I know I have shared the difference between tech editing and grading before, so I’m not going to do that too much here, if you are interested jump over HERE for more. What I want to share with you in this post is my first actual grade of a pattern. A few years back IContinue reading “My First Grading Adventure”
Author Archives: Azariah Fibre Arts
Blocking Day!
I recently shared a video on YouTube about a blocking day I had this past summer where I blocked three shawls at one time, on the same table and a project that I never show in the video. I’m here to follow up and share how each of those pieces turned out and where theContinue reading “Blocking Day!”
Cost of Pattern Publishing
Currently to buy one of my patterns costs the purchaser $6 US. Of that I receive about $5.50, sometimes less because of the different fees involved. Let’s say I sell 100 copies of that pattern and I received $5.25 for each copy. For a total of $525. Sounds pretty good for a four page patternContinue reading “Cost of Pattern Publishing”
My 2025 Outlook
My birthday is in October and I use this time to reflect and make a plan for the coming year. Then when the new year starts I am ready to add, or subtract, the things I have made plans for. This year’s planning added a new layer, a business plan for 2025. While the “business”Continue reading “My 2025 Outlook”
Mixing Fiber
This is a post about mixing fibers, I don’t mean wool with cotton for example, I’m talking about mixing different colors of fiber to create a new color of fiber. It is amazing to me how this happens. It makes more sense to me to mix red paint with blue paint and get purple paint,Continue reading “Mixing Fiber”
Not on your first try!
That is close to a one-liner from an old 1980s movie, but that has nothing to do with what this post is about. Just a peek inside my head. I have often started a project, crochet, knit or weave, only to put it away shortly after, for different reasons; too difficult, not enough time, bored…Continue reading “Not on your first try!”
Ball, hank, skein… What’s the difference? Does it Matter?
Yarn comes to us in many different forms. Some of them are easier to work with for crocheting or knitting than others. Some require a bit of work and another person or a tool or two to make them user friendly. Why does yarn come to us in so many different ways? Do the namesContinue reading “Ball, hank, skein… What’s the difference? Does it Matter?”
Before Sending it to Tech Edit…
If you are a yarn pattern designer, or an aspiring one, you might be wondering how polished does the pattern really need to be before I can send it to the tech editor? As a designer myself, when I finally started using a tech editor, I fretted over this a lot. With editing time isContinue reading “Before Sending it to Tech Edit…”
The Long and Short of It…
I am often surprised when I receive the monthly numbers from YouTube to let me know how many minutes my channel was watched, at how much it is. I’m not there for the money or to go viral, I’m there to help stitchers to learn something new and level up their stitching. I keep myContinue reading “The Long and Short of It…”
My Top Picks, American Wool
I became a yarn snob when I became allergic to acrylic yarn and switched over to wool and cotton. I guess now I’m a total yarn snob because I really want my wool to be American wool. We have so many sheep and their caregivers here in the States that I can support with myContinue reading “My Top Picks, American Wool”
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