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• Getting started as a designer
  … database, and be aware that, as the designer, you are responsible for addressing any database maintenance issues that may be brought to your attention after publishing the pattern page. Adding your patterns to Ravelry We have a three-step guide to adding your patterns to the Ravelry database here. Please note, if you are adding your first pattern, your designer name must be a realistic first and last or first and middle name. This will be the name connected to all of your designs on Ravelry …
• Thursday Tip: Sort Your Searches
  … – A formula based on number of finished objects and member ratings. Most projects – Patterns with the most finished objects come first. Most favorites - Patterns with the most favorites come first. Most queued – Patterns in the most queues come first. Recently published – Date the pattern was published. Recently added – Date the pattern was added to Ravelry. Rating – User ratings of the pattern, taking into account the number of ratings made. Difficulty – User ratings of difficulty, taking …
• Thursday Tip: Friend Activity
  … section of your Ravelry notebook, it shows you different types of site activity from your Ravelry friends, so you can see when your friends have: added a project photo added a stash photo added a photo to a handspun project queued a pattern added something to their Ravelry favorites magic-linked a pattern, yarn or project in the forums commented on patterns, yarns, projects, or stashed yarns If your friend list is large and active, or you prefer to see only certain types of activity, you can …
• Thursday Tip: Patterns Tab
  … I know I saw something a friend would love a few days ago but can’t remember what it was – I can click the link to my history page and find it easily. Recently Added Patterns The most recently added patterns with photos show up here. The link at the top of the section takes you to a special page just for browsing recently published patterns, which you can filter by category. That’s the left side of the screen. Now let’s check out the right column. Browse Categories Did we know we have 200 …
• Designer Quick Start Guide selling patterns
  … ). Testers can enter this code in the field on their project page where they would normally enter the name of the pattern they are using and then click the link icon to link it to the draft pattern. Once the pattern is published, their project will automatically link to the published pattern. Be sure to follow the pattern database requirements! Find out what is permitted to be added to the database and what is not here, and watch for warnings and notes while entering the information for a new …
• editing style guide
  … original yarn recommended even if it is discontinued. Do not add descriptions, color, weight, or amounts used into this field. This field is meant to link to the yarn used so that others searching for patterns using this yarn will find the pattern pages on which it’s been linked. Adding other information, or misspellings, will prevent the link to the yarn in the database. Explain quantities, weight, and colors in the Notes. Use the “link” button next to the Yarn field to select the Ravelry …
• Contributions: adding patterns or yarns
  … the database. Some more information in this thread here and, specifically, this post. For additional examples on what belongs in the pattern database, see the volunteer editing help page For Pattern Adopters. Back to Top How to Add a Pattern to Ravelry’s Database Check out this walkthrough for designers to get started. Remember that when you are adding someone else’s pattern, you should only add photos if Ravelry has permission to use those photos. i.e. the company is on the photo …
• notebook projects
  … (never use a photo to which someone else owns the rights without permission from the rights holder, per the terms of use for Ravelry), and has a button for you to remove the image from the pattern page if you wish to do so. Yardage used Only projects that have a yardage amount used in the project will be added into this total. If it doesn’t seem to be accurate, check projects to make sure there isn’t an empty yarn entry (you must edit the project to see this). Make sure projects have an …
• Helpful Details for Designers
  … the URL for the .pdf file. NOTE: There is now a separate field for the PDF URL link, just under the URL field. Put the PDF link in this field/box, and also in the notes section. The PDF field is a backup in case the other URL stops working. Adding new patterns to Ravelry once you are connected Once we have linked your Designer Portfolio to your Profile, you’ll be able to add new designs to your Portfolio quickly - just go right to your design portfolio and click on the “add …
• Updates: August 4
  … for screen readers, a "you've got mail!" announcement for new Ravelry messages.Recently added patterns date filter: on our recently added patterns page (which you can access from the main patterns page) we added a section at the top where you can filter to specifically see new patterns added by date for the previous week.For designers: in the sales summary section of individual product pages in your pattern store, you'll now see a breakdown of sales by country.Customizations & beta testing …
• Thursday Tip: Faves, Queue, Library, Shopping Cart
  … to spread a little love! You can search your favorites both from the favorites section in your Notebook and through filters in the advanced search. As you can see, the advanced search will also allow you to search for patterns from designers you have added to your Ravelry favorites! I love checking that box and sorting the results by “recently published” to see what is new from my favorite designers. Want to read more about Favorites? Here are some resources! Favorites walkthrough video (this …
• Thursday Tip: Adding to your Library
  … that you have and for storing Ravelry downloads. The most helpful part for me is that I can use it to help me remember all the different patterns I have on Ravelry, as well as in books and magazines. There is an “add to library” button on every pattern page, but the type of pattern determines what actually gets added to your library. If the pattern is from a book or magazine, you will see this when you click “add to library”. You can then choose whether you want to …
• Customize Your Pattern Highlights
  … Highlights have their own page and a few most recent highlights are also displayed about halfway down the right side of the main Patterns tab. Customize your Pattern Highlights! With our recently added Pattern Highlights customization options, you have multiple ways to determine the types of new patterns that are shown to you. Add custom searches, select the crafts you’d like to see, and choose which options on the customization list you want (or do not want!) to see. Try these customization …
• Tip: How to Get Hearts ❤️
  … , on a project gallery page like this. These basic steps ensure your project will be seen on those pages. (Here’s a great post on adding a project, if you want to review that.) Link your project to the pattern. When you enter a project, if you used a pattern make sure to enter it in the pattern name field and click the link icon to choose the correct one to link. This will ensure your project shows up on the project gallery page. Enter an end date for the project. The default sort for projects …
• How do I upload a photo?
  There are a few different places that you might want to add a photo, including your profile, project and stash areas. You can find full instructions for adding photos in the wiki. You may not be able to add photos to a pattern page. Those are most commonly added by designers, publishers or sooper editors for copyright reasons.
• Tip: New Photo Uploader
  Today’s tip is an improved feature – our new photo uploader for pictures in your notebook and on pattern and yarn pages. With the new uploader we have simplified the existing tasks of uploading your photos as well as adding enhancements like captions and personal preference settings. Uploading The new photo uploader can be found on notebook items as well as yarn and pattern pages; click the photos tab to open the uploader. Once it is open you have the option to upload from your device, any …
• Tip: Pattern Database FAQs
  … ” at any time in the advanced search by choosing that option in this little drop down menu. 3. This pattern is no longer available, why can’t you just delete it from Ravelry? When you add a project to Ravelry, you are able to link it to the pattern entry. Then, you can look at all of the projects made with that pattern. Therefore, we allow any pattern that has been available to be added to the database. Even if it isn’t currently available, people may still have that book on their bookshelf or …
• Thursday Tip: New Mobile Site Features for Pattern Search & Yarn Shops
  … left side of the screenshot above, with the little magnifying glass indicator next to them. Clicking on a saved search will display the patterns from newest to oldest, so you can easily see the new pattern of your dreams. New Mobile Site LYS Features: Amenities Indicators, Hours, Store Photos, and Yarns Carried On the LYS section of the mobile site we’ve added more information to correspond to the directory listings here on Ravelry. When you search for LYSs in a certain area, like I did for …
• Thursday Tip: Pattern Highlights
  … show up on my Highlights. One really cool way to feed your Highlights is by favoriting Bundles. Bundles are groups of anything that you can favorite in the Ravelry database: patterns, yarns, stores, designers, dyers, etc. If you favorite a whole Bundle, any patterns added to that Bundle will also show up in your Pattern Highlights. Bundles can be created by people, designers, and groups, and if you click into a Bundle you can always favorite it by clicking the heart in the upper right …
• How do I find and get a pattern?
  … can look under “published in” to find information about the book, magazine, website or other source where you can find the pattern. Information about any pattern can be added to Ravelry, so the pattern may be in the Ravelry database, but no longer be available. Patterns on Ravelry are also available in a variety of languages. Most patterns are added by designers or publishers in their native languages, but others may have additional translations available. Make sure you confirm the language of …