Tian / knitdesignsbytian
@tianconnaughton.bsky.social
Knit/Crochet Designer
Author of cozy mysteries with a yarnie twist
Novels📚The Magic Knitting Pattern Book & Death by Drop Spindle
🔗 https://tianconnaughton.thrivecart.com/novels
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Author of cozy mysteries with a yarnie twist
Novels📚The Magic Knitting Pattern Book & Death by Drop Spindle
🔗 https://tianconnaughton.thrivecart.com/novels
This space = inclusion
if that doesn’t work for you✌🏾
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REVIEW of Cardigans For Every Body📚
“I knitted a sweater that actually fit me for the first time… I’ve been knitting for over 50 years!”
“I have your book. It’s great!! Thanks for your beautiful designs!”
Get it: www.tianconnaughton.com/cardigans-fo...
“I knitted a sweater that actually fit me for the first time… I’ve been knitting for over 50 years!”
“I have your book. It’s great!! Thanks for your beautiful designs!”
Get it: www.tianconnaughton.com/cardigans-fo...
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Omg, what a great idea for a book! My daughter has a fiber arts book (series) concept sort of like this and I can’t wait until she writes it.
She has written mostly paranormal romance
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She has written mostly paranormal romance
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July 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Omg, what a great idea for a book! My daughter has a fiber arts book (series) concept sort of like this and I can’t wait until she writes it.
She has written mostly paranormal romance
www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
She has written mostly paranormal romance
www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
Make sweaters that actually fit
Even design your own sweaters using any stitch pattern and your own measurements
Learn exactly how with this book, Cardigans For Every Body and the accompanying masterclass (video tutorials)
tianconnaughton.com/books
Even design your own sweaters using any stitch pattern and your own measurements
Learn exactly how with this book, Cardigans For Every Body and the accompanying masterclass (video tutorials)
tianconnaughton.com/books
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Make sweaters that actually fit
Even design your own sweaters using any stitch pattern and your own measurements
Learn exactly how with this book, Cardigans For Every Body and the accompanying masterclass (video tutorials)
tianconnaughton.com/books
Even design your own sweaters using any stitch pattern and your own measurements
Learn exactly how with this book, Cardigans For Every Body and the accompanying masterclass (video tutorials)
tianconnaughton.com/books
My new book, Designed to Sell is now OUT🎉🥳
If you are a crochet or knit designer, you need this resource
This book will help you to
• market
• launch
• sell
your patterns without burnout, overwhelm, or guesswork
To learn more, go to tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
If you are a crochet or knit designer, you need this resource
This book will help you to
• market
• launch
• sell
your patterns without burnout, overwhelm, or guesswork
To learn more, go to tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
September 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My new book, Designed to Sell is now OUT🎉🥳
If you are a crochet or knit designer, you need this resource
This book will help you to
• market
• launch
• sell
your patterns without burnout, overwhelm, or guesswork
To learn more, go to tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
If you are a crochet or knit designer, you need this resource
This book will help you to
• market
• launch
• sell
your patterns without burnout, overwhelm, or guesswork
To learn more, go to tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
The first few pages of Designed to Sell is up on my website to read.
Download and start reading today!
👉🏾tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
Download and start reading today!
👉🏾tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The first few pages of Designed to Sell is up on my website to read.
Download and start reading today!
👉🏾tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
Download and start reading today!
👉🏾tianconnaughton.com/designedtosell
Experiencing summer pattern sales slump?
Read this blog post ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-to-...
Read this blog post ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Keep Earning When Pattern Sales Are Slow (Even During Summer) — Tian Connaughton
If you’re a crochet or knit designer, you already know the truth: Summer is a slow season for pattern sales.
www.tianconnaughton.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Experiencing summer pattern sales slump?
Read this blog post ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-to-...
Read this blog post ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-to-...
My characters don’t just go in the bed.
They get out their outside clothes (cuz gross) and put on a headscarf or bonnet.
They’re Black! They knit. They crochet. They spin. And they’re good!
They get out their outside clothes (cuz gross) and put on a headscarf or bonnet.
They’re Black! They knit. They crochet. They spin. And they’re good!
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My characters don’t just go in the bed.
They get out their outside clothes (cuz gross) and put on a headscarf or bonnet.
They’re Black! They knit. They crochet. They spin. And they’re good!
They get out their outside clothes (cuz gross) and put on a headscarf or bonnet.
They’re Black! They knit. They crochet. They spin. And they’re good!
🗣️One reader said:
“I’ve read a lot of books on design and marketing, but Designed to Sell is the first one that made me feel like I could actually do this. It gave me a plan and real tools to stop second-guessing myself.” Jessica, designer
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/turn-patterns-into-profit
“I’ve read a lot of books on design and marketing, but Designed to Sell is the first one that made me feel like I could actually do this. It gave me a plan and real tools to stop second-guessing myself.” Jessica, designer
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/turn-patterns-into-profit
Designed to Sell: The Book to Help You Turn Patterns into Profit (Plus Bonuses Disappear July 31) — Tian Connaughton
I still remember the first time I released a knitting pattern. I had poured hours— weeks —into it. I wrote the instructions carefully, took the best photos I could, and shared it on social media and ...
www.tianconnaughton.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🗣️One reader said:
“I’ve read a lot of books on design and marketing, but Designed to Sell is the first one that made me feel like I could actually do this. It gave me a plan and real tools to stop second-guessing myself.” Jessica, designer
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/turn-patterns-into-profit
“I’ve read a lot of books on design and marketing, but Designed to Sell is the first one that made me feel like I could actually do this. It gave me a plan and real tools to stop second-guessing myself.” Jessica, designer
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/turn-patterns-into-profit
She’s a Black woman, introvert, neurodivergent knit and crochet designer at a retreat where she knows no one and a murder occurs with her smack in the middle.
Follow Hazel’s adventure as she wade through lies and secrets.
📚Read: Death by Drop Spindle
www.tianconnaughton.com/books
Follow Hazel’s adventure as she wade through lies and secrets.
📚Read: Death by Drop Spindle
www.tianconnaughton.com/books
July 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
She’s a Black woman, introvert, neurodivergent knit and crochet designer at a retreat where she knows no one and a murder occurs with her smack in the middle.
Follow Hazel’s adventure as she wade through lies and secrets.
📚Read: Death by Drop Spindle
www.tianconnaughton.com/books
Follow Hazel’s adventure as she wade through lies and secrets.
📚Read: Death by Drop Spindle
www.tianconnaughton.com/books
“A sharp and witty new mystery about a fiber arts star juggling success, secrets—and solving a murder between workshops.”
📚Death by Drop Spindle
📚Death by Drop Spindle
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“A sharp and witty new mystery about a fiber arts star juggling success, secrets—and solving a murder between workshops.”
📚Death by Drop Spindle
📚Death by Drop Spindle
…Now, when Maya has a few minutes between meetings or while waiting in the school pickup line, she pulls out the PDF on her phone and picks one idea to do that day or week….
Read the full blog here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-one...
Read the full blog here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-one...
From Stuck to Showing Up: How One Busy Designer Got Back in the Game in Just One Day — Tian Connaughton
From Stuck to Showing Up: How One Busy Designer Got Back in the Game in Just One Day Meet Maya. She’s a knit designer, a full-time corporate project manager, and a mom of two little ones with energy...
www.tianconnaughton.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
…Now, when Maya has a few minutes between meetings or while waiting in the school pickup line, she pulls out the PDF on her phone and picks one idea to do that day or week….
Read the full blog here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-one...
Read the full blog here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/blog/how-one...
✨REAL TALK FOR DESIGNERS✨
Are you ONLY showing up when you’re launching something?
If you’re only posting when you have something to sell… your audience feels it.
And if showing up consistently feels icky or overwhelming, I’ve got you.
www.instagram.com/reel/DL2m1Q8...
Are you ONLY showing up when you’re launching something?
If you’re only posting when you have something to sell… your audience feels it.
And if showing up consistently feels icky or overwhelming, I’ve got you.
www.instagram.com/reel/DL2m1Q8...
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
✨REAL TALK FOR DESIGNERS✨
Are you ONLY showing up when you’re launching something?
If you’re only posting when you have something to sell… your audience feels it.
And if showing up consistently feels icky or overwhelming, I’ve got you.
www.instagram.com/reel/DL2m1Q8...
Are you ONLY showing up when you’re launching something?
If you’re only posting when you have something to sell… your audience feels it.
And if showing up consistently feels icky or overwhelming, I’ve got you.
www.instagram.com/reel/DL2m1Q8...
Need to Make a Sale Fast?
Whether you're just getting started or tired of spinning your wheel
this is your action-packed roadmap to more sales w/ less stress
Specifically for pattern designers, guide delivers realistic, low-overwhelm activities you can implement based on how much time you have.
Whether you're just getting started or tired of spinning your wheel
this is your action-packed roadmap to more sales w/ less stress
Specifically for pattern designers, guide delivers realistic, low-overwhelm activities you can implement based on how much time you have.
July 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Need to Make a Sale Fast?
Whether you're just getting started or tired of spinning your wheel
this is your action-packed roadmap to more sales w/ less stress
Specifically for pattern designers, guide delivers realistic, low-overwhelm activities you can implement based on how much time you have.
Whether you're just getting started or tired of spinning your wheel
this is your action-packed roadmap to more sales w/ less stress
Specifically for pattern designers, guide delivers realistic, low-overwhelm activities you can implement based on how much time you have.
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@tianconnaughton.bsky.social CERASEE SHAWL ❤️
In this outfit I love how the geometric aspect of the crochet stitch pattern pairs well in a funky way with the floral pattern on the overalls
🧶 Fino Biscotti + Licorice
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
In this outfit I love how the geometric aspect of the crochet stitch pattern pairs well in a funky way with the floral pattern on the overalls
🧶 Fino Biscotti + Licorice
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@tianconnaughton.bsky.social CERASEE SHAWL ❤️
In this outfit I love how the geometric aspect of the crochet stitch pattern pairs well in a funky way with the floral pattern on the overalls
🧶 Fino Biscotti + Licorice
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
In this outfit I love how the geometric aspect of the crochet stitch pattern pairs well in a funky way with the floral pattern on the overalls
🧶 Fino Biscotti + Licorice
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think this is my favorite cover. What do you think?
June 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I think this is my favorite cover. What do you think?
I’ve started a broadcast channel to share behind-the-scenes for Designed To Sell (new book)
Join 👇🏾👇🏾 to see table of content + ask questions
www.instagram.com/channel/Abat...
Join 👇🏾👇🏾 to see table of content + ask questions
www.instagram.com/channel/Abat...
June 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’ve started a broadcast channel to share behind-the-scenes for Designed To Sell (new book)
Join 👇🏾👇🏾 to see table of content + ask questions
www.instagram.com/channel/Abat...
Join 👇🏾👇🏾 to see table of content + ask questions
www.instagram.com/channel/Abat...
This shawl pattern is a great introduction to crochet mosaic
Use up those single skeins of fingering weight yarn in your stash.
Grab 2 skeins in contrasting colors
Learn more here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/pattern-stor...
Use up those single skeins of fingering weight yarn in your stash.
Grab 2 skeins in contrasting colors
Learn more here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/pattern-stor...
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This shawl pattern is a great introduction to crochet mosaic
Use up those single skeins of fingering weight yarn in your stash.
Grab 2 skeins in contrasting colors
Learn more here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/pattern-stor...
Use up those single skeins of fingering weight yarn in your stash.
Grab 2 skeins in contrasting colors
Learn more here⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.tianconnaughton.com/pattern-stor...
Sign up for updates here⬇️⬇️⬇️
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May 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Wait, he’s running the country into the ground like all his businesses. Shocker🙄
Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wait, he’s running the country into the ground like all his businesses. Shocker🙄
I’m getting ready to seam up the back of my new #Reignbow + I need your help - see IG to see how the back of the original Reignbow vest looks
Based on the color change I have 2 completely different looks
I’m struggling to decide which version I like best - both gorgeous
Vote: Option 1 or Option 2
Based on the color change I have 2 completely different looks
I’m struggling to decide which version I like best - both gorgeous
Vote: Option 1 or Option 2
May 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m getting ready to seam up the back of my new #Reignbow + I need your help - see IG to see how the back of the original Reignbow vest looks
Based on the color change I have 2 completely different looks
I’m struggling to decide which version I like best - both gorgeous
Vote: Option 1 or Option 2
Based on the color change I have 2 completely different looks
I’m struggling to decide which version I like best - both gorgeous
Vote: Option 1 or Option 2
May 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“So enjoying your mystery! Read half of it in one sitting!”
That kind of reader love? Means the world
If you’ve cozied up w DeathByDropSpindle, THANK YOU
Your messages, reviews & excitement keep this mystery-loving, yarn-obsessed author going
Read it yet?
Drop a 🧶 emoji if you have or plan to!
That kind of reader love? Means the world
If you’ve cozied up w DeathByDropSpindle, THANK YOU
Your messages, reviews & excitement keep this mystery-loving, yarn-obsessed author going
Read it yet?
Drop a 🧶 emoji if you have or plan to!
May 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“So enjoying your mystery! Read half of it in one sitting!”
That kind of reader love? Means the world
If you’ve cozied up w DeathByDropSpindle, THANK YOU
Your messages, reviews & excitement keep this mystery-loving, yarn-obsessed author going
Read it yet?
Drop a 🧶 emoji if you have or plan to!
That kind of reader love? Means the world
If you’ve cozied up w DeathByDropSpindle, THANK YOU
Your messages, reviews & excitement keep this mystery-loving, yarn-obsessed author going
Read it yet?
Drop a 🧶 emoji if you have or plan to!
When I talk about INCLUSION I mean that -ish
My characters are not perfect people
They are not skinny young white women
They represent the global majority, marginalized, and historically underrepresented. They are real
Here’s why I wrote DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DI_tu3m...
My characters are not perfect people
They are not skinny young white women
They represent the global majority, marginalized, and historically underrepresented. They are real
Here’s why I wrote DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DI_tu3m...
April 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I talk about INCLUSION I mean that -ish
My characters are not perfect people
They are not skinny young white women
They represent the global majority, marginalized, and historically underrepresented. They are real
Here’s why I wrote DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DI_tu3m...
My characters are not perfect people
They are not skinny young white women
They represent the global majority, marginalized, and historically underrepresented. They are real
Here’s why I wrote DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DI_tu3m...
This is why I have a hard time saying YES to opportunities that I don’t control
cuz years later like clockwork that white woman is found to be problematic.
You do your research + ask the questions
They claim to be so “inclusive”
but boom, sooner or later, go around spewing hate.
I hate it here.
cuz years later like clockwork that white woman is found to be problematic.
You do your research + ask the questions
They claim to be so “inclusive”
but boom, sooner or later, go around spewing hate.
I hate it here.
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is why I have a hard time saying YES to opportunities that I don’t control
cuz years later like clockwork that white woman is found to be problematic.
You do your research + ask the questions
They claim to be so “inclusive”
but boom, sooner or later, go around spewing hate.
I hate it here.
cuz years later like clockwork that white woman is found to be problematic.
You do your research + ask the questions
They claim to be so “inclusive”
but boom, sooner or later, go around spewing hate.
I hate it here.
Get the bundle and save (paperback and ebook)
THE MAGIC KNITTING PATTERN BOOK
DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE
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THE MAGIC KNITTING PATTERN BOOK
DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE
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Cozy Yarnie Mystery Novels by Tian Connaughton
Checkout page for Cozy Yarnie Mystery Novels by Tian Connaughton.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Get the bundle and save (paperback and ebook)
THE MAGIC KNITTING PATTERN BOOK
DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE
tianconnaughton.thrivecart.com/novels
THE MAGIC KNITTING PATTERN BOOK
DEATH BY DROP SPINDLE
tianconnaughton.thrivecart.com/novels