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Design process

Lessons learned from designing and tutorials for improving your own designs.

Macaw wings shawl design process

22/12/202209/12/2022 by Andrea
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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.

Categories Design process Tags design process, macaw wings shawl, tunisian crochet 1 Comment

Why you should make your digital products more accessible and how

02/05/202214/04/2022 by Andrea
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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.

Categories Design process Tags accessibility, crochet charts 2 Comments

Why and how to find your niche as a crochet designer

08/02/202224/01/2022 by Andrea
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In this article, I share a long list of questions that will help you find your niche as a crochet designer.

Categories Design process Tags crochet design business, crochet designer, for crochet designers, niche 1 Comment

My biggest goal as a crochet designer

08/03/202210/01/2022 by Andrea
My biggest goal as a crochet designer

What’s your biggest goal as a crochet designer? I explain mine and how I got to it. It’s not fame or a house on the beach (that would be a bad investment, although I do love spending my holidays close to the sea). Where it all started I’ve started writing about motivation, niches, crochet designer … Read more

Categories Design process Tags crochet design business, crochet designer, motivation 7 Comments

I finally found my niche as a crochet designer!

08/03/202210/01/2022 by Andrea
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This article is about how I personally found my niche as a crochet designer, stemming from my abilities and disabilities.

Categories Design process Tags crochet designer, niche 4 Comments

Learning from mistakes and plans for 2022 as a crochet design business owner

08/03/202207/01/2022 by Andrea
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My plans and goals for 2022 as a crochet designers. I’m giving more time to creativity this year.

Categories Design process Tags business plan, crochet design business, crochet designer 1 Comment

My issues with garment sizing for crochet patterns

08/03/202201/12/2021 by Andrea
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Here’s why I haven’t been publishing my garment patterns so far, both for crochet and Tunisian crochet. Do you have the same issues?

Categories Design process Tags garment sizing, pattern writing, sweater 1 Comment

How to easily enable right click and middle click on websites

08/03/202219/10/2021 by Andrea
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Encountered an inaccessible website that you can’t read because right-click is disabled? Here are several solutions to enable right click or only middle click scroll that actually work (and no links to third-party apps, it’s all available in your browser).

Categories Design process Tags accessibility, right click Leave a comment

Should you use knitting patterns for Tunisian crochet?

19/08/202202/07/2021 by Andrea
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Let’s explore how we can use knitting patterns for Tunisian crochet.

Categories Tunisian crochet patterns, Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks, Design process Tags knitting, knitting patterns, tunisian crochet 7 Comments

Should you write a crochet business plan?

08/03/202216/03/2021 by Andrea
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In this post, we’ll discuss the need for a crochet business plan and I’ll share mine with you. How can you see if you really need one without an actual example? So you’re a small crochet business owner. You make things and sell them or at least try to. How’s the business going? Good? Then … Read more

Categories Crochet, Design process Tags for crochet designers 3 Comments
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Andrea Crețu

Designer and video creator @yarnandy.com

Autistic and ADHD, passionate about yarn, fibers, dyes and chemistry, with an analytical mind and always ready to get to the bottom of every problem.

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