Tools, Yarn and Translation

Most designers run their business on a word processor, a spreadsheet and a folder of photos. It works until the third pattern, the second language, or the first correction that has to be applied in four places.

These guides compare the software built for pattern designers with the general tools most of them use, and cover two questions that come up on every pattern: how much yarn it needs, and how to offer it to buyers who do not read English.