tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post8450456218203693100..comments2024-03-20T05:17:57.528-04:00Comments on How to become a Professional Knitter - Robin Hunter Designs: Free Patterns - Buyer BewareRobin http://www.blogger.com/profile/01240699910272614928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-76657099430153416382014-04-28T02:58:09.597-04:002014-04-28T02:58:09.597-04:00I can't believe how many patterns from Vogue h...I can't believe how many patterns from Vogue have had errors. Yarn can be expensive but what is even more frustrating is the time invested into knitting a pattern that has an error.<br /><br />I do not knit items that haven't been knit by several people first because I know that being a fairly new knitter that I would not quickly catch an error.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684855022990056861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-14071974186426232012010-09-02T14:42:40.155-04:002010-09-02T14:42:40.155-04:00I love the ad in your post. That cat sounds mighty...I love the ad in your post. That cat sounds mighty appealing!<br /><br />I'm glad you brought up the issue of tech editing, and you make some good points about the pitfalls of pattern writing. Knitters who haven't tried writing patterns are shocked at how difficult it is (I still feel that way). When you add sizing for multiple sizes of sweaters, all needing shaping and working around a stitch repeat... well, it takes a ton of work. <br /><br />"Buyer Beware" is right! Still, most designers are happy to hear from knitters who find a mistake in their patterns. It's fairly simple to update pdf's on Ravelry, including corrections. Or a publisher may post corrections on their web sites.AudKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774377058201091821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-50651361204194446922010-09-01T14:50:07.007-04:002010-09-01T14:50:07.007-04:00Robin, this problem occurs in purchased patterns, ...Robin, this problem occurs in purchased patterns, too, from all sources (e.g., purchased individual patterns, patterns published in collection books, patterns published in magazines). <br /><br />My favorite example is a sweater in Knit Simple magazine I wanted to knit (an easy pattern) that was essentially all stockinette for the body with a pattern stitch yoke. The stitch gauge indicated and the number of body cast on stitches would have yielded a sweater for an elephant, not a woman. <br /><br />I have a Fiber Arts lace scarf pattern where the instruction for the number of stitches to cast on doesn't match the number of stitches in the chart (with no increases or decreases performed to change the stitch count before starting the chart).<br /><br />I would say that novice knitters have to be careful with any pattern from any source. I strongly suspect retail patterns are not test knitted in all sizes, and in some cases, may not be test knitted at all.purrlgurrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519835482606629362noreply@blogger.com