Tricia Gilbert: experienced tech editor

I specialise in technical editing for the knitting industry, working with independent designers, yarn companies and craft publishers to confirm that their patterns will make what they are intended to make.

If you are publishing a knitting pattern, book or design collection, I can help prepare your work for your customers.

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Reasons to get in touch

You want me to help polish your knitting patterns to a professional level – technical editing for correctness, consistency and clarity so others can easily make your designs.

You’re ready to level up your designer profile and want my help with pattern writing, grading garments, or developing a style guide, to provide your knitters an enjoyable and consistent experience.

You want to publish a craft book or collection that is edited to a high standard, conforms to house style and features technically correct and well-written techniques and patterns.

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Services

Tech Editing

Need me to check your numbers and confirm knitters can easily understand your pattern? 

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Pattern Writing

Have a design idea and want my help getting from idea to publication? 

Go to Pattern Writing
Grading Designs

Want me to crunch numbers for a range of sizes from your sample-size pattern? 

Go to Grading
Editorial Expertise

Do you need schematics, charts, a style guide or project management for a book or collection? 

Go to Editorial
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DU58MFgjPDk/ Tea break, thinking & tinking. Looking forward to this new read. Art enhancing my desktop today is a piece by @wikipaints Wiktoria is a fab local Tyneside artist & this immediately resonated with me when I saw it; still deciding where to put it permanently! #teabreak☕️ #knitknitknit #creativityeveryday #shawlknitting Yarn shopping in Bergen, Norway! I picked up a blanket kit from @knitonekits at the @northeastwoolshowuk the other weekend. It's great telly knitting so it's growing a few rows every day. The @knitsirdar Jewelspun yarn is so soft to the touch, and loving this colour for a gender-neutral baby gift. #nevernotknitting #babyknits #knitgifts #knitknitknit So excited the No Fear Sock Knitting book has launched this week! Beautiful patterns and friendly advice from the amazing Denise aka @earthtonesgirl for knitting every part of a sock knit toe up or cuff down. I just so happen to also have a striped sock on my needles. Can't wait to swatch up this @wooldreamers yarn that arrived in the post today from @tribeyarnslife
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Clients

The Knitter magazine logo
Albiona McLochlainn
The Woolly Badger knitting patterns logo