tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8791477989017437219..comments2024-03-28T18:44:45.533+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-44807091758322814182011-06-25T19:01:31.738+01:002011-06-25T19:01:31.738+01:00I've stopped more than a year ago - and haven&...I've stopped more than a year ago - and haven't missed it at all! though I have to say that what I am really looking for is a knit mag to get my teeth into. "knit" (the former yarnforward)started out ok, but with them and also "the knitter" a lot of the patterns tend to be just to simple by now! I don't need a pattern in a mag to knit a straightforward shape after decades of knitting - I want something more interesting. which means that bit by bit I'll drop all subs - and only buy books that describe new (or new to me) techniques - I'll just make the rest up as I go along.Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49964526344220655152011-06-25T03:12:50.293+01:002011-06-25T03:12:50.293+01:00I subscribed to Knitter's from day one and I w...I subscribed to Knitter's from day one and I wouldn't part with the issues from the first few years for anything. I finally cancelled my subscription about 2 years ago when every design seemed to be knit at a large gauge in garish color blocks and I really hated it when they went to a larger format. I do take a look at the magazine in the public library. Takes me about 2 minutes to page through it.AnnPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-31786943263449910542011-06-24T06:07:09.496+01:002011-06-24T06:07:09.496+01:00Jean, I had already decided to let my subscription...Jean, I had already decided to let my subscription to Knitter's Magazine run out, and the pitiful issue I received two days ago also reinforced my decision not to renew. I've got two more issues to go, and Knitter's will not be seeing any more money from me. In past years, I was always so excited when a new issue came in the mail, and I would spend hours poring over the articles and the designs. For the past year or more, all the magazine has been is promotions for XRX's various Stitches locations, as if nothing else matters. It's really sad.<br /><br />Mary G. in TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40817151948080895032011-06-23T11:42:50.929+01:002011-06-23T11:42:50.929+01:00I'm with you on the Knitter's. I've g...I'm with you on the Knitter's. I've got the complete set (or just about) and that's been about the only thing going with the decision to renew.<br /><br />In recent years dear ones have been giving me the present of renewals, so that takes the decision to spend money out of my hands. Maybe XRX can turn it around by the time I need to spend my own money on it again?Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911107808268156389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70819431714940257612011-06-23T10:27:04.055+01:002011-06-23T10:27:04.055+01:00Re "The Knitter". They do have interest...Re "The Knitter". They do have interesting articles by respected names, but it is expensive by UK standards. I was puzzled recently to observe that "Yarn Forward" has changed its name to "Knitting" and also changed editors again. Mostly, though, I think that the existence of Ravelry, Knitty and the key blgs has rendered the magazines redundant.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.com