Hi! I'm Ginger. I am the website designer, software developer, artist, bookkeeper, source of craft expertise, and primary mover behind Canitag Apps N Crafts. My mom taught me to sew when I was so young that I don't remember ever learning. She taught me to knit when I around 7. My grandmother taught me to crochet and later to bake bread without a written recipe. I taught myself to spin out of a book and lots of trial & error (although I've taken quite a few classes since then). I learned weaving on a loom from a book and experimentation, card weaving from a book, the basics of naalbinding from a class, dyeing wool from a class, the basics of kumihimo from a class, ... In other words, I'm a serious fiber-holic. I'm good enough as a knitter to have won numerous blue ribbons and one best of show during my 5 year span of entering hand-spun, hand-dyed, hand-knitted garments at local county fairs.

I'm also a professional software developer. I've been bouncing around Silicon Valley for more than two decades. I've worked at startups in rather exotic and now defunct programming languages (Telescript, anyone?). I'm currently working at a large software company (Microsoft), on software totally unrelated to knitting, crocheting, or similar crafts. I've worked on Unix software, software on the Mac, software on Windows PCs, and realtime software on consumer electronics (vxWorks, various TV settop boxes, a DVR product, and a couple of phones). In other words, my love of software in all its breadth is as strong as my passion for fiber related crafts.

I've had the yen for some time to try my hand someday at combining the two sides of my life by developing software for fellow crafters. This year, I decided to act on that desire. I talked my husband into supporting my endeavor. (He's in charge of keeping the ship afloat when I'm down with a cold or flu -- but you're not going to get any knitting tips from him!) We've got our business plan and business permit. As you can see, we've started to roll out a website. I've got a long, prioritized list of applications, large and small, that I've started to work on. I'll announce product releases on this website. You'll also be able to look here for the inside scoop and how-to's. For devices that have their own app stores, we'll sell through app stores. For others, we'll offer sales online and, when circumstances permit, some fiber/yarn related events.

I hope you'll be patient while we create our product line. Thank you for visiting.