Leap!

Today is a big day for me. I just gave notice at my day job. As of 4:30pm, Friday, June 30, I will be a full-time Knitty editor and knitting book author.

Scared? You bet. Excited? Even more than you can imagine. When I started Knitty in the summer of 2002, it was the biggest "let's put on a show!" project I've ever done. I was surrounded by friends and associates with talent and energy. Thankfully, I possessed the skills and experience I needed to program, design, write and edit the thing, I knew I could do it at least once. But then the first issue came out, and I wanted to do it again. By the third issue, I realized editing Knitty was my dream job, but doing it full time was something I could only dream about. Somewhere around the middle of last year, it became a more-focused dream for me. And now it's happening.

This means a lot of great things. I'll have time to rework parts of the Knitty interface that I've wanted to tweak for years [hint: archive]. Add features, do all the good stuff that's been percolating in my [and Jillian's] head[s] for years. And more time to spend on what I love doing best. No Sheep, of course. Big Girl Knits 2 [just signed with Potter Craft]. More travel for Knitty. Rhinebeck again!

Hub and I are not sure how much macaroni-three-meals-a-day is in our future, but we think it's all worth it. He's as excited as I am, and I'm grateful to have his amazing computer skills available to me and Knitty, cause we are so going to use them.

This is the beginning of the biggest adventure of my life. My hiking boots are tied, I'm wearing blister-free socks [though there are never any guarantees with those socks, you know] and I'm fully caffeinated. Time to head out.

This Friday at the Spotted Dick on Bloor St [across from The Bay] at 5:30 -- the monthly Toronto Drunken Knitters' Night -- come celebrate with me!