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Meet the women that make Knitty happen...

Amy
Amy is the editor of Knitty. She's also the publisher and founder of the magazine. In 2002, it came to her in a dream while sitting on the living room couch that she should start an online knitting magazine to feature the knitting talent she'd been seeing on blogs all over the world in one tidy, professional-looking website. The rest is happy history.

She loves ukuleles, rabbits [her babies are 2 mini-rex sisters named Squeeze and Boeing], scooters and shiny things. She's allergic to wool and sensitive to all animal fibers, so she's the non-wool knitter in the Knitty crew. She lives in Toronto and can often be found hanging out, having a latte and knitting, at The Purple Purl. She is frequently obsessed with technology and gadgets, and quite likes shoes that don't hurt.

Jillian
Jillian is the editor of Knittyspin, Knitty's Ad Manager and Catalyst of the whole shebang. This means she is often the brains behind the exciting new ideas we implement at Knitty, like this blog-writing thing and the recent issue shift to our two-fall publishing schedule. She's also the reason there is a Knitty -- her passion, brain and heart have helped Amy build the magazine and keep it on the grass-roots path we all feel is so important. If you ever meet her, thank her.

Jillian has been a knitter forever, and a spinner almost as long. Spinning is her current passion, and she spends part of almost every day at her wheel. Her hangout is The Spinning Loft in Howell, MI. She likes vintage dresses, Tim Burton, British murder mysteries and listening to her kids sing in the bathtub. She recently welcomed a rescue puppy -- Atticus -- into her home, and in addition to all the usual puppy training, she is watching him carefully to make sure he doesn't start teething on her spinning wheels.

Kate
Kate edits Knitty's sock patterns and all of the patterns in Knittyspin, and keeps us organized as our Editorial Assistant. She is a mathematician, which comes in handy in all aspects of her knitting work. Kate is a highly regarded knitting teacher in Toronto, and offers her professional services through several Toronto-based shops and beyond.

She is an expert on all things deli, and is a regular at Caplansky's. She likes double-pointed needles, kitten heels and strong coffee. A puppy recently showed up on Kate's doorstep, literally: a little abandoned boy with [perhaps] beagle and shephard in him, Dexter is now officially part of her family.