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Write Your Own Crochet Patterns: Beginners Guide to Writing Crochet Patterns
Write Crochet A Guide for Beginners is for crocheters with beginning to advanced crochet skills who have never written a pattern. If you want to learn what to include in your pattern, how to format it in a Word document and convert it into a PDF document, then this is the book will show you how.
What You Will Learn
You will get detailed information on what’s involved
Finding inspiration for your designs
Sketching your design
Taking notes and writing your first pattern
Testing your pattern
Taking photos of your crochet project
Editing your patterns
Formatting your pattern in Word and converting it to a PDF file
Marketing your patterns
Selling your patterns online.
Questions Answered
Some of the most common questions new crochet pattern creators have will be addressed,
What should I include in my pattern?
What are the standard measurements used in crochet patterns?
How many sizes should I include?
Where do I find pattern testers?
How do I take photos that will sell my pattern?
Our goal in publishing Create Crochet A Guide for Beginners is to provide you with detailed information and guidance on how to get started creating, publishing, and selling your own crochet patterns. We’ve included a resource section that includes a wealth of additional information, as well as a free pattern each author has contributed.
BONUS
Apple Beanie Pattern
Easy Vintage Style Baby Booties
Tic Tac Toe Lapghan
Owl Phone Cozy
Butterflies and Pineapple Lace Beanie
Sample Pattern Testing Contract
Pattern Template
Note Taking Template
Here's What Others Have to
As a beginner to pattern drafting, I found this book to be both informative and inspiring. Written in a clear and understandable way, it makes the confusing business of creating written patterns for others so much easier.
The resource section is in depth and full of links to good quality information. Add to that, templates for what to track as you create your pattern and you really will have a finished pattern you can publish tomorrow. ~ Kitty Rose, KittysCrochet.Co.UK
“Create Crochet A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners” is a fantastic resource for those considering pattern design – as well as those who are ready to go to the next level! They cover everything from inspiration to photography, and the resources list is impressive. I wish I’d read it when I was getting started! ~ Tamara Kelly, MooglyBlog.com
I was asked to give an honest review of this book and honestly, I loved it. “Create Crochet A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners” is just that, a guide for beginners. It is thought out with an excellent layout and progression. It is not so technical that a newbie to pattern design cannot understand it yet still covering all the bases. The information is clear and concise, leaving no question about what is meant by the author. I loved that personal experiences were added in giving the book more depth than just an instruction manual. ~ Rebecca Dent, RaineDaeCreations.com
The book serves as a guide for beginning crochet designers to effectively design patterns from start to finish as well as instructions for successfully marketing and ultimately selling your work.
Sara has gathered a team of successful designers with expertise in the field to give each reader an experience of having their own team of experts, very useful indeed for budding designers who have lots of questions when starting out. ~ Jennifer Dickerson, FiberFlux.Blogspot.com
The “Note-Taking Template” on page 19 is a must tool that I was not aware of when I started writing patterns. It gives everything that is needed in one place as the pattern is worked out and jotted down before the first draft. The guest writers, Patrice Walker, eLee, Susan Dougill, and guest interviewee, Joanne Scrace, all have very informative topics and is a great source of information. ~ Mistie Bush, AmericanCrochet.com
What You Will Learn
You will get detailed information on what’s involved
Finding inspiration for your designs
Sketching your design
Taking notes and writing your first pattern
Testing your pattern
Taking photos of your crochet project
Editing your patterns
Formatting your pattern in Word and converting it to a PDF file
Marketing your patterns
Selling your patterns online.
Questions Answered
Some of the most common questions new crochet pattern creators have will be addressed,
What should I include in my pattern?
What are the standard measurements used in crochet patterns?
How many sizes should I include?
Where do I find pattern testers?
How do I take photos that will sell my pattern?
Our goal in publishing Create Crochet A Guide for Beginners is to provide you with detailed information and guidance on how to get started creating, publishing, and selling your own crochet patterns. We’ve included a resource section that includes a wealth of additional information, as well as a free pattern each author has contributed.
BONUS
Apple Beanie Pattern
Easy Vintage Style Baby Booties
Tic Tac Toe Lapghan
Owl Phone Cozy
Butterflies and Pineapple Lace Beanie
Sample Pattern Testing Contract
Pattern Template
Note Taking Template
Here's What Others Have to
As a beginner to pattern drafting, I found this book to be both informative and inspiring. Written in a clear and understandable way, it makes the confusing business of creating written patterns for others so much easier.
The resource section is in depth and full of links to good quality information. Add to that, templates for what to track as you create your pattern and you really will have a finished pattern you can publish tomorrow. ~ Kitty Rose, KittysCrochet.Co.UK
“Create Crochet A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners” is a fantastic resource for those considering pattern design – as well as those who are ready to go to the next level! They cover everything from inspiration to photography, and the resources list is impressive. I wish I’d read it when I was getting started! ~ Tamara Kelly, MooglyBlog.com
I was asked to give an honest review of this book and honestly, I loved it. “Create Crochet A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners” is just that, a guide for beginners. It is thought out with an excellent layout and progression. It is not so technical that a newbie to pattern design cannot understand it yet still covering all the bases. The information is clear and concise, leaving no question about what is meant by the author. I loved that personal experiences were added in giving the book more depth than just an instruction manual. ~ Rebecca Dent, RaineDaeCreations.com
The book serves as a guide for beginning crochet designers to effectively design patterns from start to finish as well as instructions for successfully marketing and ultimately selling your work.
Sara has gathered a team of successful designers with expertise in the field to give each reader an experience of having their own team of experts, very useful indeed for budding designers who have lots of questions when starting out. ~ Jennifer Dickerson, FiberFlux.Blogspot.com
The “Note-Taking Template” on page 19 is a must tool that I was not aware of when I started writing patterns. It gives everything that is needed in one place as the pattern is worked out and jotted down before the first draft. The guest writers, Patrice Walker, eLee, Susan Dougill, and guest interviewee, Joanne Scrace, all have very informative topics and is a great source of information. ~ Mistie Bush, AmericanCrochet.com
93 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2014
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