I love working with independent dyers to create new patterns that showcase your yarns to their fullest. Traditionally I arrange these projects in one of two ways:
Commission:
We work together create a design specifically for your company and your yarn.
Your company provides the yarn for the sample.
This design is exclusive to your retail shop/Ravelry shop/yarn club members for a specific period of time (usually 1 year), after which pattern rights and ownership of the sample revert to me. During this exclusivity period, you have the sole right to publish and sell/distribute the pattern, as well as exclusive use of the sample. You retain all proceeds from pattern sales during this period.
Following the exclusivity period, you may continue to sell the pattern in your retail shop, at festivals, or other venues by purchasing digital or print copies at wholesale.
Commissions require an upfront fee, which varies based on the size/complexity of the design, length of exclusivity period, and which party handles photography, tech editing, test knitting, and pattern layout. This can range from $200 for a simple accessory to $600+ for a garment in multiple sizes.
If you wish to retain ownership of the sample, an additional fee applies; I will lend the sample out for display, under a separate agreement.
Both parties agree to promote the pattern on social media and through their newsletters.
Collaboration:
We work together develop a design that utilizes your company’s yarn but which I publish independently and sell through my own sales venues—no upfront fee is charged.
Your company provides yarn for the sample.
I produce the sample and handle tech editing, test knitting, photography, pattern layout and publication.
I retain all proceeds from pattern sales.
Both parties agree to promote the pattern on social media and through their newsletters.
I retain ownership of the sample but will lend it out for display as appropriate, under a separate agreement.
Your yarn company is listed as the sole recommended yarn in the pattern, on Ravelry, and anywhere else the design is promoted.
You will receive a digital copy of the pattern for personal use, 3 additional free digital copies to distribute as you like, and a discount code to offer customers interested in purchasing the pattern.
You can purchase additional digital copies of the pattern (for kits, festivals, etc.) at wholesale prices (50% retail), and/or purchase print copies at wholesale through Magcloud.