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Owlish Pattern Testing

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It took me a bit longer than I'd expected to write this post. In fact I wanted to tech edit the patterns before testing. It was my first attempt at finding someone and give him or her (in fact there were only great female knitters) a design which was tech edited before. So I had to try two things for the first time. And I must say I really liked it. I really appreciate the possibility of sharing my knitting methods with others and of having an insight into someone’s plans and dayly knitting routines. One thing I do not like in this kind of cooperation is the way of testing – when you do not have your own Ravelry group – as myself – you should take into account all the terms of free testers' groups. In fact, as a longterm knitter, I do not think it is possible to find a testers' group, buy the stash and finish a larger project in less than four weeks. Sometimes you have to hurry up to do it all in a very short time, otherwise your thread may be closed. Regarding the testi