I've decided to make my free patterns also available as printable pdfs
They are still available for free here, but if you want a nice easy way to print it, you will be able to download it for a small fee
Patterns take a very long time, and a lot of effort to create
It is a huge process, that includes many steps
Thinking of the design
Occasionally this step can be easy.
But most often it takes a lot of thought and ideas, and looking at a lot of inspiration
Creating the design
This is probably the hardest part.
What yarn, or thread would work best for this?
What stitch, or combination of stitches would work best for this?
How many stitches will I need?
Then it needs to be made, and undone, and made, and undone, many times, usually, until it's right, and it works the way I want it
Writing it up
This is another challenging part. I usually write notes as I go. But it's a completely different thing to have the pattern written with all the proper terms and wording in it.
It takes a lot of work going through the whole pattern to add all the words, terms and phrases in the proper crochet terms so that everyone can understand it
Testing
This is where other people come into it
I need a range of people who can read crochet patterns to look through the pattern, and crochet the item
They will see it through new eyes, being unfamiliar with the design, they will often see errors, or better ways with wording than I can
I'm often amazed at what I can miss. And how different testers can see different things
Final pattern
And finally we have the final pattern
All my patterns are pretty cheap, especially when you consider my most expensive pattern might only just buy me a coffee in Australia.
The pdf's are $2 Australian, which is half a coffee
