How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry

E-Course starting June 19 - How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry

Are you a knit and crochet designer who hears crickets when you launch a new design on Ravelry? Maybe you get a bump on the first day when your design is at the top of Ravelry's recently added patterns. 

As a designer of over 100 patterns, I've tried many different techniques and have had great results. In this course I share with you some easy techniques you can use on your next pattern release.

How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry will help you with marketing your pattern. At the end of the course, you will have a formula and system that you make and evolve over time.

Registration will run from June 8-12, or when the course is full. Space is limited.

In this course you will learn:

• When to launch your pattern
• How to share in forums and groups
• How to create a promotion strategy

With this course you will get:

• One lesson, One Q+A session, email support
• Template to use as a guide
• Tips on how to create a marketing calendar

This course is for you if:

• You are a knit and/or crochet designer wanting to create a promotional schedule
• Want to learn strategies to get your patterns noticed beyond the first day of release
• You are feeling stuck and want to try something different
  

This course is NOT for you if:

• You don't care about promoting your pattern
• You are okay with your current strategies 

How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry course will teach you how to create a marketing strategy that will get you noticed beyond the recently added pattern page on Ravelry.

Just know this: enrollment is now open but will close on June 12, at 11:59pm (eastern) or when space fill up.

This is a beta class being offered for the first time at a starter price of $19. When the course re-open in the Fall 2016, price will double.

Space is limited, so sign up today!

Want to be notified when this course go live again in the Fall, join the waiting list here.

How to grade a knit and crochet pattern using MS Excel

How to grade a pattern using MS Excel

Are you a knit and crochet designer looking for a simple and consistent way to size your next pattern? As a designer and tech editor, I help knit and crochet designers grade their patterns. In this course, I will show you how to use MS Excel to grade your next pattern in multiple sizes using a simple hat pattern as a guide.

How to grade a pattern using MS Excel will make pattern grading easier and faster. No more pencil and pen! Plus, you will save time.

In this course you will learn:

• How to set-up your spreadsheet to get started
• Simplified calculations
• How to create and use formulas in MS Excel
• Step-by-step calculations for grading using a gauge swatch

With this course you will get:

• One lesson, One Q+A session, email support.
• Excel template to use as a guide
• Step-by-step tutorial on how to use the MS Excel template
• Get answers to your specific questions with a Q+A session

This course is for you if:

• You are a knit or crochet designer wanting to create multiple sizes of a pattern
• Have a working knowledge of MS Excel
• Have a working knowledge of grading techniques

This course is NOT for you if:

• You do not have a working knowledge of MS Excel. This course will not teach you how to use MS Excel
• You do not know how to grade a pattern. This course will not teach you how to size patterns 

How to grade a pattern using MS Excel course will teach you how to use MS Excel to grade patterns in order to publish your next pattern with confidence, knowing every part of your pattern is sized accurately.



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Look up from your knitting and crochet

Look up from your knitting and crochet project every now and then and take stock of you progress. This might be you too, but for me, sometimes as knitters and crocheters we are in such denial about our project. We put out heads in the sand and ignore the things that are right in front of our faces because we don't want to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

We ignore the things we need to notice that are right in front of our faces. When we choose the wrong yarn and needles or hook for a project or when we make a mistake. We try to justify it by saying "it will block out". Yeah, does that sound familiar. But we know the truth. Why do we do that? Why do we try to ignore the problem that is a small mistake 1 row below? We know it will bothers us in the finished project, yet we try to ignore it. Now it's 6" and 2-hours of knitting later, it's more difficult to fix, and a lot harder to ignore.

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We know the truth, yet we try so hard to force the yarn to so something it doesn't want to. We gloss over the missed stitch. We ignore the density of the fabric because the hook/needles are too small for the stitch pattern, chanting along the way, "it will block out" when if we would just go back, take a few minutes and fix the mistake when we first discover the problem, instead of working on, knitting another 6", you would be so much more happier with the project.

The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be to fix. Even worst, you might finish that epic sweater, deciding not to fix the mistake and then end up never wearing the sweater because it can stand up all by itself because your fabric is so stiff! Now you don't have the heart to even try to make the sweater again because the taste of disappointment is so raw and still so close to the surface you just can't go there again.

I don't know what it is. Is it fear? I know it's denial, but why? Gah! it's just yarn! So why does it have this affect on us? We are not saving the world here. It's just knitting and crochet! But there is so much emotional baggage that we put on it. All our insecurities and fears. But the truth is, yarn doesn't care if we are good or bad at this craft. It's not a metaphor for life. Or is it? I don't even know anymore. Maybe I am overthinking this. What do you think?

Check you gut. Don't be complacent. Do your thing!

PATTERN WRITING 101 course
So, over on the Pattern Writing 101 e-course we're on Week Three of the 4-week course (yay!) and we are having so much fun and learning a ton. If you not familiar, the course is about learning the fundamentals of how to write your first (or next) knit and crochet patterns where students are building their confidence to hit publish.

The thing I love most about the course are the fantastic questions coming through. After designing for almost 10 years, I forgot about some of the places where I got stuck when I was first starting out and the mindset changes I had to make for myself in order to build my confidence to put myself out there and hit publish. If you are interested in designing your own knit and crochet pattern, check out the Pattern Writing 101 blog post and join the waiting list to be notified when registration open again in the Fall.

Announcing 2 New Lessons: Current students of Pattern Writing 101 will receive 2 bonus lessons which I am offering as separate, stand along lessons to you.

Maybe you are already a designer and want a bit more support to get you to the next level. Check out these lessons: How to grade a pattern using MS Excel & How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry. Each will include 1 lesson straight to your emailed on Sunday, Q+A emailed out on Wednesday/Thursday, and plenty of email support to get your specific questions answered.

Interested? Registration will open for only a few days from June 5-8. If you are interested in one or both of these lessons, click on the course below to join the wait list in order to be notified when registration is open. Space is limited. Stay tuned for more information.

Please Note: Current students of Pattern Writing 101 get these 2 lessons as bonuses.

June 12 - How to grade a pattern using MS Excel
June 19 - How to get your pattern noticed on Ravelry


Until next time...Stitch on!

Tian
*A rising tide lifts all boats*

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