Step 01
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Set up your Woolmoot account
Fill in your profile and adjust your preferences to save time every time you create a pattern.
Sign up and sign in
First things first, you need to create a Woolmoot account. It's free, quick, and gives you access to your personal workspace where you can start creating your patterns.
Already registered? Make sure you are signed in to your account before configuring your profile. Everything that follows in this step and throughout this guide is done from your personal workspace or requires member access.
Fill in your information
Except for your first name, everything you enter here appears directly on your PDFs: cover page, footer, usage notice. It's best to fill in everything if you can, but nothing is required. Each field you complete makes your PDFs more professional and gives your makers all the useful information they need to find you.
Go to the page- First name
- Your first name is private and is never revealed. It is only used to address you on the site, in emails, and in communications you receive.
- Shop name
- Names the entity that creates and distributes your patterns, usually your shop name or pseudonym. This name appears on the pattern cover page as well as in the usage notice, under usage rights.
- Contact email
- The email address you use to receive messages and communicate with your customers. It is also shown in the usage notice of each pattern.
- Social networks
- You can add multiple social networks by entering your username on each one. The first in the list, outlined in red, is the primary one: it can be displayed in the footer of your PDFs (visible handle, automatic link to your profile page). All of them, including the primary one, also appear in the usage notice.
- Links
- Work exactly like social networks: you can add several, for example to link to a personal website, an Etsy shop, a Ravelry profile, etc. The first one, the primary, can be displayed in the footer. All of them, including the primary one, also appear in the usage notice.
Configure your account settings
These preferences control your working environment on Woolmoot. They do not affect the content of your patterns, only the way you create and interact with the site.
Go to the page- Site Language
- Determines the language in which the site is displayed. This has no impact whatsoever on the language of your patterns: it is only the language of the Woolmoot interface.
- Default Pattern Language
- Sets the default language applied to each new pattern you create (it can still be changed individually on each pattern). Choose the language you are most comfortable writing in.
- Pattern auto-save interval
- Controls how often your pattern is automatically saved while you work. A short interval ensures that no changes are lost in case of a refresh, disconnection, or unexpected event. A long interval or no auto-save gives you precise manual control, useful if you don't want to save every change.