Iâve never made a pattern but want to make some free, beginner-friendly patterns because that was what I needed when I started crocheting, but I have no idea how to write them down so if you can please reply to the following questions;
-Where do I write them down, google docs, canva?
-How do I upload them here?
-How do I get testers?
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Hi! Good luck on your pattern making journey 
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If youâll be publishing on Ribblr you make the pattern in Ribblr! Itâs very easy you just need a shop (just clicking my shop, if you need a better explanation let me know!)
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If the pattern is written here you publish it once youâre done, visit the help center for lots of good info on Ribbuild and everything really thereâs a search function so using a keyword is also a good idea, if not searching the community or asking is also an option
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You post a tester call in your shop I believe, visit the help center for more info on that as well it has three steps Ribblr recommendeds and theyâre good steps! Something important to note Journals are often asked for tester while testing and thatâs fine but journals are meant to be reviews of public published patterns so make sure to put in your tester call to always direct any questions/concerns/suggestions/etc to the tester group message youâll create (one of the recommended steps by Ribblr) as public journals are for everyone to see and if they see parts of the pattern it could be stolen or if they see any confusion theyâll think itâs still in the pattern and wonât get it. Which isnât good as that was during the testing and not completed phase. In tester calls mention the due date, how many testers your looking for, if a specific yarn or yarn color is needed ot any other requirements you have, if they will be gifting the finished pattern, etc
Something to take notice of is Karma. Karma is something designers can see for potential testers on their makes. What Karma is are numbers that testers receive when they complete a test (one point per test) itâs meant to show that they completed a test (obviously newcomers and those that donât test wonât have a lot) feel free to use that info as you will. However in order to receive the karma it must be by the designer when they choose the gift and remove option, so if they completed the test and requirements you would gift and remove them
If youâre confused on anything else let me know and I can do my best to help! If you need an answer immediately feel free to look through the help center I also changed the space to Support 
as most of the questions are about Ribblr
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Thank you! This was SOOOO helpful!
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No problem! Glad I could offer some help
Think about using a techn editor if you can swing it as well. Especially at the beginning. You will likely learn a lot from the experience and it will ensure that your pattern (and future patterns) is great quality!
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Youâre glad you found community before me but anyways when youâve made an account on Ribblr, you can become a shop manager in the shop section thingy. Once youâve done that, you can add a new pattern and make it public when youâre done with it (Ribblr has itâs own specialized pattern making software and it will give you a tutorial). Speaking of tutorials, you can always search it up on the web, where there will be videos and stuff.
As for testers, you can post a topic here and make it a âtestingâ topic and post with it the link to the page where the posted, complete, public pattern is and we can press the link and it will ask us if we want to apply for testing your pattern. I havenât posted any of those, but what Iâm assuming will happen is the designer of the pattern will get a notification for the testers that applied, and the designer will decide who will test the patterns.