Availability
I do not currently have any availability for new tech editing clients. Sorry!
In my previous life as an actuary in pensions consultancy, I spent many a happy hour wrestling with spreadsheets and wielding my red pen over technical reports and newsletters; hunting down rogue hyphens (“should be a dash”) and deviations from the style guide as well as errors in the numbers; and trying to steer the language away from jargon and into plain English.
But playing with yarn is so much more enjoyable, so I decided to swap pensions for knitting and crocheting, and I’m now applying those same skills to a different (more fun) subject!
The services I offer to designers...
Full tech editing of patterns.
Grading patterns for multiple sizes.
Producing written instructions from charts, or charts from written instructions.
Producing schematics (Illustrator).
Creating, or helping you develop, a style guide.
Producing templates for you to use to create your published patterns and/or doing the layout on individual patterns for you.
How much it costs…
I charge the same hourly rate for all the above services: £30 an hour.
Patterns I've worked on...
You can see some of the patterns I’ve edited on my Instagram page – or search for the tag #FindMeTechEditing.
Where you can find me…
Facebook: FindMeKnitting
Instagram: FindMeKnitting
Twitter: @findmeknitting
If you’d like to know more...
There’s a lot more detail about how I work here: Tech Editing Terms