Pulling a book together, even if its just 5 patterns, is a lot of work. Its less about the designing, because that is a given, its all of the little things that take up the time. I have a checklist I use when pulling together patterns and The Crochet Project books and in the run up to publicatio...
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Despite their importance to my work, republishing old patterns from magazines does tend to be last on my todo list. Have a huge backlog to republish and despite my best efforts, I just never manage to get to them.However, when I knew one of my favourite models was back from uni for the summer, I...
One of the things I am most passionate about in my work is helping people get the skills they need to crochet the things they want to make. Continually, I hear from crocheters online or in classes is how frustrating they find pattern reading. I find my self nodding my head in agreement. It can be...
One of the things I hear most often from students and customers is "I know the basic stitches, but have no idea how to read a crochet pattern". In fact, it wasn't so long ago that I was in the same boat, struggling to understand what all of the letters, numbers and abbreviations meant! Most sea...
The moment I saw the mustart yellow/brown Flump Aran from Babylonglegs that was supposed to be a gift to myself for finishing the book, I knew 2 things:
1. I wasn't going to wait until September to play with it
2. It would be a hat
3. It would end up being a gift for Kerstin, aka Tantie.
And...
When I started my business in October, it never occured to me that I would do anything but self-publish my patterns. Obviously every type of publishing has its benefits and drawbacks, but the control freak in me LOVES being totally in charge of every aspect of my pattern - from the design to t...