Kim P. Werker

Kim Werker is a writer, editor, and self-described camp counsellor (that’s the Canadian spelling) for grown-ups who is determined to help people get (back) in touch with their creativity and have fun while they do it.


After an accomplished career in the crochet industry during which she founded the popular website CrochetMe.com, served as editor of Interweave Crochet magazine, and wrote or co-authored six books on the topic, she worked hard to broaden her crafty horizons. Her seventh and most popular book, Make It Mighty Ugly, is based on the Mighty Ugly project, through which Kim leads workshops and conversations across North America with the goal of helping people to embrace the difficult, scary parts of the creative process.

A native New Yorker, Kim lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her partner, their son, and the aging mutt for whom this book is dedicated.

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