2023 Knit Design Release Planning
Knit Designers – do you plan out your releases in advance? Or do you just knit willy nilly and when something is ready, out it goes? I know the “willy nilly” bit sounds judgmental, but trust me, it’s not. I literally just cast on for a design this afternoon, that I...
Schematics For Your Knitting Design
Did you know that I do schematics aka technical drawings for knitting patterns? If you are a technical editing client of mine, I might have created schematics for your design. A schematic being a line drawing of the basic shape of your garment or object with...
All About Schematics
Do you know what a schematic is in knitting and crochet patterns? Simply put it’s a diagram that helps you to understand how an item is constructed and/or tells you all the relevant measurements for said item. The easiest way to explain this is with some examples....
Yarn Design Planner
One of the most important things you need to do as a knitting designer is to make sure that you have complete and accurate notes for all of your design work. And before you think I’m giving you a hard time; this is definitely a do as I say not as I have done kind of...
Hat Pattern Template
Did you read last week’s blog post about the basics of style sheets? Well this week we are going to use an example pattern to show how that all comes together for my patterns. We are starting simple with a full break down of a hat pattern – specifically my free Snappy...
Knitting Pattern Style Sheets
If you want to be a knitting designer, you have to know how to write a good pattern. And while many things about this um, unique business are kept kind of quiet and all secretive like, you can find pattern templates all over the interwebs for free. But that doesn’t...
The Magic of Coworking
As 2021 was coming to a close, I knew something had to give. I had just spent years in a fog and really had nothing to show for it except for a pile of finished knitted samples for new patterns. Like I know I had done other things during the past few years, but there...
Fighting Fires In Your Business
You wake up on a Thursday morning and you are feeling a bit dejected. This has not been a productive week. At all. Every day you sit at your desk and even though you kind of have a to-do list you haven’t check much of anything off. But you worked all week. Really you...
Contracts Are Crucial
Ok all my knit and crochet design friends, it’s time for cautionary tales with Corrina. Once upon a time there was an aspiring knit designer (yes me). She had just starting publishing patterns and wanted to work with real yarn companies and magazines and do all the...
On Stitch Counts
Do you have a pattern writing style? You should! Everyone should have a style sheet that they work with - in a future blog post I will be sharing more about mine and what you might want to include in yours. But today I just want to talk about stitch counts in pattern...