🧶 Notes from my desk
New year, old reminder:
Time to change the dates in your templates and other documents to 2026.
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🧶 Notes from my desk
As I encountered this twice now:
Judy's Magic Cast On is a double-sided cast on NOT a provisional cast on. Obviously you can put one side of that cast on on hold while working the other side but it's still not a provisional cast on.
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🧶 Notes from my desk
It's always worth your time and effort to smooth out your grading, especially if it makes the numbers more logical.
E.g.: differences between sizes should move in one direction (increasing or decreasing) and not wiggle around.
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A testimonial reads “Faye’s attention to detail has been unmatched in my experience with other tech editors. She truly helps my patterns be the best that they can be! I tend to design complicated patterns and Faye keeps up with me and whatever I ask of her tech-wise. She’s easy to work with and generally a nice person to interact with. I highly recommend her! Sheila Toy-Stromberg Knit and Crochet Designer @knitoriousshe” Behind the quote there is an image of a laptop on a desk with a notebook, mouse and some turquoise yarn
Just popping up this lovely review from Sheila Toy Stromberg who I have recently had the pleasure of working with. Her designs are so well thought out and so much fun to work on! Please check her out! 🧶
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Question for folks with direct experience—What is the going rate for freelance tech editing of patterns in the arts and crafts field? I’m particularly interested in weaving, but it seems that knitting, sewing, and crochet could be comparable.
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Notes from my desk
It's your decision how wide your size range is but 13 cm between size XS and size 2XL *is too small*.
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🧶Notes from my desk
Sometimes it's easier knitted than written but instructions have to be correct.
But I will help.
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🧶 Notes from my desk
If you have a question but we don't currently work on a pattern, that's no reason to not just ask me about anything pattern related.
And I am sure that goes for my colleagues too.
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🧶 Notes from my desk
It's always a good idea to use very clear labelling of your documents to keep track of different versions of your pattern. It makes it easier to always work with the most recent one 😉
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🧶 Notes from my desk
It's always worth it to apply newly gained knowledge to older patterns too and update them!
Your customers will appreciate it as well.
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🧶Notes from my desk
If you copy parts of an old pattern to save time (yay for that!), please check that you changed *all* numbers to those for the new design.
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🧶Notes from my desk
If you don't have even or odd stitch counts for *all* sizes and those are important for your instruction, you might need to split your sizes for the instructions.
Alternatively you can make all stitch counts even *or* odd.
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🧶Notes from my desk
If your pattern file is unusually large, check the size of all pictures and charts you added. Sometimes curious things happen with those 😉
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Watching bowling and knitting two at a time twisted rib cuffs with thumbholes. Would love to finish them today. #techediting and #grading books are OPEN!
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🧶 Notes from my desk:
When making a chart don't forget to really remove those stitches you just decreased, it might affect your row/round count too.
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Notes from my desk:
As the new year just started: did you change the publication year everywhere in your pattern?
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