Knitting Together a Technical Writing Career
summary
Claims that knitwear pattern design is a form of technical writing, backed by concrete work: a competitive analysis–driven pattern line, hundreds of patterns, two published books, video tutorials and learning kits, and a yarn wholesale business that required product, marketing, and editing workflows. Creates and hands off style guides to technical editors, publishes consistent patterns, then pivots into corporate docs and authors design system docs at Vanguard, demonstrating the methods scale and the career shift succeeds.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:06Path to technical writing
- 2:09From engineer to knitting
- 4:14Knitting patterns as code
- 8:21Designing patterns and guides
- 10:30Publishing patterns and business
- 17:51Returning to tech
- 21:23Technical writing fit
- 23:51Unconventional strengths
- 24:53Patchwork career paths
- 27:24Bringing your full self
- 28:06Summary
- 29:17Q&A
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