Why rest, reflection, and alignment matter, especially at the end of the year As the year winds down, there’s a natural invitation to pause. The holidays bring a shift in rhythm. The end of the year brings reflection. And the winter solstice reminds...

How it works, what problems it solves, and how to know if it’s right for you as a knit or crochet designer If you’re a knit or crochet pattern designer, you already know: managing your patterns often feels like a full-time job all on its own. Creati...

This post includes my Flodesk affiliate link. With my link, you'll get 50% off your first year with Flodesk. If you’re a creative entrepreneur who cares about beauty, alignment, and ease — or if you’ve ever opened your email service provider an...

If you’re a digital product creator (especially a knitting or crochet pattern designer) and you’re still finalizing your Black Friday plans for this year, I would like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at my own Black Friday sale. I hosted mine ...

Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to crawl into a cave and hibernate for three months? Me too. In fact, today is one of those days. We just got back from a week-long family trip across the country. The little one and my partner...

Right now I'm "promoting" the Purl Power Summit, a summit for new to intermediate level knitting pattern designers, but this isn't your typical summit promotion.   The thing is, you're busy. And I'm busy, so I totally get...

Trouble-shooting to Improve Community Metrics Building and growing an engaged community is fun and exciting! What isn't as fun is when it starts to plateau. Perhaps folks aren't sharing as much in the group, aren't attending live call...

As a business owner, there are so many different decisions to make around technology, apps, and platforms.... and so many factors to take into consideration, such as price, longevity, appearance, and functionality. Here, I'm listing all of the techn...

Finding a membership platform that is absolutely perfect is impossible (not going to lie), but in my mind there is one membership platform that stands out from the others. It's a newer platform that's centered around doing things different...

Listen to this episode on the podcast. As you're working to grow your pattern design business, it can be easy to get stuck in the weeds: trying to learn, improve, and expand. It's easy to get caught up with all of the things you're to...

Listen to this episode on the Pattern Design Circle podcast. When you've finished writing your knitting pattern, you've only finished the first step of the process. Often the following steps, where your pattern is reviewed and edited, take...

Listen to this episode on the podcast. If you've never received yarn support from a yarn dyer before, it can feel really intimidating. "Why would they ever support me?" Self-doubt can quickly creep in, but I'm here to ask you to ki...

Listen to this episode on the podcast. Whether you're struggling to start your crochet or knitting pattern design business, or you've been at it a while and you're feeling lost, confused, and frustrated, this episode is for you. In th...

Join us for the featured designer of the month, Kam, the knitting pattern designer behind Hand Knit by Kam. In this live chat, we talk all about Kam's creative and design journey, design process, a bit about the life of a designer, and more. We...

Wanting to decrease your tech editing costs but still publish high quality knitting patterns? The key is to pre-edit your pattern yourself before you send the pattern to your tech editor. This will help reduce your tech editor's workload by catching...