"How you put it all together thorough your own style, voice, and construction is what makes a design unique."\\xa0

Episode highlights

• Judy asks: "How does one go about becoming a stitcher?"\\xa0
• Tabetha answers: It's all about reaching out and testing patterns.
• Kara answers:\\xa0just get in there-- don't wait for all the ducks to be in a row!
• Fiber Boss Collective is a great\\xa0resource for designers, knitters, with lots of activity about sample knitting and indie dyer resources.
• Why become a person of value by helping others in fiber groups will help you grow relationships.
• Why Ravelry is a good\\xa0resource if you want to get into test knitting.
• Robin asks:\\xa0"I am a combination knitter and I would like to know which stitches I need to do differently in order to follow a pattern and/or have my knitting turn out looking correct."
• Kara answers:\\xa0If you are a combination knitter,\\xa0purling English and knitting in Continental is a good idea because purling Continental can sometimes cause stitches to slant while working in Stockinette Stitch.
• Lousetta asks: "What makes a design unique and/or how many differences in a pattern makes it new? When can a designer claim it as a new submission?
• Tabetha answers: How you put it together thorough your own style, voice and construction is what makes a design unique.
• One of the biggest questions most new designers have is knowing if it's allowable to use stitch patterns from stitch dictionaries to\\xa0integrate into a new design.
• Jennifer asks: "How did you get started in the knitting/yarn industry? and how long did it take you to gain a following? I just designed & published my first pattern (working on my second one now) and I have a 2x a week vlog but I am so new that I do not have a large following. Help!"
• Kara answers: focus on building commu