Why rest, reflection, and alignment matter, especially at the end of the year As the year winds down, there’s a natural invitation to pause. The holidays bring a shift in rhythm. The end of the year brings reflection. And the winter solstice reminds us that rest is not a detour. It’s part of the cycle. Still, many of us struggle with this. We’ve absorbed the message that progress only happens when we’re working. That momentum requires constant output. That slowing down means

GoSadi is the all-in-one platform built to support knit and crochet designers with clarity, ease, and sustainability. As a long-time GoSadi alpha tester, I’m sharing how it centralizes your pattern library, streamlines listings across platforms, optimizes SEO, and even auto-populates your pattern details from a PDF so you can design more and admin less.

Flodesk has been my go-to email platform since 2019 because it’s beautiful, intuitive, and built for creatives who care about visuals. If you want your emails to feel aligned, on-brand, and easy to create -- without the tech overwhelm -- Flodesk is the platform that finally makes email marketing enjoyable.

I hosted my Black Friday sale early this year, and the results revealed clear trends designers need to know: what's converting best and why knit and crochet patterns are underperforming right now. Here’s what worked, what didn’t, and the simple shifts you can make this week to optimize your own Black Friday sale.

Would you believe me if I said it's possible to find clarity - and progress - on the rough, messy, life-got-in-the-way days? Well, it is possible. And it doesn't have to be complicated either. In this blog post, I dive into a super simple, one-minute hack to keep you focused, with clarity, even when life gets messy.

Right now I'm "promoting" the Purl Power Summit , a summit for new to intermediate level knitting pattern designers, but this isn't your...

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Finding a membership platform that is absolutely perfect is impossible, but in my mind there is one membership platform that stands out.

Here's a list of 25 business and office tools I use regularly as a knitting pattern designer and business mentor

Join us for the featured designer of the month, Kam, the knitting pattern designer behind Hand Knit by Kam. In this live chat, we talk...

Wanting to decrease your tech editing costs but still publish high quality knitting patterns? The key is to pre-edit your pattern...

Struggling to create new ideas that are fun, intriguing, fit your audience, and aren't just another version of something you've already...

Join us for the first featured designer of the month, Hannah Thiessen, the knitting pattern designer behind Hannah Belle Knits, author of...

As a new knitting pattern designer, it's often a dream to think of collaborating yarn dyers. I remember feeling like I'd be a "real"...

As I was collecting information from my Instagram audience about their perspectives and opinions on test knitting and tech editing, I...

When you've finished writing your knitting pattern, you've only finished the first step of the process. Often the following steps, where...

Do you like to hang out and interact with fellow knitters? Do you enjoy casual conversation that is always sprinkled with knitting chat?...

When you've finished writing your knitting pattern, you've only finished the first step of the process. Often the following steps, where...