A Tight-Knit Community: All New Homespun Handknit

re: A Tight-Knit Community: All New Homespun Handknit

RoseS@23 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:37:51 GMT

Although I understand that Lion Brand's "Homespun" is a registered trademark, it amused me of the need for Interweave to ask permission to use the word or the term homespun, for the real McCoy.

I belong to a group of knitters, in which I am the only spinner. They proudly brandish their Homespun, while I am spinning homespun that they will barely acknowledge. I persevere with show and tell and educating, but it is a hard and difficult road. Maybe they equate homespun with the hard and often scratchy stuff of old.

Kudos to Interweave Knits, for bringing attention to the small spinning mills and natural fibers and yarns in the latest issue.

I am knitting the reversible scarf in homespun Columbia and mohair.

Rose

Wisconsin

re: A Tight-Knit Community: All New Homespun Handknit

otterwise — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:34:50 GMT

I am sorry to be blunt. I finally unsubscribed from this newsletter, when we got two mailings in a row touting the same book.

It has always been a little ad-heavy compared to other publishing mailing lists I am on, but lately it seems 75% (or more) of the content has been advert rather than info.

It is not worth the occasional free pattern.

Still a faithful subscriber of the magazines,

Diana

re: A Tight-Knit Community: All New Homespun Handknit

Cynthia Christie Peven — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:59:08 GMT

Grrrr! I am a IWKnits magazine subscriber. I buy every issue of Crochet from my LYS. I buy Knitscene and SpinOff and Piecework from my local bookstore.

I am a Knitting Daily on-line subscriber. YET when I try to link from the blog to a free pattern for the "Illusion Cube Blanket", or other of your free patterns, I have to jump through all the hoops--provide you with my sign-in, click to download through at least three screens offering to sell me subscriptions or products.

Then the download is encrypted--my browser can't translate the type. so I get a bunch of boxes instead of type! I run a Mac OS X with Safari and Preview.

Also MOST of the patterns I download from you will not successfully print. The first page starts to print up to about 3/4, then printing just stops. This started with the download of the Mitered Heart Sachet and has just gotten worse over time.

This is no fun! Plus I do not want to pay for e-patterns if they will have the same difficulties. what gives?

re: A Tight-Knit Community: All New Homespun Handknit

slowe58616 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:12:50 GMT

I just finished reading what Kathleen said about automatically belonging to a community as a knitter. I recently returned from a three week trip to China where I was visiting my son who was living there. Many of the women have their knitting with them as they do such things as sit outside their shops or take the kids to the parks. Although I didn't speak a word of Chinese, and they didn't speak English, we had full conversations using our knitting as the means of communication. It was wonderful.

Sharon

Juneau, AK