The rumours are flying, speculation abounds - some say it's written in stone, they heard it from the horse’s mouth and all that crap!
Normally I don’t pay any attention to gossip and hearsay but again I have to say something.
I don’t want to lay blame on anyone and I’m not mentioning any names but... I’m upset by the misinterpretations that are going on out there.
It has been said that the demise of KNITWORDS is due to the poor ‘Canadian’ economy - I never said that. It is not the Canadians’ fault.
It has been reported ‘With the downturn in the economy, too many businesses stopped their advertising. Not enough ads, means not enough money coming in to continue to afford publishing KnitWords.’ I never said that. My advertisers were very loyal, they were there to the end and I thank them all, again - it was maybe the non-advertisers...
My subscribers and supporters have been wonderful and again I thank them - maybe it was the non-subscribers...
My designers and contributors, loyal and supportive, much appreciated - if I didn't pay top scale, at least I did pay what I said I would and could.
Everyone wants to cry and lament after the fact when, if they said what they had to say when they should have said it and supported good things when they are available, those good things would remain. Get off the internet, quit your bitching and crying, go and actually knit something, stop giving things away for free - what the heck is all that free UTube stuff about?? Stop copying and sharing. Support the remaining good people or you’ll have nothing...
The truth - I stopped the magazine because I simply could no longer afford, both emotionally and economically, to subsidize a magazine for an ever-decreasing audience...
sorry about the rant, but I feel better... there I go, just like a real Canadian, apologizing again...
thanks again...
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4 comments:
Know that the Magazine will be missed.
I feel like a friend is gone.
And I thank you for all of the excellent designs, instruction and most of all inspiration to knit top quality garments that always get noticed and complimented on so favorably. It was awesome. Thank you.
I agree with you, I've wondered about all the free stuff, especially videos...as you stated, what's all the free UTube stuff about?
Sorry to see you leave, I hope you can come up with a viable solution on the internet that will actually work for you but I wonder how in the world you'd keep it strictly to subscriptions (well, you'll figure it out if you can).
Good Luck, hope to meet up with you again one day.
I'll tell you what the free YouTube videos were about: nobody is teaching beginners in my area, and nobody is teaching beginners in a lot of other areas. No beginners means, eventually, no more machine knitting!
I have a full-time job and could seldom ever do any lessons. Our dealer has been retired over 10 years. I put up the videos to help the beginners and try to revive our craft a little. I could do videos a llttle at a time in the evenings and actually get people knitting.
There are dozens and dozens of people knitting now who had previously given up. They are buying yarn, machines, and books.
Diana in Austin
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