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• Thursday Tip: What Do I Do With That Skein? Part 1
  Sarah talked last week about finding yarn substitution ideas for a pattern you’re excited about.  Today, I want to talk about one of the ways you can go the opposite direction – find a pattern when you have a skein you’re in love with. At the top of any yarn page is a tab called “projects” where you can see all the projects made with that yarn.  I love this for using other Raveler’s projects as inspiration.  (Here’s an example.) Right on this page you can filter these …
• Thursday Tip: Gauge for Projects
  … most accurate way to measure your gauge, you can change the dropdown to repeats and record your gauge that way. It’s up to you whether to name the stitch pattern or leave it blank. Once I’ve entered gauge for my project and saved it, it’ll show up under the needles/hooks section on my project page. I’m excited to use this field as I research projects with ideas of yarn substitutions in my head! Enjoy tracking your gauge going forward and maybe even filling it in for past FOs you have on hand …
• Editing Oddities
  … one and SWTC on the other. Do not change these entries or merge them. This arrangement is with Ravelry’s permission. Starmore Special convention for Alice Starmore patterns: a) indicate whether the pattern is available as a true kit; b) do not include yarn substitution links; c) keep links to “Knitting Beyond the Hebrides”; d) do not include color skein information; e) note the number of colors; f) pattern should be linked to the book it was published in, but if it is available through Virtual …
• editing style guide
  … be listed, any of which may be used or have been used with the pattern and are recommended as choices: for that situation, use “Some; yarn list includes substitutes”. If a pattern uses three yarns in, for example, stripes (a fluffy yarn, a smooth yarn, a novelty with beads), use the “All: all of the above yarns are used”. Yarns Held Together If a pattern uses more than one yarn, it’s possible to mark whether the yarns are used held together, such as a strand of mohair with a strand of smooth …
• Tip: Pattern Page Recon
  … page is the next place I check. I love to work from my stash when I can, and I have technique preferences. When the details section is filled out I can check for all of these things. The gauge, suggested yarn and yardage range allow me to check my stash for suitable substitutions. The attributes can give a lot of insight into the construction of the item – I can see that this is knit top-down in the round, it has a raglan sleeve and waist shaping, and is seamless. There’s a schematic …