The Blog of Making Stuff

An old-school craft blog since 2022.

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Whitney Steen 10/31/24 Whitney Steen 10/31/24

The 5* Biggest Fears about Tech Editing (Pt. 2)

Part 2 of a two-part series exploring what scares knit and crochet designers the most about tech editing.

Whitney Steen 10/24/24 Whitney Steen 10/24/24

Part 1 of a two-part series exploring what scares knit and crochet designers the most about tech editing.

Whitney Steen 9/26/24 Whitney Steen 9/26/24

A series looking at tricky tech editing problems and how I solved them.

Whitney Steen 4/11/24 Whitney Steen 4/11/24

A new series looking at tricky tech editing problems and how I solved them.

Whitney Steen 1/18/24 Whitney Steen 1/18/24

All the Proofing 101 posts in one place for easy searching!

Whitney Steen 10/19/23 Whitney Steen 10/19/23

How to get fresh eyes on your work when yours are the only eyes available.

Whitney Steen 9/14/23 Whitney Steen 9/14/23

Why you need a stylesheet as a pattern designer

Whitney Steen 8/17/23 Whitney Steen 8/17/23

In proofreading, efficient is not a good adjective.

Whitney Steen 7/13/23 Whitney Steen 7/13/23

Or, how to write instructions that say what you meant them to say before your editors and testers get involved.

Whitney Steen 6/29/23 Whitney Steen 6/29/23

Write smarter, not harder