Submissions

Please follow these guidelines when submitting.

All patterns must be approved before submission.

The steps are as follows:

1. Submit Concept.
2. Wait for approval.
3. Submit Pattern.
4. Submit sign concent along with pattern.
5. Do send us your brief biography and picture (optional)

Send concept submissions to lkcmag@gmail.com

Send the following with your concept submission:

1. Picture or Sketch of your proposed design concept.
   -Include a picture of a swatch made with the design
   concept.
2. A paragraph introducing your design idea.
3. Loom & Yarn used for the pattern.
4. Write in the Subject Line of your email the following: Issue you are submitting,
   and title of your submission.

Allow at least two weeks from concept submission to receive a response.

Once your concept idea has been approved. Please follow these steps.

1. Use our template to write your pattern. 
2. Do not format your paper (no columns, textboxes, etc).
3. Do follow our suggested abbreviations list.  
4. Send 2 pictures of the finished item at 600 pixels wide and at 72dpi resolution. Pictures must be JPEG format. Illustrations/drawings must be GIFs.
5. Pictures showing step-by-step instructions must be at 200 pixels wide and at 72dpi. Name your pictures as follows: nameofpatternpic#(insert picture number). Include this number in your pattern where the picture must be located.
6. Send us the file in .txt (notepad).

Legal Information: The copyright of the design and pictures/artwork remains the property of its creator. We only ask that the pattern may not be published anywhere else while the issue of the magazine is live. Once the pattern goes to the archives, we will add it to the PDF download archives and it will remain there indefinitely. Once the pattern enters the archive section, you are welcome to publish it elsewhere.

Compensation:

 Compensation ranges according to the type of item submitted and its level of complication. Submission compensation will range between $25-50. Payment is paid via Paypal within 60 days of publication. If you would like to donate your services--please let us know when submitting your article/pattern, we would greatly appreciate your services as well as hundreds of other loom knitters!

Schedule of Submissions

 

Words of wisdom through articles...

Article submissions should follow these guidelines:

1. Article must be original and not have been published on your website/blog or in any other publication. Remember, articles are a great way to show a technique, so the more pictures the better!
2. Submit Concept Submission: Send us a short paragraph explaining the idea of your article. Be sure to place in the subject line the Issue that you are submitting to.
3. Please allow at least a week for a decision to be made, if you don't hear from us within two weeks, drop us another note to remind us.

Once approved, please follow these guidelines:

1. Pictures: We encourage you to take clear, detailed pictures of all the steps described in your article. We need a minimum of 2 pictures that show the item/stitch clearly. Size: 300 pixels and at 72dpi resolution. JPEG format.
2. Attach all your pictures to your submission and numbered all your pictures as follows. 1, 2, 3, etc.
3. In your article, include thumbnails of all the pictures along with the following writing under each picture: [insert picture (insert # of picture) here] in capital red letters.

Tips on taking better pictures: Take your pictures in a bright setting. If taking a picture of a hat, avoid taking pictures in the middle of the day when the sun is right over head. Taking pictures at midday will create deep shadows. Keep in mind the knitted item and focus the camera on it--if there is surrounding items that take the attention off the knitted item, choose another location to shoot the photograph.

Be sure to include all the following contact details:

Name
Email address (connected to your Paypal so that we can send payment to you)
Blog URL/Website URL
Brief biography, written in third person.

Commission: $25 compensation fee for articles. Payment is paid via Paypal. In the event of lack of funds, we will provide payment in the form of gift certificates to popular loom knitting vendor stores whom have kindly sponsored our magazine. However, If you would like to donate your services--please let us know when submitting your article/pattern, we would greatly appreciate your services as well as hundreds of other loom knitters!

Legal Information: Copyright of the article and pictures are retained by the author. We only ask exclusivity on Loom Knitter’s Circle while the issue is live, about three months. Once the issue goes to the archives section of the magazine, you are welcome to self-publish it or submit it to another publication. The article will remain in the archives and will still be available in our website through the PDF version of the magazine.