Knitting Magazine advice

Suzee wrote:

There are several online magazines too that are pretty good. One is
monthly at www.magknits.com, another really good onecomes out
quarterly at www.knitty.com

Knitty rocks! I already bought the yarn for my next "me" project,
Abotanicity from the latest issue. Of course, this has to wait until I
finish my holiday knitting and that sweater for my older daughter (which
only needs sleeves knit and sewn in and shouldn't take me too long).

The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

Alan wrote:
If you're looking for something modern, check out knit.1 (that's "knit
dot one"). It's geared toward the younger, hipper crowd.

http://www.knit1mag.com/


Yeah, I tried them, but so far I haven't gotten any response...

Scott.

Sal wrote:

I'm in the UK and subscribe to Interweave Knits and Spin Off direct, I
started my subscription the end of August and only got Interweave
Knits last week. Still haven't received Spin Off - so beware of the
time delay!


That's just ridiculous. There's no reason for it to take that long. Even
by the cheapest surface mail!


I second the
signing up to online newsletters too. Knitty is absolutely brilliant
and have knitted several of their patterns and I like the Knitting
Daily one too.


Yeah, I've surreptitiously let her know about that, but it doesn't help
me with the subscription gift thing; if I say "I've signed you up to
some online newsletters... happy christmas!" somehow, I think that
wouldnt go down to well hahaha. But yeah, I'll let her know about them
all and see where I get with my subscription requests.

Thanks for the info!

Scott.

Scott

What is her mailbox like? My main reason for not buying any subscriptions
is the Australia Post man on his little bike carefully folding my mag and
shoving it in a slot designed for letters. I have avoided this by
"subscribing" at the newsagents. Alot of newsagents will put away the
magazine for you if you ask. If she has a small mailbox, or lives in an
area where mail sticking out of the box is going to be stolen, then this may
be an option for you. You can then have any magazine that the newsagent is
able to order for you. Have you looked in Borders Bookstores - they keep a
wide range of magazines, but I am not sure what thier policy is on
subscriptions.

Yarn Magazine is OK. I think it may be the only Australian one at the
moment. I like Knitter's Magazine by XRX Publishing
http://www.knittinguniverse.com/flash/universe.php which is from the US.

Good luck. Sigh, maybe Santa will bring me some knitting magazines this
Christmas. I've been good...

Chris
NSW

hi Scott
Just wondering..If your friend reads these mags from time to time, where is
she buying her copies from? As it maybe a good idea to ask the shop owner
where he gets his subscription from, he may have an address where you too
can buy a years sub from.

However if you cannot get a subscription into a mag for your country, how
about one of the machine knitting video's or DVD's that are available.
Knit to Fit or The Perfect neckline, or any techno type one that she can
look at time and time again. Or how about a program like DAK or a calcuknit
something along these lines may be appreciated.

hth Cher

Y? wrote:
hi Scott
Just wondering..If your friend reads these mags from time to time, where is
she buying her copies from? As it maybe a good idea to ask the shop owner
where he gets his subscription from, he may have an address where you too
can buy a years sub from.


Yeah, that's a possibility. She doesnt read any of them regularly, but
she's seen a few for sale in a local shop that's dedicated to magazines.
I didn't think the magazine store would be too keen on helping find
somwhere else from which to buy magazines, though!


However if you cannot get a subscription into a mag for your country, how
about one of the machine knitting video's or DVD's that are available.
Knit to Fit or The Perfect neckline, or any techno type one that she can
look at time and time again. Or how about a program like DAK or a calcuknit
something along these lines may be appreciated.


Yeah, maybe. I'll be getting her a book as well, so maybe a DVD would be
better. I guess it's easier to learn when you can see it being done,
rather than trying to follow static diagrams.

Cheers,

Scott.

ScottC wrote:
Sal wrote:
I'm in the UK and subscribe to Interweave Knits and Spin Off direct, I
started my subscription the end of August and only got Interweave
Knits last week. Still haven't received Spin Off - so beware of the
time delay!


That's just ridiculous. There's no reason for it to take that long. Even
by the cheapest surface mail!


I second the
signing up to online newsletters too. Knitty is absolutely brilliant
and have knitted several of their patterns and I like the Knitting
Daily one too.


Yeah, I've surreptitiously let her know about that, but it doesn't help
me with the subscription gift thing; if I say "I've signed you up to
some online newsletters... happy christmas!" somehow, I think that
wouldnt go down to well hahaha. But yeah, I'll let her know about them
all and see where I get with my subscription requests.

You don't need to sign up for Knitty or Magknits, they're free ezines.
But hope you can find a live one to give here.

sue

ScottC wrote:
Y? wrote:
hi Scott
Just wondering..If your friend reads these mags from time to time, where is
she buying her copies from? As it maybe a good idea to ask the shop owner
where he gets his subscription from, he may have an address where you too
can buy a years sub from.


Yeah, that's a possibility. She doesnt read any of them regularly, but
she's seen a few for sale in a local shop that's dedicated to magazines.
I didn't think the magazine store would be too keen on helping find
somwhere else from which to buy magazines, though!

Well check out the shop to see which ones they carry and get the contact
information from the magazines.

sue

Hi Scott, I've been machine knitting for years now, and I don't use a
pattern, I pick up all sorts of magazines, and get the idea of what I want
to knit on the machine, then I use my own measurements and do a tension
swatch, put the rows and stitches down with a decimal dot in between the two
figures and times my measurements of cms by the decimal figures to get the
rows and stitches. done. You can use any pattern any size yarn etc and
you'll never need a pattern ever again. I even see things on tv I like take
a quick pic of it and make my own.
hth Cher




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Y? wrote:
hi Scott
Just wondering..If your friend reads these mags from time to time, where
is she buying her copies from? As it maybe a good idea to ask the shop
owner where he gets his subscription from, he may have an address where
you too can buy a years sub from.


Yeah, that's a possibility. She doesnt read any of them regularly, but
she's seen a few for sale in a local shop that's dedicated to magazines. I
didn't think the magazine store would be too keen on helping find somwhere
else from which to buy magazines, though!


However if you cannot get a subscription into a mag for your country,
how about one of the machine knitting video's or DVD's that are
available.
Knit to Fit or The Perfect neckline, or any techno type one that she can
look at time and time again. Or how about a program like DAK or a
calcuknit something along these lines may be appreciated.


Yeah, maybe. I'll be getting her a book as well, so maybe a DVD would be
better. I guess it's easier to learn when you can see it being done,
rather than trying to follow static diagrams.

Cheers,

Scott.

suzee wrote:
ScottC wrote:
Y? wrote:
hi Scott
Just wondering..If your friend reads these mags from time to time,
where is she buying her copies from? As it maybe a good idea to ask
the shop owner where he gets his subscription from, he may have an
address where you too can buy a years sub from.


Yeah, that's a possibility. She doesnt read any of them regularly, but
she's seen a few for sale in a local shop that's dedicated to
magazines. I didn't think the magazine store would be too keen on
helping find somwhere else from which to buy magazines, though!

Well check out the shop to see which ones they carry and get the contact
information from the magazines.


Yeah, I have the contact information for most of them; that's not a
problem. I just havent gotten any response yet... I'll wait and see.