How To Upload Patterns To Ravelry

I was asked for some assistance from a friend on how to add together a pattern to Ravelry.

In that location is an fantabulous tutorial bachelor on Ravelry that outlines how to add your beginning pattern to the Ravelry Shop, the costs involved in doing so and how to manage your store inravelry pro.

Larn How to Add Your Showtime Design to Ravelry

Ravelry comes with unlimited hosting space. For pattern sales of under $30.00 USD/calendar month there are no extra fees from Ravelry for hosting. Later on yous achieve $xxx.01 USD/month you enter into paid tiers – where a percentage of your total sales is payable to Ravelry.

The purpose of my tutorial is to assist with adding your first pattern to the database. Later this pattern is associated with your Ravelry ID you will be able to open your Ravelry 'store' in pro.

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Step 1

Sign into Ravelry.

Selectmy notebook (top left options bill of fare).

Selectcontributions (bottom left side-panel)

You lot will see the following options:

Select the option you want besideAdd together a design to Ravelry and select thedo information technology button to the right of the pick box.

For our purposes we are adding a Complimentary Pattern that I designed to Ravelry, so I am selecting "A blueprint that I designed (complimentary or for sale)"

The other available option is "A pattern that someone else designed (free or for sale)".

Subsequently yous select the do it push you will see the following screen:

Step 2.

This is actually a very good double check organisation – considering you lot really don't desire to add a design with the aforementioned name someone else has already used on the system.

You want your pattern to have a unique name – but a name that tells people what it is.

And so exist sure to usekeywords in your pattern name…my pattern is for a cowl…so I am going to choose a pattern name that includes cowl . Information technology makes it easier for other people to find in their searches.

After inbound the name you volition hopefully see the following:

No matching patterns establish.

Selectadd this blueprint to Ravelry to continue to the next screen:

Step 3.

Enter the required information – since I already have a pro account with Ravelry my pettyDesigned by me (Oombawka Design) choice box is bachelor to 'click'.

At whatever point in this process you cansalvage every bit draft (bottom left-mitt corner).

Selectadjacent step to go along:

Footstep iv.

Select the Craft and Category. Categories bachelor are wearable, accessories, dwelling, toys and hobbies, pet and components. Within each of the categories are subcategories.

For my cowl – I am selectingCrochet for my Arts and crafts andAccessories>Cervix/Trunk>Cowl

Selectnext step to keep:

Stride v.

Next we need to enter an approximate publishing date for the pattern and the location the pattern tin be plant – and then if you are offering this in the Ravelry store yous would selectIn my Ravelry store. If information technology is bachelor on your Blog – selectOnline.

Selectside by side step to continue:

Step 6:

Now you can enter the web page address (URL) where your design tin exist constitute – if it is available on your weblog or at an alternate design store (like Craftsy, or Etsy). You need to enter the http:// at the commencement of the URL.

Can your pattern be viewed or downloaded at the provided URL? Ifaye select the box.

How much are you lot going to charge for your pattern? If yous want to enter a cost you need to select the currency beginning before the price box option becomes bachelor.

My cowl pattern is Free so I select the check-box abreastFree.

Selectadjacent step to continue:

Pace 7:

Now nosotros motion onto the nitty gritty of the blueprint…I observe it helpful to have my pattern accessible to help with the next few pages of questions.

The first page we come up to asks forPattern Attributes – this is very important – it will help the people who search for patterns – findyour pattern.

Here are the primary categories you can select from:

For my cowl design I selected:

You tin can select equally many, or every bit few options equally you lot desire – just recollect these will either help, or hinder people from finding your pattern!

Selectnext step to continue:

Step 8:

Enter the yarn(south) you used to create the pattern and the hook(southward) y'all used to obtain judge for the pattern.

As you type the arrangement will begin filtering through its database to discover similar results; in one case you lot see the yarn y'all want y'all can select it. Once it has been selected the yarn weight data is prepopulated with the assigned yarn weight from the manufacturer.

If you need more than spots for yarn or for hooks y'all can select the trivial plus

symbol to add more.

Selectnext step to continue:

Step 9:

Enter the gauge data and an estimate of the full corporeality of yarn used to create the design.

Selectnext step to go along:

Step ten:

The next page is language selection. You tin choose from 21 unlike languages – includingUniversal – no written language if you have a charted pattern.

Selectside by side step to continue:

Step eleven:

Now yous take reached the master folio of your pattern – you need to enter the Pattern Notes – this is your clarification – why do people want to use your pattern? What is special nearly it – if y'all have actress information almost judge or the actual wraps per inch (WPI) of the yarn, extra materials required (similar prophylactic eyes for amigurumi) or felt, etc. -you tin add all of this extra information in yourPattern Notes box.

Selectadjacent step to continue:

Step 12:

Select your photos next – yous can upload them from your computer (I still practise this – simply need to outset utilizing my Flickr business relationship!), or you can use an online organisation like Flickr or photobucket.

Brand sure you enter the copyright data for the photos.

Once the photos show up you can move them around (their order) and reposition your photos inside the petty boxes. The first photo on the left is the 1 that will show with your pattern in the main searches and then make sure it is a skillful one! When people are visually scrolling through patterns – you want one that volition grab their attention.

Selectside by side stride to go along:

Footstep xiii:

Almost washed!

At present nosotros have reached thePublish screen – retrieve if you aren't quite ready to click Publish yous can still save your draft copy to work on after 🙂 In one case you lot click Publish, your pattern hits the newly added patterns section on the main page for Ravelry.

Review everything on thePreview and if you are ready – click the little rocketship push pinnacle and centre that sayspublish this pattern to Ravelry

Here is a visual of where you lot can find the save equally draft option (bottom left of the screen):

Pace 14:

Now you have added your showtime design to the Ravelry Database you can follow this keen tutorial on how to add your blueprint to your new Ravelry Store.

I hope this helps someone – sometimes it helps to run across what you lot need before y'all sit down to enter the information for the first time!

If you have any questions delight permit me know and if I don't know the answers I volition try to discover them and add the information to the mail.