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I'm doing a giveaway on instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDB7OeXjLYW/?taken-by=kristanmacintyre

Please share/enter yourself! I would love for one of the prizes to go to a Starship Captain!

I'll giving away 3 packages, here's the first one:

☆Forager Scarf Pattern by Nicola Hodges @tiny.island.textiles
☆2 skeins @sweetfiber Canadian in Bre…[Read more]

I'm doing a giveaway on instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDB7OeXjLYW/?taken-by=kristanmacintyre

Please share/enter yourself! I would love for one of the prizes to go to a Starship Captain!

I'll giving away 3 packages, here's the first one:

☆Forager Scarf Pattern by Nicola Hodges @tiny.island.textiles
☆2 skeins @sweetfiber Canadian in Bre…[Read more]

@angelia-robinson Stitch definition does to crochet TE now. They hired Lindsay Stephens! (She does a lot of my TE)

Working on: Re-entry after vacation. Last week, my husband and I left our kiddo with the grandparents and took an honest-to-goodness vacation. No computers, no cell phone service (we were out of the country), and barely any wifi access (I did check my email once a day but just skimmed it quickly). The travel was long and there were some unpleasant…[Read more]

Tara- Can't wait to listen!

Other podcasts I listen to are:

Bringing business to retail – Salena Knight ( I was featured on it!)

Social media for small business – Kat Maddson and Suzi Dafnis

Her Business – insights for women in Business

Flying Solo – going it alone in business

Creative Yarn entrepreneur

I am a new designer – yet to put my first pattern on Ravelry. I'm struggling with the format of the pattern – the typography. I know the publication world has their standards but does it really apply when you download a PDF and then try to view on a tablet or phone? Space or column inches is not a concern to me but may be to the customer if…[Read more]

working on: 1) My resin jewelry class was supposed to start today but needed one person more to run the class. This venue isn't working for anyone though, only 2 out of 12 are running this spring. Time for a new venue right? Susan Lenart Kazmer, who literally wrote the book on Resin Jewelry commented on one of resin jewelry pieces on Instagram…[Read more]

I have been self publishing some patterns on Ravelry for a few years now. I have also sold several designs to Red Heart Yarns, Mainly Crochet and I l Like Crochet. I have submitted to Crochet World quite a few times but haven't been published there yet. Karen, I just read that you have self published some booklets and would be interested in…[Read more]

Congratulations!

Thanks, Jill. I do have a couple of crochet tech editors I work with pretty regularly, but it's always nice to know where to find new contacts.

I don't know whether or not you feel comfortable addressing this, but money is definitely the elephant in the room when it come to knitwear design and working with publishers. As a new designer, I had no idea what was fair compensation and no one to ask. It would have been nice to know what to expect without having to be exploited first. Tips for…[Read more]

Whatcha working on?
I have mostly been working on getting settled into my book writing.

What’s going well / going on?

I am still getting stuff done, but find I often do what I want, not what I set out to do.

Today is my last day of FIDM classes for a month! Yay!

I got 39 comments on my Craftsy promotion, so that was good. I need to follow u…[Read more]

@angelia-robinson send a note to the Yarn Techs list. This is the email, but if you can't post there (you may need to be a member), send a note to JC Briar asking her to post it for you. There are several crochet TEs on the list.