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Sara from WeCrochet talks to Tian Connaughton, crochet and knit designer, technical editor, teacher, coach, and mentor for women business owners about how she turned her side-hobby into a real business! Bring your questions, and join us for a fun and inspiring Facebook Live!

After being laid off from her finance/accounting job in 2012, Tian Connaughton had to make a decision: continue with the exhausting corporate rat-race, or turn her side-hobby of crochet and knitwear design into a real business that made real money. Now she designs knit and crochet patterns, is a technical editor for knitting and crochet patterns (including for WeCrochet!), and is a teacher, coach, and mentor for women business owners. Find out more about her on her site and join this Facebook Live. https://www.tianconnaughton.com/

Chapters
0:00 Welcome to Coffee and Crochet with Sara from WeCrochet
0:47 Sara welcomes Tian Connaughton
2:01 Coffee and Crochet question - Tian what are you drinking right now?
2:30 Tian's crochet story
4:09 Which do you prefer - Knitting or crochet?
5:25 How did you go from hobby to designing to business?
6:51 Now you are a coach for creative women. What do you offer through your business?
8:51 Pattern grading course and other courses available for people who want to become a designer.
9:47 What is pattern grading?
10:56 Quick comment reading break
12:25 How do you start with a design?
14:49 Tian - what other crafting groups are you associated with?
16:26 Women helping women "There's room for all of us"
17:00 Can we talk more about your work to support BIPOC makers? (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)
21:40 Can you be a designer even if you aren't an expert at it?
23:07 Tian's top and Tian's design
25:40 Any other projects you want to share?
26:00 Knit Stars
27:58 "Tian, if people want to find you and your work, where can they do that?”
29:03 Tonya asks, what is the going rate for a tech writer and tester?
29:37 How do you chose the best yarn for a certain design?
30:22 Where do you buy your yarn? What is your favorite place to buy yarn?
32:40 We're WeCrochet...
33:12 Tian's final thoughts