Thanks for your question, Carol! You can started with testing patterns on Fiberly (wearefiberly.com), and when you make an account, you can choose from job listings that designers put up. Usually, yarn companies don’t have testing calls unless it’s an indie dyer. If you’re on Instagram, you can look up the hashtag testersneeded or testercall to find further opportunities.
Yes, it’s very common for that to be the payment, even with individual designers not on Fiberly. Testing is mostly a way to connect with other makers to build up a network and also to learn new skills while helping out a designer.
Thanks for your question, Carol! You can started with testing patterns on Fiberly (wearefiberly.com), and when you make an account, you can choose from job listings that designers put up. Usually, yarn companies don’t have testing calls unless it’s an indie dyer. If you’re on Instagram, you can look up the hashtag testersneeded or testercall to find further opportunities.