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Here we go!
About this time last year, Jillian and I decided that it was time to shake up our publication schedule. We started publishing [sort of] with the seasons way back in 2002 and really had never touched the schedule since then. We were getting bored. But more importantly, we'd started to feel that we wanted certain issues to come out at a different time than they were. For editorial reasons, for production reasons, for readership reasons. Lots of good reasons. Since we're in charge, we can make big changes, so that's what we did! The first big change is that this is our first Spring+Summer issue. We think these seasons belong together, when it comes to knitting patterns. Because we've had a taste of warm weather up here in the northeast, we want more, so knitting little cardigans or tanks seems infinitely more appealing now than it did a month ago. And if we start now, we can have them for when the really warm weather gets here. You'll probably notice that we've packed more tanks and tees in this issue than ever before, because if we're going for hot-weather wear, we wanted to have lots of it for you to choose from. Of course there are socks for those who love them year round. Ditto on the lace. So what will be in the next issue, if we're doing summer now? We're excited to be introducing our First Fall issue, which goes live in mid-July. In that issue, you'll find patterns that will help you get a jump on fall knitting. But not heavy stuff that you don't want on your lap; lovely transitional wear, layers, and other things that make it easier to go from hot days to cool ones. We'll also be bringing back our Holiday Headstart feature, so you can get a jump on your gift knitting. Lots of little projects that you can knit now and store for the holiday season to come. It's a big change and we think it's a good one. We hope you agree.
Our 30th anniversary contest was a huge success, and we're happy to have been able to connect 30 of our readers with some great prizes! The list of prizes and winners [who have already been contacted] is here. You didn't win? That's okay. We've got lots of contests around here! All you have to do to be eligible to win is join our Knitty reader list. If you're already on our list, you're already eligible to win! It's that easy.
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Old is new? Spring is usually the time for new, but
I’ve been thinking
about old instead. There
is a wealth of info from books from
the '70s -'80s,
some things have changed but so much
stays the same. We have flashier
equipment and fibers and gorgeous
four-color books to learn from, but
that first round of modern spinners
had each other. Spinners of the recent
past learned more sitting next to
each other, passing and puzzling
out information than we do now. There
weren’t
many books to learn from -- only
each other. I belong to a biggish spinning guild and when I go I always sit and spin and talk with my group of friends. This past meeting, I made a point of wandering and talking to members who have been spinning since the '70s, watching them spin and asking many questions. I had a great time and learned interesting things. Don’t discount older books or older spinners. There’s so much to learn from the recent past of spinning. So maybe old can be new.
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