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I for one will be avoiding this lot from now on in every shape and form & I can only hope that a fellow designer will get the respect that she deserves.
Here's a very well & informatively written post on Copyright
As you know I finished the Glasses Chains yesterday, so I have started on my commission to crochet a BRAIN!! I didn't like my first attempt so after a few hours I scrapped it and started from scratch. Mark 2 is so perfect & I can't wait to share it with you.
· Having your
pattern featured in a "next month" spread in a mag. YES
· Someone
making the pattern you wrote (and ideally putting a Rav project up - if a
design is knit in a forest and no Rav project is created then was it really
knit?) NOT SURE
· Getting
paid for a commission. YES
· Being
interviewed - be it a blog or in a magazine this always feels special. YES
· Getting
your pattern used as the magazine cover picture. (this one NEVER gets old! -
really experienced designers I know still thrill at this) NOT YET BUT HOPEFUL (I DID MAKE FRONT PAGE
BOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON INSIDE CROCHET ISSUE 44)
· Work
getting serious enough to have to have your own space to work. OH YES!
· The postman
now knows your name because you get so many yarn support parcels. LOL WE HAVE 3 POSTIES & I KNOW ALL THEIR
NAMES
· Being asked
to do a collection. NOT YET
· Realising
you need the right tools to work because this is your job now. ABSOLUTELY
· Looking
back over a year's output and feeling impressed and exhausted in equal measure.
OH YES I HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT IN THIS LAST YEAR!
· Being asked
to submit to a project. YES IT’S HAPPENED A FEW TIMES NOW
· Having to
turn down work because you are too busy.
UNFORTUNATELY
· Turning
down work because it doesn't pay enough - scary but hugely liberating and
important if you want to make this a career not a hobby. YES! IF I AM ASKED TO
MAKE SOMETHING UP I ALWAYS WORK OUT ROUGHLY HOW MANY HOURS IT WILL TAKE – I WILL
NOT WORK FOR LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE! THIS IS NOT A HOBBY!!
· Hitting No
1 on the Ravelry Hot Right Now page. ER – NO BUT YOU NEVER KNOW – ONE DAY I
MIGHT!
· Having your name mentioned in a list of
designers you admire or used to sell something - yes this is starting to happen
to me now and it feels AMAZING!!! IT
DOES! I WAS MENTIONED BY TRACEY
TODHUNTER ON HER BLOG THE OTHER DAY. I WAS MADE UP & SMILED FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY!
However my personal greatest achievements are
My eLearning Courses which have been selling worldwide.
My Book which was only released on the 1st July 2013 & already has 4 lots of 5 star reviews & of course my
Granny Bag which was a featured pattern on Slugs on the Refrigerator that got over 1,000 pins on Pinterest from that post alone!
Being able to teach (as not everyone has this gift) Crochet and spreading the Crochet Love!
As if I don't already have enough to do, I am going to start writing a quarterly newsletter!
