ByKaterina is on Patreon
I was surprised to find out that some of my favorites Crochet and Knit Designers are on Patreon too. I was seeing in their posts on social media talking about “patrons benefits” and I was so curious to find out what it’s all about.
I never focused too much on finding where to share my work to be as visible as it can be. My main focus was and still is to learn and create. I was reading a lot about Patreon lately and finally decided to create a page on their platform .
What is Patreon?
I know that maybe I am behind and maybe a lot of you are familiar with this, but for those of you who are as new as I am, I will tell you in this post a few things about Patreon and how it’s working.
Patreon is a membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run a subscription content service. So, this is a subscription style payment and you as a fan pay your favorite creators a monthly amount in exchange for exclusive access, extra content or a closer look into their creative journey.
This is a win – win model and this is what I liked about it: Creators are getting a lot of support to be creative and fans know that their money goes directly towards creating more of what they love.
Each creator, or let’s just say crochet or knit designer choose the benefits that you will get in exchange of that monthly amount. You just have to choose if you are getting more or less and if those benefits suits you, you just have to became a “patron” and you will enjoy monthly the content that you love.
What are the benefits of being a patron for ByKaterina?
Now, I will tell you what I am offering on Patreon, so that you can have a complete view about it before clicking the button Become a Patron!
I have 2 subscription plans, or tiers how they are calling them:
- First is a 5 Euro/ Month plan and you will get:
- 20% Discount on all my written patterns
Monthly I will generate a discount coupon code and send it to you so you can get a 20% discount on all my patterns. For now, I just generated the code on Ravelry, and I already post it on Patreon, but in the next period I will do it on all my selling platforms, so you can purchase a pattern or more with this discount using the platform that you like the best.
- Free Podcast Episodes
This is something new for me, because I never did a podcast, but as an exclusive content for Patreon I will do a Monthly Podcast talking with you about my ongoing projects, what I am facing during designing process, talking about techniques and tips and tricks that will help you as a maker. And of course that we can talk about everything that you suggest or want to find out about me as a crochet and knit designer
- Ad – Free Video Tutorials
You might already know that I am trying to make a video tutorial for each design that can be found on my YouTube Channel. Being a patron you will get add – free video tutorials, so you won’t get disturbed by an add that you don’t care about while you are trying to make something.
- Behind the scenes content
Second Plan, is a 10 Euros/Month Plan and you will get all Benefits from first Plan plus a few more:
- Monthly Patterns for FREE
Monthly I am publishing between 2 and 4 patterns, depending on how much time I have, and you can get all of them for FREE. Each month I will generate a Coupon Code that you can use it to download the patterns in the current month for FREE. Each time I will publish a new pattern you will be notified and you will get the link from where you can download it. Again, this is now available only on Ravelry, but I will add other platforms as soon as possible.
- Fan requests
I want to make sure, that you will get the design you want, so you can request for a particular design, for which you will want a written pattern and I will do my best to bring your idea to life.
Your requests can be for future designs, videos, podcast ideas or anything you will want to learn or see.
- Live chat
If you have any questions about one designs or you are facing problems with the pattern or you have some doubts, let’s chat about it and in the end you will get to the expected result.
And this is what I had to say! Hope you will join me
Here is where you can find my Patreon Page .
I will really appreciate it if you decide to support me as a designer and I will do my best to give you as much and the best content I can. You can Become a Patron! here.
![Left Over Yarn Purse I know that we still have a full month of summer, but I’m trying to make some stash cleaning to have enough space for the autumn-winter yarn . This was the idea when I made this purse and because it’s super easy and fast to make and also a stash buster, I was thinking that you might be interested to see how you can make it. About Design The Design of this Left Over Yarn Purse is super simple. We will work one circle and the good part is that with the circle you will have to stop when you have the desired measurements of the purse/bag. This means that you can make it even bigger. The front side is made by starting decreasing without working the entire stitches of the circle. The flap is actually part of the back side, folded over the front side. Materials You will need: • Yarn I used 6 strands of fingering, 4 ply yarn, but you can use 3 strand of DK or sport or 2 strand of worsted weight yarn or you can work with one strand of thicker yarn. Whatever you have left over you can use it. • Crochet Hook 6 mm ( size L) crochet hook • Tapestry needle • Bag Closure (any type, even a magnetic closure or a simple button if you want) • Bag strap (or you can make a crocheted cord) • Scissors • Stitch markers (optional) About the yarn I used As I said I used fingering cotton yarn, Rainbow Cotton 8/4 from Hobbii. Each strand of 6th I used are of different color and that’s why the marble effect which I love. Final measurements The purse measures 24 cm wide and 18 cm high, but if you are working more rounds on the main circle you can make it bigger. About the stitch pattern We will work this Left Over Yarn Purse just in double crochet, so is a perfect project for a beginner also. With this project you will learn how to work in rounds, how to incease and decrease in double crochet. Abbreviations used in this pattern: • ch - chain • dc – double crochet • sl st – slip stitch • st (s) – stitch (es) • Inc – increase (2 dc in the same st) • Dec – Decrese (2 dc worked together) Dc worked together Yarn over, yarn over insert the hook in the next st, yarn over and pull out a loop, yarn over and pull the yarn through first 2 loops on you hook. Repeat one more time and at the end yarn over and pull the yarn through all the loops on you hook. On the last row of the front side you will need to do this 8 times, working 8 dc together. Gauge • After 2 rounds the circle measured 9 cm in diameter. And I think we are done with all details and we can start. Pattern notes *Ch 2 at the beginning of the round, doesn’t count as first dc. *if you want a bigger purse, work more rounds to the main circle until you have in diameter the desired length. You will find in the pattern indication how to start the front side if you worked more round on the back Back Side Round 1 Start with a magic circle, ch 3 and make 11 more dc inside the circle. Pull the end to close the ring and join with a sl st with the 3rd st of the starting chain. Round 2 Ch 2, 2 dc in the same st, 2 dc in each st around. Join with a sl st, with the 1st dc. (24 dc) Round 3 Ch 2, 1 dc in same st, [2 dc in next, 1 dc in next]. Repeat to the end of the round. Join with a sl st with first dc. (36) Round 4 Ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, [2 dc in next, 1 dc in next 2 sts]. Repeat to the end of the round. Finish the round with 1 dc in last st and join with a sl st with 1st dc. (48) Round 5 Ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in next 2 sts, [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 3 sts]. Repeat tot the end of the round. Finish the round with 2 dc in last st and join with sl st with first dc. (60) Round 6 Ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in next, [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 4 sts] repeat to the end of the round. Finish the round with 1 dc in the last 2 sts and join with sl st with the 1st dc. (72) And the back side of the Left Over Yarn Purse is done. Now we will start decrease and not complete the circle to make the front side. If you want a bigger purse you can work more rounds. You will increase with each next round the number of dc between 2 increases with 1. To be easier to understand what we are doing next, and how to adjust the pattern if you are working more rounds, we will divide the total number of sts, by 3, so we will have 3 sections of the circle. In our case we will have 3 section of 24 sts, one will be the flap and we won’t work those sts on our front side, and 2 section will be the front side. So, we will work the front panel just in next 48 sts and turn after each row. On the last round of the back side we had, 1 inc and 4 dc in between, so on the first row of the front side we will work 4 dc and 1 decrease. If you made your purse bigger, the first row of the front panel will be no of dc you had between increases, 1 decrease. Use 2 stitch markers to mark the 48 sts in which you will work the front side. Front side Row 1 Ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in next 3 sts, [1 dec (2 dc worked together), 1 dc in next 4]. Repeat the section until you finish all 48 sts. Finish the row with 1 dec. Ch 2 and turn (40) Row 2 1 dc in the first st, 1 dc in next 2 sts, [1 dec, 1 dc in next 3]. Repeat tot the end of the rou. Ch 2 and turn. (32) Row 3 1 dc in the 1st st, 1 dc in next, [1 dec, 1 dc in next 2 sts]. Repeat the section to the end of the row. Ch 2 and turn (24) Row 4 1 dc in first st, [ 1 dec, 1 dc in next]. Repeat the section to the end of the row. Ch 2 and turn (16) Row 5 1 dec x 8 times (8 sts) ch 2 and turn Row 6 8 dc together to close the circle. And Done! All you have to do is to sew the closure and the bag strap and you have nice Left over Yarn Purse to wear it this summer. Here you can find the vide tutorial in case you need it:](https://i0.wp.com/by-katerina.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/LRM_EXPORT_166146643831814_20190625_115749338.jpeg?resize=500%2C330&ssl=1)
