Jan 8, 2010 Posted by Kim Werker

The Prognosticator of Prognosticators Needs YOU.

Twitter’s struck again, this time with groundhogs. Go get Planetjune’s pattern for an amigurumi groundhog. Join the group on Ravelry (you don’t have to, no worries). Swipe the badge and put it on your blog (hosting it on your own server, please). Crochet a groundhog by 2nd February. Don’t name yours Ned Ryerson, because I’m going to name mine Ned Ryerson. Will that groundhog... read more

Dec 16, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Remembering When I Felt Differently

Something occurred to me out of the blue today: during my last few months as editor of Interweave Crochet, as the company was beginning to focus more on the possibilities presented by online tools and social media, I wanted nothing to do with any of it in my work as editor. Crazy, hey? As you might have noticed, the whole print publishing industry is struggling to make sense of online media in much the... read more

Dec 12, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Small Biz Social Media Thinking: Interview with Tara Swiger

Front door of Tara Swiger's new store, A Novel Yarn Continuing my informal series on small business social media use, I thought it’s about time we look at some concrete examples. Or, more specifically, at a concrete example. As a minor update, I’ve been told that some folks at TNNA have been following the conversation over here. I’m very glad to hear that, and I hope they know... read more

Dec 7, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

New Project: Make & Meaning – Creative Community in Conversation

Oh, my glee when I got an email a few months ago from Diane, of Craftypod, and Paul, of Dudecraft, asking if I’d be up for joining a little project they were cooking up. Through their own blogs, these two have blown my mind pretty much on a weekly basis for the last year. The prospect of them starting a bigger project with a focus on the thoughtful examination of pretty much everything having to do... read more

Nov 28, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Kicking the Collective Ass of an Industry

In the couple of weeks since the Twitter fail I wrote about, I’ve had some very interesting conversations with people in the yarn industry about business use of social media, and specifically about the role TNNA could and/or should play in educating yarn-related businesses about it. Yesterday I tweeted this: And then I figured I should just blog what I’d already dumped into an email exchange... read more