Does the idea of grading a pattern seem scary? Are you completely mystified by the concept? Do you want to create more designs and allow people of multiple sizes to use them, but you don’t know where to start? A Simple Guide to Grading Crochet is for you! I wrote this book after hearing from […]
I didn’t think this really needed to be a post. Among reasonable designers, I’m sure it would be understood that a computer cannot recreate what a human brain creates when it comes to crochet and knit patterns. This is not an anti-AI rant. I’ve used AI. So have you. Every time we use any search […]
Learn all the basic elements of a crochet pattern from a crochet technical editor.
Learn how to write crochet with asterisks, parentheses, and brackets.
In the past, I have been teaching designers that the proper usage of the forward slash was that if the slash is separating things without spaces, then there are zero spaces on each side of the slash. Likewise, if there are spaces in the things separated by the slash then there should be a space […]
Is Tech editing easy or hard? It all depends on how you approach word problems.
Oh, look at me, writing a blog post again! I sent out a newsletter for 2025 and made some promises to myself and you about what some goals will be for this year. There it is. Working on increased website usage. More communication (via newsletters or blog or both). Also publishing SOMETHING! Just get it […]
I’ve worked up a colorwork image of the Israeli flag, if you were looking for one. I’m trying it out with Tunisian crochet. Feel free to use it for knit or crochet patterns.
October 7th was a normal Saturday at home, for us. I generally ignore the news, and even more on the weekend. Then, on Sunday, our priest mentioned attacks in Israel. I thought just one more rocket attack deflected by Iron Dome. Nope. Then I began to learn more, and more. The atrocities keep coming. Let […]
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Why? How? Wherefore? Why would you use decimals in a pattern? First of all, it’s more scientific. I think of patterns as techinical writing and decimals fit better than fractions with a slash. 1.5 is much easier to read than 1 1/2. The only time that fractions would be preferable over decimals is for those […]
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