Ashley English has earned degrees in both holistic nutrition and sociology. Life has provided her with numerous career paths, including working as a medical assistant and nutritional consultant, manager of a bed and breakfast, wine and beer sales rep, baker, and caterer. Additionally, she has worked over the years with a number of non-profit organizations committed to social and agricultural issues. She is currently a member of Slow Food USA. Ashley is the author of the Homemade Living book series, which address varying topics related to sustainable small-scale homesteading. Ashley, her husband, and their young son, along with a menagerie of chickens, dogs, cats, and bees live in Candler, North Carolina, where they are converting their land into a thriving homestead. You can find her detailing those adventures in homesteading on her blog, Small Measure. She also writes a weekly column, “Small Measures with Ashley,” on the popular design blog, Design Sponge.
After working for clients for a dozen years, Janine Vangool decided to pursue her own creative path through publishing books on creativity, craft, and design. With a love of things creative and curious, she publishes, edits, and designs 
Amy Barickman is the founder and owner of 
Melanie Falick is the editorial director of STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books, which is part of Stewart, Tabori & Chang and Abrams Books. She is also the author of numerous books, including Weekend Knitting, Kids Knitting, and Knitting in America, in addition to serving as the former editor-in-chief of Interweave Knits magazine.
Annie Modesitt has been designing hand knits since 1986 and loves all types of yarn. A champion of the Combination Knitting Method, Annie believes that there is no wrong way to knit–but MANY “right” ways to knit. As long as you’re getting the fabric you want, and can perform the knit tricks you’d like, then you’re knitting just fine!
Trisha Malcolm’s life in needle crafts began at the age of four and has spanned summers knitting, sewing, crocheting, and embroidering while at the beach, backpacking around the world, and during academic years as a high school needlework teacher. An editorship at McCalls Needlework and Craft magazine led Trisha to a career in craft publishing. She worked as the Craft Editor at Family Circle magazine Australia and other publications before she took over the helm of Vogue Knitting in 1997. Her role at the company has expanded in the ensuing years, to encompass Knit Simple magazine, a book publishing division (publisher of the Stitchionary series, Knitopedia, and more), custom publishing, and stitching-themed events. Trisha lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her son.
