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Design process

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

I finally found my niche as a crochet designer!

06/06/202410/01/2022 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

04/03/202507/01/2022 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

04/03/202501/12/2021 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 2 Comments

How to easily enable right click and middle click on websites

04/03/202519/10/2021 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?

21/11/202402/07/2021 by Andrea
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Let’s explore how we can use knitting patterns for Tunisian crochet.

Categories Tunisian crochet, Design process Tags knitting, knitting patterns, tunisian crochet 9 Comments

Should you write a crochet business plan?

04/03/202516/03/2021 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

What’s great about using Adobe Illustrator for crochet charts

14/04/202311/02/2021 by Andrea
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Should you learn to use Adobe Illustrator for crochet charts or pick another software? Let’s explore what this vector-graphics software does for crochet charts.

Categories Design process Tags crochet charts, drawing crochet charts, for crochet designers, for designers Leave a comment

Should you use Inkscape to draw crochet charts?

30/01/202502/02/2021 by Andrea
Featured image with text "Usking Inkscape to draw crochet charts"

Pros and cons of using Inkscape to draw crochet charts, from a crochet designer. Is this the software you should use to make your own crochet charts?

Categories Design process Tags crochet charts, drawing crochet charts, for crochet designers, for designers, Inkscape 3 Comments

How to add closed captions to your YouTube videos in 2024

30/01/202527/01/2021 by Andrea
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I show you how to add closed captions to your YouTube videos and I walk you through my process. We also explore what these captions are and why you need them.

Categories Design process Tags accessibility, for crochet designers, for designers, youtube 3 Comments

Is it worth using Crochet Charts for your patterns?

14/04/202318/01/2021 by Andrea
Feature image with photo of crochet stitches and text "Using Crochet Charts software to design crochet charts"

Crochet Charts is a free software for drawing your own charts. But should you use it for your own crochet patterns? Find out the pros and cons of this software.

Categories Design process Tags crochet charts, crochet software, drawing crochet charts 4 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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