所以那里's more to it than just the 针织ting...

最近，一个朋友出乎意料地摔倒了，而我正处于写作和评分新模式的过程中。我坐在笔记本电脑前的餐桌旁，桌子上到处都是零碎的纸，色板，纱线和衣服。当我专注于确定衣服特定方面的数字时，我专心致志。 
My friend, a 针织ter, looked at me and said, "So there's a fair bit more to it than just the 针织ting."  Ah, yep.

Anyway this comment did get me thinking about the perception of 针织wear designers and what they do with their work day. Knitters probably have a better idea of what 针织ting design entails than a non-knitter, but even then I do think that 可能有一个romanticised idea of time never-ending spent 针织ting.all.day.long. Being a 针织wear designer sounds like a great reason to just 针织 all day, perhaps even sitting on the beach or somewhere else rather lovely  也许是对某些人而言，但对我而言，这不是现实。 

Don't get me wrong, I do sit on the beach and 针织, but it's more a case of squeezing in some 针织ting into the everyday routine; taking my 针织ting along to Surf Groms or Nippers and 针织ting while my kids are engaged in their after school activities. 

This may surprise you, but in my general every day I often don't get to 针织 until I sit down after putting the kids to bed at night. 

从评论开始，我就一直在试图计算出花在编织样品衣服上的时间与花在幕后进行的所有其他事情上的时间之间的时间比，以得出图案。不幸的是，由于我缺乏解决此问题所需的超级投入的组织技能，因此我没有做到。我很想在某个阶段有一个时间表，然后将其全部弄清楚，但是我很现实，知道那可能不会发生。我怀疑没有花的时间要比实际花样花的时间多得多。也许我的效率不及其他设计师，尤其是那些将评分外包的设计师，但我认为情况就是如此。

So what does go into a 针织ting pattern? 

Obviously, there's the 针织ting of the sample but often it doesn't just begin with mindlessly casting on and something magically appearing on the needles. I say often, because sometimes, just sometimes, an idea does come thick and fast and literally flows from your brain onto the needles, and it does happen just like that, but that is a rarity, unfortunately. 

通常，预编织包括草绘设计图，选择和观察纱线，草绘花样说明以及计算出样本尺寸的编号。 

Post 针织ting tasks involve finishing, blocking, tightening the pattern instructions and fleshing them out into a pattern, grading or working out the numbers for all the sizes, garment measurements worked out, schematics made, models sources, photo shoots arranged, photos taken, photos edited, pattern layout, 个人编辑，可能还有 there may be a  second sample 针织.  

模式从那里传给第三方。技术编辑和测试编织者。一些 设计师先编辑技术然后进行测试，其他人则更喜欢先进行测试。根据服装设计及其复杂程度，仅此过程就可能需要两周到五到六周的时间。 这部分涉及恒定的通信流；有时，模式的某些方面需要与技术编辑讨论，甚至进行更改。 通常这甚至可能涉及重写部分  模式。在此阶段，我什至进行了重大更改，这意味着我需要编织一个新样本。大部分时间只是为了给测试人员足够的时间 knit the pattern. Good Tech Editors and Test 针织ters are worth their weight in gold!

技术编辑满意后 使用该模式，可以进行最终编辑，并且可以发布该模式。释放图案，照片和图案后 信息需要 loaded onto 标枪和其他 网站/平台出售的模式。与此相应，该模式需要通过Facebook进行营销，  Ravelry论坛，Twitter，Instagram，博客和 其他社交平台。 

This pattern, Posy 4ply and the 8ply version, both needed new samples to be 针织 after changes made in consultation with the Tech Editor.

我的工作时间要到11或12才开始，这听起来确实很理想，并在一天中的那个时间开始工作。在那之前，我要让我的孩子们渴望上学，和他们一起上学，早上做一些额外的运动，做所有必要的家务（因为我愚蠢的我没有清洁工）。在孩子们上学的那一天里，我尝试挤干那些需要专心的工作，而当孩子们在家里时我却无法完成工作，所有这些数学知识实际上甚至是回复电子邮件，但其中三个凌晨，我回到自己的自行车上，回到学校去见小朋友，然后再次回家。有时候，如果我很幸运，我可能会在不得不做晚饭之前或什至在晚饭后进行一些工作，但是我们最大的莉莉放学后会全力以赴 水上运动的时间表，因此变得稀有。幸运的是，我的DK非常支持。我尽量在周末不上班，因此我有一项政策，即不检查或不回复电子邮件。那是我的时间，我为家人度过的时间。那时候我还是编织。

It's hard enough to explain it to 针织ters but when the inevitably question arises in a conversation with a non-knitter as to what I do, I have to admit that I'm not always comfortable with my answer. To a non-knitter, it's a bit of an odd concept to explain that I write 针织ting patterns and sell them on the internet for around $6 a pop.  即使这样说，听起来也有些胡扯，但实际上并不会带来任何形式的收入。有时候，是的，我确实得到那些外观。


那我给什么样的答案呢？ 


It varies between the broad covering, "I'm a designer" which can sometimes be enough to not evoke any further questioning, to the more specific "I'm a 针织wear designer".  With their lack of knowledge about Ravelry and the online 针织ting community, non-knitters really  只是不明白而已。他们没有意识到这是一种职业，而不仅仅是我在避免真正的工作时四处游荡的东西。 


我猜 part of the issue there is the 低估了我们作为职业的手工艺社会。
我认为这正在慢慢改变，我希望这种情况正在改变。 


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