{"id":8616,"date":"2012-10-26T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T15:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2012-10-26T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T15:54:48","slug":"crochet-pattern-re-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/crochet-pattern-re-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet Pattern Re-releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I launched my <a href=\"\/blog\/a-logo-for-planetjune\/\">new PlanetJune logo<\/a> last March, I took the opportunity to completely redesign my pattern stylesheet at the same time. You may have noticed that all my patterns released since then have a subtly different look from my older designs. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/stylesheet_old.jpg\" alt=\"old PlanetJune pattern layout\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My game plan is to convert my entire back catalogue into the new format, and, at the same time, add any tips and clarifications that I think would improve the patterns &#8211; after all, I&#8217;ve come a long way in my 6 years of pattern design, and I&#8217;d like my older patterns to include my new-found wisdom!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/stylesheet_new.jpg\" alt=\"new PlanetJune pattern layout\" \/><br \/>\n<em>An easy way to tell old from new &#8211; the new editions have my yarn planet logo at the top of every page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The improvements are all functional, to make my patterns easier to use, easier to print, and easier to understand. Here are the improvements you&#8217;ll see in the re-releases (and all new patterns since April):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design and Layout:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The layout has much less wasted space, so each pattern is an average of 1 page shorter, saving on paper if you decide to print them.<\/li>\n<li>My new page size is designed to print perfectly onto both letter and A4 sized paper.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve updated the font to be cleaner and more readable, especially if you&#8217;re reading on-screen.<\/li>\n<li>The design is intentionally clear and simple so you won&#8217;t waste ink printing decorative borders, coloured backgrounds, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Terminology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abbreviations list gives UK\/Aus equivalents for all stitches used, to prevent confusion.<\/li>\n<li>Invisible decrease: all patterns will now say <em>invdec<\/em> instead of <em>sc2tog<\/em> (except in places where a sc2tog stitch is specifically needed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Size:<\/strong> The finished size will now be included in the patterns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Added tips and links to tutorials:<\/strong> I&#8217;ll link to my relevant tutorials in any pattern that would benefit from a specific technique, e.g. any patterns with colour changes will link to that tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clarifications:<\/strong> Any areas in the patterns that I&#8217;ve had several questions about over the years will be revised to include additional explanations. I&#8217;ll also re-edit all patterns to check for anything else that can be clarified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improved photos:<\/strong> Especially in the older 2007 patterns, some of the photos aren&#8217;t up to my current standards. I&#8217;ll be reprocessing those to be brighter and clearer.<\/p>\n<h2>Get the re-releases &#8211; free!<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, if you&#8217;ve happily used the existing versions and had no problems, you won&#8217;t need the updates, but I&#8217;ll offer them to all my customers, so you can save\/print a copy of the latest version.<\/p>\n<p>As I have 124 patterns to reformat, the thought of trying to create all those new editions for one grand re-release day was hugely intimidating. Instead, I&#8217;ll be re-releasing them in manageable batches over the coming month, starting next week. Look out for my announcements, as, for <strong>2 weeks<\/strong> following each batch announcement, you&#8217;ll be able to download the new version of any of the patterns you&#8217;ve already purchased, at <strong>no extra charge<\/strong>, directly from your PlanetJune account! <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like notification reminders, as well as posting about them here, I&#8217;ll always announce them in my monthly newsletter. And, to make sure you don&#8217;t miss out, I&#8217;ve also set up a special mailing list: <a href=\"\/list\/?p=subscribe\">Crochet Pattern Updates<\/a>. This list is just for pattern re-release announcements. If you sign up for it, you&#8217;ll get a short email notification every time a new batch of patterns has been re-released (no more than one or two emails per month until the reformat project is complete).<\/p>\n<p>Once all 124 patterns have been reformatted, there&#8217;ll be another 2 week window for you to download <strong>all<\/strong> your previously purchased PlanetJune patterns in the new format, so you&#8217;ll be able to download any you missed. (That window will also be announced in both newsletters.)<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>This is a big project for me and it&#8217;ll take many more months to complete, but re-editing all my patterns has been one of my long-term goals &#8211; it was just waiting for my logo and new stylesheet to be completed so I could make all the updates for each pattern at once. I&#8217;ve been working steadily through the list whenever I&#8217;ve had a moment over the past few months, and, although I still have a long way to go, I think it&#8217;s well worth my time to revisit all 124 of the pre-logo patterns to make them more useable, so they&#8217;ll hopefully answer any future customers&#8217; questions before they&#8217;re asked!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I launched my new PlanetJune logo last March, I took the opportunity to completely redesign my pattern stylesheet at the same time. You may have noticed that all my patterns released since then have a subtly different look from my older designs. 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