…materials be purchased in the shop, which means you’ll need to plan accordingly! If you’re teaching in a community center or other venue, you may not have such restrictions, but keep in mind that every student needs to purchase their own copy of the pattern you’re using, so you’ll need to arrange payment options in advance. You may do this as a course-materials fee, or possibly include the cost in the price of the course. I…
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Why sharing helps us all: Practicing Abundance
…a lot of attention… and Nancy ends up with few customers. Do you practice abundance? Sharing is one of my core philosophies. I allow crafters to sell animals from my patterns, readily share adorable crochet patterns (from other designers) on Pinterest and I’ll even teach you how to design your own stuffed animal patterns! More and more people are loving crochet every day… when a person spots a crocheted animal at a craft fair an…
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…terest, easy! How to Search for Pins Let’s say you want to find cool crochet things. Just hop on over to Pinterest and type ‘crochet’ into the search box. And look! Lots of crochet-related pins! This is a great way to find pins that you might want to re-pin or favorite! How to Find Boards Searching for pins is great… but looking through every crochet pin on the site isn’t very effective. Instead, you’ll want to…
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…-and-shoot camera. If you’re not rock-solid on your photography yet, check out my 5 Photography Tips and my detailed write-up of how to create a seamless white background. The secret to good photography is taking oodles of photos. You can always delete ones you don’t like, but you want to maximize your chances of snagging that perfect one! Don’t forget that in addition to the cover photo, you’ll want to take photos that sho…
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…include? The club includes: A new, exclusive amgurumi pattern each month Access to exclusive video and tutorial content Access to amigurumi e-books in the library Membership to the FreshStitches forums 10% discount off all craft eye purchases Access to members-only products and sales How do I get my content? The Ami Club releases new, exclusive content on a monthly basis. We hope you visit the site and forums daily! There will always be instructi…
Continue ReadingIs a premium shipping service right for you? Review of Endicia.
…a line of address that’s ‘unusual’) aren’t always accepted. I’ve always been able to weasel the software into accepting a format eventually, but it sometimes means swapping two lines of an address. For the package, that may mean a slower delivery time because the address is in an altered format. Summary For me, it’s totally worth the $10 a month. I’ve saved a lot of time at the post office. However, if I s…
Continue ReadingMeet Craftwich: maker of delicious hand-carved crochet hooks!
…really like which is vegetable based and smells great. It has soybean and coconut oils, carnuba and bees wax, tangerine and sandalwood oils. All natural – just like the hooks! I like it that way – I feel like it really brings the art of crochet back to nature, in a sense. And it truly makes each one a one-of-a-kind piece.” Of course, Monica measures each hook before it goes out, to make sure her unique, hand-carved creations are…
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Plush Week: Zooguu
…; and terrycloth to some of the animals for texture and cotton prints for accents in the ears of elephants and rabbits. I like things that are durable and brightly colored. What’s your best tip to share? I like to use template plastic to make my pattern pieces. It makes for long lasting patterns, and is available in the quilting section of your local fabric store. Describe what’s in your ‘tool box’. What’s crucial to…
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