If you are testing patterns please take your job seriously
I just got a pattern which I knew had a tester call beforehand.
There were major errors in this pattern, which can confuse crochet beginners and this errors shouldn’t have been there in the first place. These mistakes were so obvious where I thought if you sticked to the pattern you couldn’t have done the project properly.
I know we are more experienced crocheters but you should read the pattern step by step and not guess how it might end because you think logically. This leads to read over mistakes.
For example one round has 20st at the end. But when you read properly you find out there is one st missing in the pattern itself.
So you have made 19st and one is still free.
Others might think they did something wrong, recounting or even redoing the round again.
Of course you can think for yourself and just add the st automatically but this doesn’t work at a tester call.
You can do that with already bought pattern or patterns online or your own. But at a tester call you have to do every step even if you can guess what comes next or where this leads you. The pattern makers are counting on you finding misspellings or forgotten steps.
The pattern I used was free. To the luck of the owner. Imagine someone buying a 5$ pattern and there are huge mistakes in them.
If you can’t give a proper feedback and just want a free pattern then please don’t apply as tester.
Pattern makers need our help to sell their products or share their products in which they put their heart into it.
They will lose customers through bad reviews because you can’t do your job.
And buyers will get frustrated over a pattern that doesn’t work and even spent money on.
Of course there are always 2 sides.
If you are a pattern maker and don’t fix the patterns then it’s your own fault 
But then it’s the question why make a tester call anyway.
I think the most important thing is that if you use other terms, write them in an info bubble for the users.
In the end it‘s the makers decision what to add and what not.
But my point is that there are also people who just want free patterns and won’t help
tysm for this i think it’ll rlly help ppl
I agree with this. I keep getting tested patterns and the patterns are worded so wierdly that I cannot understand it. For example, patterns worded like (make 2 stitches, minus 1 stitch, add 2 stitches, ect)
The whole point of testing patterns to begin with is to detect the errors and bring them to the designer’s attention. You can bring mistakes to their attention privately and nicely without making them look or feel bad.
If the designer gets upset at having errors brought to their attention perhaps they should find another career path to pursue
And some patterns are tested and mistakes are reported and some designers do not fix them and the reported mistakes were ignored completely in the testing group chat.
( I was a tester in a couple of testing groups this happened in)
Again another 2-way street here. Not only is it the testers responsibility to report any mistakes it’s ALSO the designers responsibility to fix them.
So unless you were in the testing group for any patterns you purchase ( free or paid for ). It is not fair to blame the testing group for that tested pattern that has been published with mistakes in them.
Or perhaps the designer didn’t write down notes of reported mistskes, and forgot to fix one while making the corrections they did remember. Again I’ve been a tester for a designer that said they were going to fix the mistakes just before publishing.
Or perhaps the designer was making corrections very quickly due to real life banging at the door causing them to rush through and miss something.
There’s so many reasons that mistake is there, be it tester related or designer related.
I’ve seen so many chats blaming testers for this or that lately, that could be BOTH testers and designers failing to do something on their part.
Just my opinion on the matter and opinions are like noses, we all have them. 
The designer with weird worded published patterns could be from another country and they may have written it how they are used to seeing patterns written and it translated “weird” to us.
I talked to the pattern maker. They said the testers said everything was fine.
st in a round were missing an a false term was used in the pattern while in the description it was otherwise explained.
A st was missing in a round and they added a description for the terms they use. And a different term was accidentally used in the pattern. A tester should see that
I didn’t say the designer got upset
I have mentioned the proper term ( in ribblr ) to be used for it to show up in the abbreviations list at the beginning of the pattern and for the dotted line to show up under the abbreviation in the pattern.
The designer chose not to use the ribblr term and chose to explain their term they used at the beginning of the pattern or section it was going to be used in.
Their choice was based on the term they used was the term recognized by the pdf program they used outside of ribblr.
Again not always the testers negligence.
I tested a pattern that needed fixing, all the other testers just finished it. I refuse to make a pattern that is incomplete.
The pattern was published incomplete.
Did you say what errors where in it?
And what did the owner say?
They said they would fix it but never did.
I had an experience like that shortly after joining ribblr. It was one of the first few patterns that I tested that wasn’t for Suettle.
Oh @AumtFanny I almost had a heart attack when I was scrolling down and saw my name on a thread about bad patterns/test experiences! Whew, what a relief after I read your whole comment! I try so hard to present good drafts and incorporate tester feedback (and of course I’m not perfect!) but know firsthand that is sadly not the case for all designers.
I agree with the comments above, as a designer you have to be humble enough to take the feedback as intended and diligent at fixing issues. Testers helped me a LOT in the beginning and continue to make my designs the best they can be!
Testers should be able to give helpful feedback and help designers adhere to standards, but aren’t tech editors…
Well then it’s the pattern owners fault
Oh heck no, I’ve never had a bad experience testing for you and you’ve always been very interactive and open to any suggestions/ mistakes/ problems put in tester group chats.
I don’t think I could ever have a bad word/comment about any of your patterns. Ones I’ve tested for or not tested and purchased. Instead. You are one of best designers I’ve tested for. That fixes anything needed as it comes up in your tester chats. 
I agree
Thank you, you’ve always been such a fantastic help and supporter! That’s why I was so shocked at first glance. 
I agree 100%, being a pattern tester means we should help perfect the pattern!
As I’ve never had any issues with my testers or while testing, I think this is something we should be aware of