Over the past years, we have received a lot of designs that have been
described in circumstance rather than describing the item itself. By 'in
circumstance' I mean that a lot of jewelry and tailoring designs have
been designed in such a way that they mention the body of 'the wearer'
and almost all of the general craft skills have had cases where the
dropped descriptions of items mention sunlight. In instances when the
word "wearer" is used, most of the time it is not necessary. Example:

This long blue skirt is made of soft cotton, and sits low on the hips of
the wearer. The hem is embroidered with pink and yellow flowers that are
adorned with crystal beading that sparkle as the wearer walks. There is
a slit up one side that shows the lovely legs of the wearer.

If it was seen in a store or on the ground it would not make sense. Each
sentence would work without the use of the word "wearer". Notice that in
the second description, it says the skirt is designed to sit low on the
hips, not that it actually sits a certain way on the wearer.

This long blue skirt is made of soft cotton, and is designed to sit low
on the hips. The hem is embroidered with pink and yellow flowers that
are adorned with crystal beading that adds a sparkle to each movement of
the fabric. There is a slit up one side that is designed to show an
expanse of leg.

When you describe your items, please remember that things will not
always be worn (especially when probed in a shop) and that sunlight is
not permanent as items can be indoors, underground or it can simply be
the middle of the night when they're probed. While this might seem to be
an extreme limitation, crafters should remember that you're describing
the item itself and not anything that goes on around it.

Please do not include the use of commas in the appearance of your items
that are to be worn, such as jewelry and tailoring. This reason for this
is simple. When you LOOK at someone, each item worn is separated by a
comma. If each item you wore had a comma in the appearance it could look
like this example:

She is wearing a suit of ring mail, a lovely, diamond necklace a gown of
shiny, black satin, and a pair of black, satin slippers.

It appears as if she is wearing a lovely, a diamond necklace, a gown of
shiny, a black satin, and a pair of black, and satin slippers. It should
read like this: She is wearing a suit of ring mail, a lovely diamond
necklace, a gown of shiny black satin, and a pair of black satin
slippers.

In a general note, the crafting gnomes have found that quite a lot of
people are into the habit of using the tool known as Mudbot's editor to
bypass the Imperian editor when filling out the examined descriptions of
their designs. In general, it wouldn't be something to be complained
about, however, it is known that the editor adds an extra blank line to
the end of anything that it sends to the Imperian editor. These blank
lines cause problems with the crafted items after approval so I ask that
crafters either take the time to manually remove the blank lines by use
of the Imperian editor, or just as easily to just use the Imperian
editor to fill out the examined descriptions as there is no fancy
formatting for such when it is viewed.

As a reminder to craftsman old and new, the following are lists of
announce posts that relate to crafting. Announce posts 648, 695, 794 and
795.

Thank you for your time,
Yvaria

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Ferinus, in the year 499 AD.