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.
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.
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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 […]
Often in crochet patterns we are asked to work a pattern or a stitch type until some stopping point. Then we are given different instructions for after that stopping point. When writing crochet patterns, it can often be confusing for designers as to where to stop. “Do I tell them to work all the way […]
Here, I will reveal the numbers and types of patterns I have tech edited in 2021. 2021 was my fourth year of professionally tech editing and it was fantastic! It seriously ended with a BANG! How Many Patterns? In total, the patterns & projects worked in 2021 counted 526 patterns. Of those, 502 patterns were […]
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