Ready to publish your first crochet pattern?


Whether you are brand new to crochet pattern writing, or just want to freshen up your writing and publication skills, this 14 point checklist will help to showcase your work while helping you to have satisfied customers.

Every step you need to follow before you publish:

  • Gauge and yarn details
  • Samples
  • Standard terms and guidelines
  • Sizing adjustments
  • Flow and ease of instructions
  • Tech-editing
  • Hand-testing
  • Incorporating feedback
  • Photography
  • Final edits and proof reading
  • File formats
  • Where to list your work
  • And more!

Stop wasting time:

  • Trying to find what your pattern should (and should not) include.
  • Using the wrong terms, abbreviations and definitions.
  • Losing customers, or getting poor reviews, because your patterns are too long, too complicate, or full of errors.

Finally... Just check each item off the list as you go!


Crocheting what you love is the easy part.

Learning how to write down the instructions in a clear, uniform way can be really tough.

This 14 point checklist is a quick and easy guide, including only what you should focus on, in order, to move through the pattern publication process with confidence.

An unbelievable deal... Get this ACA checklist - with tips from a crochet professional - for just $7:

You could spend over $240 on the resources included in this tool kit:

  • Printer-friendly PDF checklist you can save, print, download, and use anytime you need: $35 value
  • Personal tips and tricks directly from a crochet professional: $110 value
  • Linked videos and articles with real answers you can reference anytime: $100 value
  • Piece of mind knowing you have the best resources to help develop crochet patterns that will reach a universal audience: Priceless!

Ready to get started?

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Write your own unique crochet patterns using universal terms, standards, guidelines and templates!

Turn your creativity into a crochet pattern:

You may already know how to crochet like a pro, but there is a difference between knowing how to do something and being able to write instructions in a way that anyone can read and follow with success!

  • Publishing 101: Learn about copyrights and plagiarism, especially in the crochet world!
  • How can you make money with patterns: Whether you write for books and magazines, sell patterns individually, or offer content online for free!
  • Pattern templates: An easy-to-use outline so that you can key in your patterns like a pro!
  • Pattern writing format: The language, universal terms, standards and acronyms, math involved in writing complex stitch and row repeats, and more!
  • Pattern Testing: An overview to help you hand-test, and tech-edit, your patterns before you publish them!

In this course we'll cover everything you need to know to translate your crochet work into written instructions!

Click here to learn more about the Crochet Design Course and get started today!