The grapevine
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Standing Out In A Crowded Market: Finding Your Unique Voice As A Stitchwear Designer
After pushing through the hard work that comes with creating your pattern, having the opportunity to share your designs with an audience of makers is the reward at the “end” of your design process. But reaching that audience is one of the most significant challenges facing designers today. That’s why, today we’re giving you tips
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Process for Product, Tips For Creating a Daily Process As a Knit and Crochet Designer
As a new knit or crochet designer, the creative journey ahead of you is both exciting and complex. With so many hats to wear, from photographer to pattern writer and market researcher, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. By creating a process and checklist of action steps you can start to look at each manageable piece
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Unlocking the Power of Pinterest for Stitchwear Designers
Whether you’re releasing patterns on Selling Channels such as Ravelry and/or Etsy or sharing your passion on your blog, you’re already part of a vibrant online community. But have you considered the untapped potential of Pinterest to boost your online presence, increase website traffic, gain followers, and even sell more patterns? In this guide, we’ll
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The Stitchwear Designers’ Checklist For Magazine Submissions
We know submitting your creative ideas and designs to a magazine can be daunting. Any time we put ourselves out there it can feel overwhelming. This handy approach will remove some of the overwhelming process and give you a clear path to submitting your creative ideas. Often, magazines will have some outline of what they
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Overcoming Creative Burnout: Rediscovering the Joy of Designing
If you’re a knitwear or crochet pattern designer, you know that turning your passion into a side hustle or even a full-blown career can be incredibly rewarding. But can we be real for a moment? Because being real…we all know it’s also a ton of work. And sometimes, that workload can lead to creative burnout.
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Changing Your Layout
Sometimes we need a refresh and sometimes we need a rebrand. Our businesses grow and change over time. Our design aesthetic might change. Whatever your path, there may be one or more reasons to consider an update to your pattern layouts. Once you have made that decision, the task itself can be daunting. Have no
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Celebrating Creativity: New Knitting Pattern Launch by Xandy Peters on gosadi
We are thrilled to announce the release of a new knitting pattern, the “Trypophobia Shawl,” by talented designer and gosadi alpha tester, Xandy Peters, which launched this week on the gosadi platform! Over the past year, as we’ve worked to build gosadi behind the scenes, a day like this is what kept us going! We
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Tips To Improve Efficiency In Your Fiber Business
If you’re a passionate knitter, crocheter, or digital pattern creator, you know that managing your fiber business efficiently is the key to running a successful small business. This week we’re sitting down with an expert in our industry Beth Henderson! Along with being the creator behind Fig and Filament, Beth is also the co-founder of
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Introducing Designer Landing Pages: Benefits of a DLP vs a Traditional Website
Now that our testing period is open, we can finally start to share what we’ve been working on. First up, let’s discuss the fantastic benefits of our gosadi Designer Landing Pages (DLP) and why we think this will become your online design catalog…and maybe even replace your current website. Get ready to save time, energy,
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Pattern Writing For Beginners
Congratulations–you’re almost ready to put your first pattern out into the world! You’ve written it, worked up a sample, and run the pattern by a technical editor. The last stage before publishing is formatting. If you aren’t sure what to include in your layout, we’ve put together a helpful guide. So, what should your pattern
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Pattern Skill Level
Oftentimes, designers are asked about the skill level of their products. How many times has someone said, “I’m new, I can not make that”? Then we, the designer, give them encouragement to make it by showing them the stitches they need to learn. As a designer, one thing we want to communicate to makers of
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Adapting to Changing Trends: Staying Relevant as a Knit or Crochet Designer
Hey, gosadi makers! Today, let’s dive into the wonderful world of design and how you can adapt to ever-changing trends while staying true to your unique brand voice. We know it’s not always easy to balance changing trends with the needs of your audience! Luckily, we’re here to help. embrace the winds of change As