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Comment on Breaking through the ice by Elfmary

Elfmary — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:23:18 +0000

What a metaphysical approach of knitting ! I’m not sure that my english is good enough for I could understand everything… I’m a big fan of Helen’s designs, and I hope I’ll be soon able to discover her lovely book.
I’m also very happy to discover your universe !

Comment on Breaking through the ice by Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:53:51 +0000

Very interesting, Terri. My first reaction was love for the natural, minimally processed yarn, but I can see how you might have had a visceral reaction about color and the desire for vibrancy. Finding the right balance *for you* is the key, isn’t it? As a designer I’ve been drawn to neutral/natural colors with a pop of color lately. I’m going to seek out Hélène’s book.

Comment on Breaking through the ice by tinybitsandknits

tinybitsandknits — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:20:56 +0000

I think you have a point! Rethinking my own buys and knitting works … Food for a book! I’ve been going trough a lot of emotions last 2 years and even the time without ANY emotion I can see in my boughed yarn, my weaving, my photographs …

Comment on What’s it worth? by Fiona MacBride

Fiona MacBride — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:16:12 +0000

It’s important to raise this issue.

I have just bought the pattern…btw.

Comment on What’s it worth? by Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:50:57 +0000

Thanks for more wonderful insight into the business side of things, Terri. The free pattern issue is such a challenge for those of us who look at knitwear design and pattern writing in a thoughtful way.

Comment on Digital publishing? by Alison

Alison — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:48:50 +0000

I bought two copies of your Selbu mittens book (one for a friend). I have bought perhaps dozens of e-patterns, but never an e-book. I’d be far more likely to buy one that was a collection of similar things (all mittens, or all hats like from woollywormhead). What I wouldn’t buy is a collection of 4 patterns, 3 of which all use the same pattern on different garments such as beret, scarf, and sweater. It’s nice to get a little pricebreak, such as a collection for 10-15% lower than the cost of the patterns sold individually. $5 per pattern is perfectly fine.

Comment on About Terri by Manuela Ovalle

Manuela Ovalle — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:50 +0000

Hello Terri,
I´m Manuela, journalist of MásDeco Magazine, a design, architecture and lifestyle magazine in Chile. Our magazine appear every saturday with a local newspaper.
We want to interview Graham Hill for a special sustainable edition. We would like interview him as a example of good, better and simple design and good way of live, as he said, live in a small space but with a better life.
Please let me know if this inquiry is possible, as soon you can. We going to need high resolution pictures also. Our deadline is april 26.
Thank you in advance,

Manuela.

Comment on How much does it cost? by Maria

Maria — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:25:16 +0000

I was asked why I didnt knit to sell when I was unemployed during the worst of the great recessin. I said it was because nobody I knew could afford $500 sweaters. I don’t design, so there’s also the issue of using others patterns, which nobody got, either.

I think it’s most economically feasible to sell patterns to knitters rather than hand knit garments to non-knitters. Have you tried figuring out how many patterns you’d have to sell at, say, $8 to break even for designing one?

Comment on Why am I doing this? by Su1282

Su1282 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:51:05 +0000

Thank you for your very thoughtful posts on this topic. I also have a family who periodically raises the idea of making my hobby into a job. I have two standard responses: 1) I only knit for love and 2) then it would be “work”. The former seems to appease the folks who want to buy handknits and the latter for those who understand the difference between work and play for many of us. I did however once receive a marriage proposal from a gentleman admiring my handspun handknit socks after hearing answer #1. He had good taste.

Comment on How much can I sell it for? by Stephanie B.

Stephanie B. — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:19:54 +0000

If you’re spending money on supplies, just to make things that you’re going to put away… at some point, any money that you can get out of the things you make is a good thing. Obviously, you want to price your work so that it gets bought by someone who falls in love with it & can’t live without it – rather than by someone who’s just looking for a schmancy picnic blanket – but it doesn’t make any sense for you to spend time & money making beautiful things that just end up taking up space in your attic. Art is meant to bee seen.