I am spending the most amazing weekend in Phoenix at TNNA. It is so wonderful to be around so many fiber arts people. I am loving every second of it.

Sadly it hasn’t all been wonderful. Today was the keynote speech by social media expert Lon Safko. Sadly this was not what I had hoped it would be. While he obviously knew his stuff, he was not prepared for the audience he was talking to. You could tell that no research had been done ahead of time about the demographic he was speaking to. I wish he had geared his presentation towards small business owners, but most of all I wish he had known about Ravelry. You really cannot discuss social media for the needle arts without discussing Ravelry. It is our home base, where we all gather,talk,and share information. It saddened me that Mr. Safko had no knowledge of this amazing website. I spoke with many of the people who attended and they were all just as frustrated. Thankfully there are a few of us out there who know the needle arts industry and can help give social media advice focused towards the needs of this niche group.

Overall it was a wonderful day! I met with lots of people, had some very interesting conversations, and started making some very exciting plans! Looking forward to more of the same the rest of the weekend. Please follow me on Twitter to get updates through out the day!

Hello my friends!

Life is so busy and full right now.  December is always that way, but this year even more so with the start of Knit Together Media. I am so grateful for all the wonderful things that have happened this year, and I know I am heading in the right direction.  It’s amazing how life changes, if someone had told me 10 years ago that I would own my own business I would have laughed at them. Back then I was going to be a Stage Manager on Broadway! Or running my own Theatre company! I was (and still am a bit) a Theatre geek through and through… but life changes and through random turn of events I ended up at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Then I was going to make Disney movies for the rest of my life. I was in awe of working for the people who had made the beloved movies I grew up on. It was magical… but as any good Disney employee knows the magic soon fades away.  The problem with both of these career paths was that they took me away from my knitting. Months and months would go by where I was to busy to knit or even look at my yarn. This just didn’t fly with me. Knitting is my zen, it keeps me calm and relieves stress.  So here I am now working to help bring social media marketing to they fiber arts. Finding a way to bring my passion and my career together. I get to spend time in the knitting/fiber arts community and I couldn’t be happier.  It feels right, it feels like where I am supposed to be.

There is lots of work ahead, but I am looking forward to the challenge. Through it all I will have my knitting by my side.

Thank you to all who have helped me get here. I am so eternally grateful.