Book Review The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design

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The Knitgrrl Guide To Professional Knitwear Design is the first-ever book targeted to designers of all experience levels who want to create, communicate and sell their work professionally to magazines, publishers, consumers and other markets. Written by an industry insider, the Guide takes a comprehensive, unflinching look behind the scenes that no knit or crochet designer can afford to be without. Includes 30+ interviews with top designers, editors and professionals who tell it like it is so you can hit the ground running, a guide to responsible social media use, information on distribution, printing, online publishing and much, much more.

                                                                                                                                           

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One

What Does It Mean To Be A Professional

Chapter Two

Social Media

Blogs

Ravelry

Twitter

What Not To Do

Facebook

Social Medial Some Numbers

Chapter Three

TCB, No PB&J Required or The Business Side of Things

From Small Streams Mighty River Flow, Where to Make Money

Teaching

Writing Books and Articles

Providing Professional Services

Test Knitting

Editing

Selling Knitted Related Products

Chapter Four

Send in The Lawyers

Copyright

What To do if Your Copyright is Infringed

Trademarks v Copyright

Contracts

Chapter Five

Writing Patterns

Design Software

Sizing

Getting Help, Test and Sample Knitters

Tech Editing, Layout and more

Chapter Six

Making Sales

Selling Wholesale

New Technological Possibilities for Print

Postage and Shipping

Sales Reps

Doing the Digital Math

Money, Money, Money

Chapter Seven

Proposal and Publishing

Do You Need an Agent?

Photos and Illustrations

Chapter Eight

Advertising

Chapter Nine

Further Education

Knitting Machines

Chapter Ten 

Professional Organisations and Associations

Chapter Eleven

Standing Out

Chapter Twelve

The Interviews

                                                                                                                                          

The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design is Available from Amazon

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