Technical Editing & Related Services

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