Vickie strives to motivate and inspire people both to live creatively and make a living being creative. In recent years, she was the founder and stitcher-in-chief of YarnYAY!, a subscription club and curated kit business, and is the founder and head cheerleader at the positivity-forward creative community, Stitchwell Social Club.
Vickie is well-known as the host of TV shows including DIY Network & HGTV series, Knitty Gritty, host and co-executive producer of Telly Award-winning PBS show, Knitting Daily with Vickie Howell. She is also an internationally recognized blogger, speaker, CreativeLive and Brit+Co. instructor, social strategist, and author. Her 14th book, No Needles Knitting (Quarto) hits shelves in October 2025.
More recently, Vickie is also the creator/host of The Webby Awards Honoree and Tellys People Choice Award Winner, The Knit Show with Vickie Howell, the first studio-quality, community-funded, internationally accessible, episodic knitting series. To date, the show’s channel has over 450,000 views, and viewers watching from 19+ different countries.
Vickie has produced thousands of hours of programming through a variety of channels including her podcast, CRAFT*ish, the longest-running Facebook Live series in the genre, Ask Me Monday. She has had several co-branded product lines and worked as a consultant, spokesperson & ambassador for major brands including Yarnspirations, Land’s End, JoAnn, Ragu, Cannon, Inkjoy, Thirty-one Gifts, and Visible Mobile. Conversely, it’s her mission to help promote other small businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs through collaboration. Rising tides raise all boats.
Follow all of Vickie’s projects on social media. You can find her @vickiehowell everywhere except Pinterest, where she is @iamvickiehowell.
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