Lessons learned from designing and tutorials for improving your own designs.
If you’re curious about the process of designing a crochet pattern, in this article I go in detail into my own process, as a designer with almost a decade of experience in publishing patterns. This was prompted by someone asking in one of the crochet groups I’m in how people go about designing their own … Read more
Here’s the story of how my first pattern for a round yoke top came to life. It is a story of stubbornness and patience, lots of lessons learned and many beautiful projects. When an idea sticks in your head and you can’t shake it, you know it’s time to make it a reality. Sometimes an … Read more
Follow the process of creating a summer top or dress pattern, from idea and yarn, through pattern writing, testing and sample making.
Follow along with the process of turning an old idea into a brand new Tunisian crochet sweater pattern, hopefully one that will be as timeless as it is comfortable. My first Tunisian crochet sweater This is an old project. It’s something I started in December 2019, while on a trip up north, at the Baltic … Read more
If you want to know how a pattern is created, from start to finish, follow along with this Sempervivum shawl project diary and see the entire process. Updates to come.
How to remove extra sizes in crochet and knitting patterns by using regular expressions.
These are the results from a long-term data collection project that will generate a set of size-inclusive and shape-inclusive body measurements for garment design, both crochet and knit
In this article, we explore various size inclusive body measurements from around the world and compile a starting set of measurements that will be the basis of my future designs.
If you’re curious where the Macaw wings shawl pattern came from, how it grew from idea to finished pattern, here’s the whole story.
How do you make your digital products more accessible? We’ll explore this topic in this article and I’ll give you some tips from my own experience.