mouth shut and just skip to the end. Really. Pretty much.] My dad once gave me some simple advice. “Kim,” he told me, “just become an expert in one thing.” Then my career would be made and things wouldn’t seem like such a slog all the time. From my commitment and hard work, the rest would follow. The thing is, that was the worst advice EVAR (for me, anyway) and I was miserable. No offense, Dad. I know where you were coming from....
Read MoreA Long-Ago Crochet Lecture
Back in January, 2011, the Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts invited me to talk about crochet. It was six weeks after Owen arrived, and though I had the wherewithal to use my phone to record the lecture, I managed not to do anything with the recording until today. I was thinking about it because I’ll be speaking on similar themes at the Knit City kick-off party in October. Oh, you don’t know what Knit City is? I’ll tell you. Knit City will be Vancouver’s first proper yarn conference. There will be a spectacular market running the whole weekend of October 13-14th, and...
Read MoreVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012, Visual Recap
I love Maker Faire so much I became a founding member of Vancouver’s Maker Foundation, which was set up this year by Emily Smith, the woman responsible for launching the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. We have big plans. I’m so very excited to be a part of it. I had Mighty Ugly going all weekend, with the unwavering help of four of the most dedicated, amazeballs volunteers in the history of working for free. Diana, Donna, Fiona and Amanda, THANK YOU. My brain hasn’t fully recovered from the whirlwind, after which my parents stayed in town for another week of awesome visit,...
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