If you dream of crocheting and knitting your own sweater, Tian Connaughton, expert designer and technical editor, shares the secrets she's learned over the years. From her experience designing sweaters for popular mainstream publications and making garments for herself, she reveals the steps to achieving your perfect fit every time. Connaughton offers in-depth but approachable information on swatching, ease and fit, understanding schematics, how to use math to make calculations to modify existing patterns, and more.
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includes four (4) cardigan patterns (2 crochets and 2 knits) and dozens of step-by-step calculations to help you develop a strong understanding of modifying any pattern to your perfect fit
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Paperback
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142 pages
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Dimensions | 8.5” x .32” x 11”
About the Author : Tian Connaughton is a crochet and knitwear designer, technical editor, and coach helping other designers and tech editors start and grow their fiber businesses. Among her catalog of self-published patterns, she has designed and tech-edited for popular publications. She lives in rural Western Massachusetts with her husband, son, 4-legged fur babies, and a coup full of hens.
Tian is the founder of Pattern Partnership (bit.ly/pattern-partnership), a training and mentoring program for new and experienced designers. She also wrote Unlock Your Inner Designer: How to start designing and Pattern Launch Plan : Sell more patterns consistently without being sleazy.
*photos courtesy of Tian Connaughton
