Interweave Crochet & Crochet Me & Me
(Alternative titles: I've Ordered A Spinning Wheel, or Look Ma! A Real Job!)
2006 was a year of firsts for me. My first book was published (and my second); I wrote a magazine column; I went on a book tour; I appeared on teevee; I've kept my lips sealed for four months about the biggest professional news of my life and I didn't even hint about it.
One of the things I've enjoyed most over the last three years is being an observer of my own internet experience. To look at Crochet Me in the context of the Net at large makes me feel part of something bigger even than the huge community we've developed here. That I've built an offline career by taking opportunities this site has opened up for me has been the wildest ride of my life. To have formed relationships with people based solely on our mutual interest is a loveliness I never stop delighting in.
In August I had a phone conversation that altered my perception of my career more profoundly than any other single experience. It was sort of like discovering something I'd known for a long time but had never considered. I discovered that in all the craziness and excitement of the last two years, I became an editor, truly. It's what I've wanted to be since I was in high school, but I never really knew how to do it (have I mentioned how much I hated being an English major for the semester I had it declared?). Turns out many things really are just achieved by doing them.
Back to that phone conversation. Another thing I realized is that I've started enjoying some aspects of running Crochet Me far more than others (read: some tasks have become mind-numbingly tedious). I started itching for change. I started to feel desperate for change.
And today, after many phone calls and emails I never told you about, and after a somewhat secret trip to Colorado (oh, how I love thee) in September, I have a pretty major announcement to make.
I'm the new editor of Interweave Crochet magazine and the rumour about it going quarterly (with subscriptions!) is finally true. Hand in hand with this, in June Crochet Me will be redesigned, reconfigured, and relaunched with all the modern tweaks and features, a totally new way of doing things, and a revived and renewed commitment to push crochet and the people who love it as far as they can possibly go. And, finally, there's a Crochet Me book in the works! We've been working on it for months, and it'll come out in the fall.
There, I said it. I am so excited to finally tell you.
I've made no secret all along that I adore Interweave Press - their publications and the people behind them. Their commitment to education, style, and technique make me excited, proud, and happy to be working with them so closely. Now I get to say it's “our commitment.†Eeee!
I'll post Here's a link to the official press release (PDF). when it's up.
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I'm the founder and creative director of CrochetMe.com, the editor of Interweave Crochet, co-host of Knitting Daily TV and the author of Crochet Me. I love sushi, thunderstorms, good books, the smell of clean laundry, and I also blog at kimwerker.com.
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Wow! Fantastic! Congratulations to you! Very, very exciting news. It's hard to keep secrets like that.
Kim,
Congratulations. I'm very happy for your success. Looking forward to seeing your signature style in the magazine.
Best regards,
Kristin
Congratulations, Kim! This is so exciting! I can't wait to see all these changes start to take place. :)
Kim, that is such fantastic news! I've so enjoyed both CrochetMe and Interweave Crochet. I look forward to the new changes and colaboration. Congratulations!!!
Wow! Congrats! What a dream job! I'm looking forward to more Interweave Crochet and the new-and-improved Crochet Me!
Congrats Kim!! That is very exciting news.
OMG kim i am SO excited for you! congratulations!!!
Whoa. Big news. Exciting possibilities! Congrats!
Ma Looked....daughter has a real job! Do I have bragging rights!!!!
And now I get to squeal, too! This is so exciting. (Wheel? what wheel? you ordered a wheel?) xoxoxoxoxo
Thanks everyone! Suffice it to say, today's been a really, really great day.
And Shannon caught on, oh yes she did. To celebrate I ordered myself an Ashford Joy that should arrive in the next couple of weeks. Just in time for me to lose myself in it after TNNA and my final Cme book deadline. I got a single treadle, and I can't wait. (And to think, before I learned how to spin on this very same wheel, I told Shannon I was convinced I'd prefer a double treadle. She balked, but didn't push it. And she was right in the end.)
Well, that settles it... I think I know what I need to make you for your b'day this year...
Squeeee! Congrats to you! What a great New Year it's going to be. :)
What exciting news! Congrats!!!!
Hi Kim... This is such exciting news! I just discovered Crochet Me recently and have been enjoying reading articles in the archives. Congratulations on the new job!
wow! congratulations! so, since i know you, do i get the magazine for free now ?
no?
seriously though, that's fabulous news!
Congratulations What a great New Year for you ...
Congratulations! What an adventure you have ahead of you! And I'm happy that Interweave press hired a person that loves crochet to edit the magazine!
And Interweave Crochet going to subscription is great!! I guess I'll send in my subscription card now. I was going to pitch it because some Interweave Press personnel had told some of the guys over at C'Ville that the subscription cards were just "marketing research!" What a way for a vendor to alienate a vast market for the vendor's product!!
Congratulations over and over again! You really have struck a "cord" [sic, in the press release]. Onward and upward both in print and on the web.
YYYYEEEEESSSSSS! I'm sssssooooo thrilled for you! The change will be a GOOD thing!
yay kim! congratulations! i'm so happy for you! you deserve all the success and happiness in the world!
way to go!
WOW! Congratulations! I'm soooo happy for you. How awesome is that?! You must feel really blessed right now. I love love love that mag!
Congratulations!! That's awesome!
Congratulations!! How thrilling for you, and for us. I can't wait to see the next issue(s) and sign up for my subscription.
Best of luck with your new job.
Major congrats, Kim! I'm so proud of your accomplishments since that fateful class. (You know the one!) So when are you going to take one of my spinning classes too? Hee-hee! Big hugs!
Of course I know the one! Hopefully I'll be able to carve out some time for some good social spinning. :)
I don't know if I'm more excited about Interweave Crochet going quarterly-WITH SUBSCRIBTION- or your wonderful opportunity. Either way, it's a win-win. Congrats!!
Such great news! Congratulations, Kim. Can't wait to see where your journey takes you! Hooray for you!
Thanks again for all your super comments! It's so much fun to celebrate all together. :)
I feel like Donna from "That 70's Show" when I say, "SHUT UP!" OH MY GOD. SOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Kim, sincerely. CONGRATS! That's the most exciting thing I've seen come your way. I know you're enjoy doing the job. SUPER, SUPER COOL.
Congratulations! I am excited to find out there's new books and more of IK Crochet coming. I wanted to do more crochet for ages, but I always have trouble to find the perfect project for me.
that's fantastic news! congratulations!
I love your story cause it shows everybody if you really put your heart into something you love and give-give-give without thinking about getting something back right away, eventually things start to happen what you never even dreamed of. Good luck at your new job!
Congratulations, Kim! I sent in my Interweave Crochet subscription card months ago. Now that you are going to be the editor, that makes it even better. When we meet again, will you autograph all my magazines, like you autographed my books? :) Good luck, I'm happy for you!
Congratulation, Kim! I heard about your news from your very proud Mama who took the rightful opportunity to brag. We are very happy for you and proud of all of your new (and older) endeavors.
Kim, that is awesome news!!!! I am SO,SO happy for you, and I know you're about to jump out of your skin with excitement!!! We are all ecited for you and I know you will make a fantastic editor!!!! You deserve it!
Wow!!! Congratulations, Kim!! I'm so excited for you and looking forward to a quarterly crochet mag from Interweave!!!!!!!
Wow! I think that's a good enough reason to make Interweave Crochet the first knit or crochet magazine for me to subscribe to. Where do I go to set that up? ;)
Congratulations!!!
Good question! Subscriptions aren't set up just yet, but I'll post the info as soon as I have it. I'm so glad you're excited!
And thanks, again, to everyone who's commented. Your excitement makes me even more excited and flattered, and gives me lots to deliver on!
OMG! Congratulations! How exciting! We need a fresher younger outlook in a crochet magazine, like an equivalent to Knit1. Are you going to have to move to the US? Please also post submission guidlines and due dates etc :)
Thanks, Alex! No, I won't be moving to the US; I'll continue working from home. Yum yum! Visiting Colorado a few times a year will be lovely. Submission calls and guidelines for Interweave Crochet are posted on its site. The format of the magazine won't be changing dramatically, just so you know.
mazel tov, kim! you will knock everyone's socks off, whether they're crocheted or not!
Congratulations Kim! Couldn't happen to a nicer person. I heartily agree with the previous comments. Way to go!!
Congratulations to you Kim, great news, for you and us, the heart of the crochet world. You will be a fantastic asset to the magazine and your insight and expertise will have an even larger audience. Cheers! -Pam
Very inspiring. Pretty soon you'll also have to write an Autobiography as well. Congratulations! Now I'm super curious to see how the magazine's look will change! Very exciting!
Kim, I don't know if I'm happier for you or for us (the crocheting public)! --or for Interweave! You've singlehandedly ramped up 2007 by several notches.
That's it. I'm subscribing plus seriously contemplating a subscription to Interweave Knits as well--that's how much my joy is splashing over. I'm going to be throwing money at them from now on.
Here's wishing you a Happy New Year and congratulations on becoming editor of of Interweave Crochet. You rock! I'm so happy for you.
You deserve it! I know you'lldo a great job and improve the magazine. Looking forward to seeing the changes. Keep up the great
work!
Congrats, Kim. I was just sitting here wondering if now you're moving to Colorado, and I mentioned to my boyfriend that you are an ex-pat. Only I didn't say ex-pat, I said ex-com. And he was like, she got excommunicated? Oops. Nope guess you're still welcome back in the US. ;)
Congratulations, Kim! That's great. Go crochet!
Fantastic! What a great way to kick off a new year!
Wonderful! I agree with all the others, I might actually subscribe to a crochet magazine now! I love crochetme and have really enjoyed your book - all this talent needs to be shared by an even wider audience. Congratulations, best wishes and all the best for 2007. EXCITING! :-) -Pam I Am