{"id":342,"date":"2017-04-11T05:59:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/faq\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2017-04-11T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T10:00:48","slug":"how-do-i-become-a-crochet-designer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/faq\/craft-business-advice\/how-do-i-become-a-crochet-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I become a crochet designer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m probably not the best person to emulate if you want a career as a crochet designer! I’m a bit of a lone wolf when it comes to my design business thanks to my unique combination of skills and experience: I’m a technical writer, web developer and scientist, so my background is probably more technical and less artistic than yours. <\/p>\n

I do things my own way, and wouldn’t necessarily recommend my decisions to other designers. Instead, I recommend hanging out in some of the forums on Ravelry<\/a> (it’s completely free!) – they provide the most valuable resource I know of for knowledge and help in our field. You can post your own questions, but my first advice would be to read lots of old threads – there’s a huge amount of info in there.<\/p>\n

Here are a few helpful Ravelry groups to get you started:<\/p>\n