Vickie Howell is an author, designer, instructor, and personality in the craft world with a penchant for motivational speaking, and social media marketing.

Vickie is most well-known as the Host and Creative Consultant of DIY Network's Knitty Gritty, her best selling knitting, crochet, and craft books, and her accessible, inclusive approach to nurturing the creative community via print, video and social media.

She’s continued to rally the crafty troops as an internationally recognized blogger & magazine columnist; a Spokesperson and Ambassador for major brands like Patons, Bernat, Caron, Land's End, and Clover Needlecrafts; video campaigns for companies such as HGTV, JoAnn, Ragu, Cannon, and Inkjoy; and as the Host and Co-Executive Producer of PBS’ Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell.

Vickie strives to motivate and inspire people to both live creatively *and* make a living being creative -- most recently reaching out to people via her Live Facebook stream, "Ask Me Monday", her online course, "Monetize Your Craft" (CreativeLive) and her upcoming podcast, "Craft*ish".

Follow @VickieHowell for up-to-date scoop on tutorials, projects, and events!