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Stop wasting your time on mediocre designs and create designs that actually sell!

I want to create designs that other crocheters can't wait to get their hands on!

These past years so many crocheters have asked me about my crochet design inspiration. And I’ve seen so many make the mistake of wasting their creativity and precious crochet design time on making mediocre designs that already exist… 

When I started as crochet designing that was ME. But I have discovered the secret to crochet design success! And I want to share this with you, so you too can create designs that sell!

I am offering a free challenge called ‘Find your unique crochet design style’, to help designers (to-be) like you, start creating designs that others can’t wait to get their hands on!

What other's have said about this challenge

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For me has been a discovery, because I thought that I could NEVER BE ABLE TO DESIGN A PATTERN. And thanks to the tasks you suggested in the challenge, I REALIZED THAT I AM. Once I took the pen, I just started to draw without thinking, in an easy, fluent and natural way. WHAT A DISCOVERY!! Now, the next step should be to transform the draw into a fact, choose colours, choose and count stiches, etc. I haven't done it yet, and it's a big challenge for me. But now, I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT. And definitely, all around us, we are full of inspiration if we pay the right attention. I found combinations of colours even in a flight!
Tania Sanchez Pousadela@taniacrochetarte
The challenge has taught me to be MORE FOCUSSED on how to present my ideas and also to find a space in the market where I feel comfortable and where I feel I can offer something a little bit different. And YOUR CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM have pushed me to carve out some time each week to work on my ideas and make some more steps forward. I've ACTUALLY FINISHED MY FIRST SAMPLE and I'm working on writing up the pattern now. With other ideas fizzing about in my head!
Alison Macaulay
My biggest takeaway is to go for a walk before sitting down to be creative! I can’t believe how much a short walk helped me to GAIN FOCUS. That is definitely a habit I will continue into the future. Thank you so much.
Katie Mulliner
First of all: thank you! This was a great start of the challenge. My biggest takeaway is that fear isn't helping me at all, and is preventing me from pursuing my goals and dreams. It's good to be aware of this! I'm ready to step out of my safe zone and can't wait to see what it will bring me! 😊
Kim Bakker@kimhaaktcrochet
After listening today, I've gained some good insights. The most important one is that if my head is full, there is no or limited space to get my creativity flowing. And it's true: I've started working less hours at my day job since the beginning of this month, and I already feel and see the effects! Less stress and more space in my head for creativity, resulting in A LOT OF NEW IDEAS and plans (and finally time to do something with it!). Thank you for providing this insight, ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE FALLS INTO PLACE FOR ME. And you're right about walking outside and in nature. I know that it is really good for both my physical and mental health, but sometimes I just forget about it or am focused on other things. So I am going to do that more often!
kim bakker@kimhaaktcrochet
I’ve read all of them though and listened to two audios. I’m going to listen to the other ones today! I’ve already had some GREAT INSPIRATION and realizations and it has also MOTIVATED ME to apply the same to my other creative endevours. For me it’s all about making choices and have a CLEAR FOCUS and not wanting to do it all. STICK TO WHAT I LOVE MOST and not be distracted by what others do.
christa veenstra@thecuriocraftsroom
Biggest take away from day one: don't be afraid, take your time. I am good, I CAN DO THIS, my patterns are wanted.
dorianne van heerden@doriyarn
Thanks, you are very inspiring and I have been trying to find something I truly CAN do, and I crochet almost every day, because it helps me mentally, but there are periods of time where I can't, and that is ok too. THIS CHALLENGE IS REALLY HELPFUL, and helping me see that EVEN WITH A DISSABILITY IT'S POSSIBLE
Dorianne van heerden@doriyarn
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Hey crochet designer (to-be), is this you?

Do you ever scroll through Instagram, seeing all the beautiful and innovative crochet designs from the designers you LOVE and think to yourself, I wish I could be a professional crochet designer as well?

Do you have a book full of ideas, but it seems like your design style goes all over the place?

Do you long to begin your new and exciting crochet design journey, but every time you start with a new design you’re overwhelmed with all the possibilities? The design combinations are literally ENDLESS and choosing between them makes you feel stuck! So in the end you make something, but you don’t really like it. And you might even feel like you’re not good enough.

Or maybe one day, you do decide to go for it. You release your first crochet pattern. But the response is really underwhelming and you get discouraged. And worse yet, insecure.

Back in 2014 when I started designing I really didn’t know what I was doing. My designs were all over the place, because I simply liked EVERYTHING. I even tried to combine crochet, knitting and sewing… As a result, I didn’t have a lot of followers and people weren’t really making my designs.

I knew instinctively I needed a clearer DIRECTION. something to tie my designs together. I just didn’t know what it was.

Cue 2016. I had just read the book All the light we cannot see. THIS. WAS. IT. A combination of books and nature was THE KEY TO MY UNIQUE DESIGN STYLE.

With that book as my inspiration I designed the ever popular Hotel of Bees shawl and gave me the direction I so desperately needed.

It kickstarted my design career

  • My sales went up
  • My Social media following grew
  • I got asked all the time to collaborate with yarn stores or magazines. I even had to say no to most of it, because I was still working full time back then as well
  • I got in the Ravelry top 5 with almost every design I published after that
  • It even attracted a contract with the big yarn brand Scheepjes!
  • It ensured I could make the decision to work as a crochet designer full time

That's why I now know:

so you finally get paid for your crochet design time and can call yourself a crochet designer with confidence.

NO! I am saying, determining YOUR unique crochet design style is the key to becoming a successful crochet designer.

Many beginning crochet designers think that when they choose a specific design direction, they will limit their creativity, they think it sounds boring and they will only focus on what they CANNOT design anymore. And that is just backwards.

Because it’s actually the opposite.

I guarantee you your favorite designers don’t feel limited by their design options for a minute!

Consider this for a moment.

What do all the most successful designers have in common? Whenever you see a photo of their crochet designs, you know exactly who has made what. THAT is the key factor to success for any crochet designer.

Why?

Because their crochet customers know what their favorite crochet designers’ style is, they know what to expect. As a result they follow them very loyally and will buy from them TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

I know from experience how anxious and vulnerable you can feel to put your work out there when you first start as a crochet designer. What you design feels like part of you after all…

 

As a recovering perfectionist I know it is hard to make choices. You want your design direction to be the ‘right’ one. You don’t want that little voice in your head telling you: ‘what if I pick a style and people won’t like it?’ I get it! I struggled for YEARS to develop my own crochet design style.

 

So why not give more direction to your design journey, spare yourself the insecurities because you know that deep down, THIS IS YOU. You ditch your so-so designs and start to design what you actually want. You 100% stand by what you make because it is great! And if people don’t like it, that’s their loss. Because you will create your own following, your loyal customer base that truly LOVES what you make.

Absolutely! This challenge focusses on diving deep into what you LOVE, which is the first step into your crochet design journey. Don’t worry about how to design it yet, just enjoy the challenge 🙂

The challenge will be hosted in a private Facebook group from 8-12 april. The challenge audios will be available for two weeks, so everyone has enough time to complete or join in later. 

When you subscribe you will receive all the links and details you need.

Let’s face it, what you’ve been doing up till now has cost you a lot of time and energy as well. And it has left you with no result.

Even so, as a working mom, I know firsthand everyone’s time and energy is limited. That’s why I’ve created a 5-day challenge and made sure all the lessons are easy to follow and short but sweet! I’ll get right to the point and give you amazing tools you can implement in your design process immediately.

So…

Today I am inviting you to make the one choice you won’t regret: sign up for my FREE challenge called ‘Find your unique crochet design style’. I’ve made it specifically to help aspiring designers like you, start designing like a professional crochet designer!

Do not think for one minute that because it’s free, it’s low value! Treat it like a 10.000 dollar program and you will:

  1. Make design decisions with great ease and believe me, the answers to your decisions are closer to you than you think
  2. Challenge your creativity
  3. Ditch your so-so ideas and start making what you actually want

… among many other things! And all of that in just 5 simple daily assignments.

Kickstart your crochet design journey by finding your own unique crochet design style

I want to create designs others can't wait to get their hands on!