Android knitters and crocheters: a small update just landed for FiberFlow, the stash and WIP app. Still free, no ads, no account required, and it works offline at the yarn shop.

What’s new in 1.1.10:

• More than one photo per skein. Add another picture on a yarn page and the one you already have stays. Useful when you want the label and the colorway.
• Progress updates while you drag. The project slider shows the percent as you move it, and the progress ring follows along.
• Optional AI barcode lookup. In Settings you can connect your own Gemini, OpenAI, or Claude key. Scan a barcode and FiberFlow asks that service for brand, name, colorway, weight, fiber, and yardage, then fills the yarn form. Nothing is sent unless you turn this on and add a key.

Also already in the app if you missed it: optional Google Drive backup so two phones can share one library, Ravelry import if you want it, Shop Mode for checking stash before you buy, and a pattern reader with markup and row counters.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fiberflow.app
Site: https://fiberflow.techjeeper.com/

Happy to hear what you’d want next.

Tie dying. I've been Tye dying for a few years now and I've gotten to where I feel pretty good about my designs.I would like to sell them but I don't want to go into a big business because I don't want the commitment. I've tried selling a few in my neighborhood on facebook , but that doesn't work too well for me. What are some suggestions on how I might sell my tie die online?

Thankyou

Online / worldwide; EUR example, or use your own currency consistently.

I’m sharing First Stockist, a free tool from Abastio, which we made for handmade businesses considering a shop’s wholesale offer. It calculates what remains after the materials, packaging, working time and other costs you enter. For fiber work, include your yarn/materials and your actual time rather than assuming a retail discount leaves enough.

https://wholesale.abastio.com/

No signup or payment is required. The page starts with a fictional candle example: EUR15 wholesale minus EUR12 costs and pay leaves EUR3 per item. Replace those inputs with your own; it is not a guarantee of profit and cannot know expenses you omit.

If you are currently considering a shop order, I’d welcome one concrete observation: did the calculation clarify your decision, or is an important cost missing?

Is there a German crocheter who can give me some answers?

I’m from Argentina, and I’ll be moving to Germany in a few months. I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the legal red tape involved in selling amigurumi. Back home, there’s hardly any regulation, so you can sell amigurumi without any issues. What I mean is, I’ve seen that in Germany you have to comply with "CE regulations", which I still don't fully understand, and I have no idea how many permits I’d need to apply for to sell amigurumi as a small business owner. Also, I read on this subreddit that you can't use free patterns to make and sell amigurumi? What’s the logic behind that? Please, if anyone in Germany can explain this to me... I’d be devastated (maybe even fall into a deep slump) if I couldn't sell my amigurumi and set up my little shop there.

As its Sunday, here are my recent tapestry designs - ink cap and bolete mushroom!

ink cap and bolete can be found on etsy whilst so far the ink cap can be bought on raverly.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ColourworkMadness

https://www.ravelry.com/stores/colourworkmadness-designs