December 2014

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Set yourself apart from the blogosphere with these 6 easy steps to writing polished product reviews every time! Do your research. Take a few moments to visit the company website to learn more about their products & philosophy. Read the packaging or label - there is...

If you answered yes to any of the items above, including a disclaimer within each blog posts with sponsored or affiliate content is advisable to maintain the integrity of your blog. We recommend letting readers know that you received an item for free in exchange...

We all know the old adage, but how much do you follow it? Technology has trained us to respond to visuals. With more and more apps focusing on photos, the importance of strong images that reflect your brand are more important than ever. Are you...

Perhaps you’ve heard rumblings of the new Canadian Anti-Spam law that went into effect July 1, 2014 and you’re wondering what you need to do—if anything as a yarn company or yarn shop that sends out e-newsletters to Canadian recipients.  Since we deal with this...

As part of our popular pattern support program we offer photography to our clients who are creating pattern design collections with us and a photography/consulting package for independent designers looking to take their pattern photography to the next level. Today's post is a look at...

We've heard people tell us that blogging is dead. This simply isn't true. We find that blogs are a driving source for quality content and a huge source of traffic from search engines and Pinterest. Pinterest can be an extremely powerful tool for marketing your...

We had such a great response to our last post that we thought it was appropriate to delve deeper into the popularity of fingering weight yarn amongst knitters and crocheters. We found in our last post that fingering weight yarns were far more prevalent in...

We've been inspired by Bristol Ivy's stats on Ravelry, and thought we'd do some of our own research into this wonderful resource and how it can shed light for yarn makers and pattern designers in the industry. Today we looked at the number of entries for...