Knit Simple Subscription Giveaway!
UPDATE:
And the winners of Knit Simple subscriptions are:
*Sarah Feczer
*Chelsey Nichols
*Reni LeBard
E-mail your mailing address to comments@vickiehowell.com.
Congrats!
In anticipation of the next Stitch.Rock.Knit-along happening later this month, the folks at Knit Simple Magazine have donated FREE subscriptions for me to give away to 3 of my lucky readers!
For a chance to win, post a comment here with your real name and why you still love printed magazines by no later than midnight on Friday, July 20th. Winners will be picked at random and listed as an update on this post.
Good luck!
xx,
Vickie
P.S. Don’t want to risk not getting the Fall issue? Subscribe here!
Hello this is Darla Allen.
There is nothing like real print, it gives me a sense of security knowing it will always be around and able to pass on.
Hi Vickie – I love my assortment of magazines. It’s great to have a collection to refer to. It’s like a finding something new all the time for a change of inspiration.
Thanks,
Tricia Hodson
Hello this is Margi Borck. I love to follow instructions in printed form, I’ve tried doing it via laptop and tablet but the printed page is just more versatile for me AND I can write on it!
I’m learning to knit and crochet and love the fact that I have everything right there in front of me.
That’s a great question! And thanks for the opportunity to win a subscription to Knit Simple.
I love magazines and that is one thing I will not give up in the ever-changing digital world.
I get so excited when a magazine is in my mailbox. I put it aside and save it for a time when I can quietly sit and savor its contents. I love the feel of the paper, turning the pages and it’s just an intimate experience no laptop or reading device can replicate.
I’ve actually bought more subscriptions lately, because many publishers are no doubt hurting with the digital world and are offering great deals for the paper magazines.
So that’s my story!
Ellen Margulies
aka EllenRonnie on Ravelry
I love printed magazines cause you can take them anywhere and I love to turn the pages. I can pick it up and put it down anywhere and there is nothing like marking the pages to go back and read any time I want too. Also the printed magazine will still be there when the electricity goes out.
I like magazines and books to hold in my hand. I have the patterns in print and don’t have to worry about how I’m going to print it out.
I have to admit I’ve jumped into the digital books and magazines feet first but there are some magazines I just have to have! My knitting and crochet magazines and my jewelry magazines are the ones I need in my paws. I like to flip through the pages, smell the pages (lol) and it’s so much easier to follow a pattern or compare different designs with an actual magazine!
Kim Loper
I prefer printed instructions – I can glance at them without needing to wake up any electronic device while I am working.
Lisa Klutman
I love reading a real magazine because you can tear out the pages, pin them up and continue to be inspired by them every day. Georgina Giles
Hello Vickie! My name is Reni LeBard and I still love printed magazines because opening a new knitting magazine is like opening a gift, over and over again. I love all the patterns, articles and “shopping” through the ads! 🙂
I love that you can always pull out a magazine and have the whole pattern right there to use again and again. When I print out patterns I tend to lose pages.
Cheryl Dumont
My name is Kristy, and I have always loved thumbing through magazines 🙂 I especially love pattern mags as they always have lots of patterns, articles and inspiration, plus they don’t take up much room!
Margarita Gomez. I love printed magazines because I am old-school like that and I can post it up and write on the pattern so the next time I want to do the pattern all of my lessons learned are right there.
Hi, I’m Mary Ellen Carter, and I love having printed magazines to browse through. Somehow it’s not the same on a computer screen.
Hi from Dianne Askew.
I love printed magazines because I like turning the pages and not worrying about having an internet connection. I also like to mark my place in a pattern.
I still love print magazines because 1) Getting mail is just as fun as when I was a kid and I love the smell of it (I’m not a freak, I swear!), 2) I love the way magazines look on my shelf; they’re practically part of my decor, and 3) the act of flipping through a magazine is just so satisfying!
hello! i’m Amber T. I love real magazines because I can write in them, sticky notes, always have it around and can take it with me and it won’t get all messed up
Love real print-it allows me to add notes and share them with others years from now. Something digital is not quite ready to do with the ability to share with everyone.
My name is Anne Garcia. I love real print because I take them anywhere! It’s a lot easier to carry a magazine than a computer. And I know it will always work, I don’t have to worry about wifi. 🙂
My name is C.C. Almon & I love printed magazines so I can take them with me to read versus having to pull things up on my screen(s) – cell phone, kindle, etc.
I really only like printed books and magazines because I like the tactile feel of them and really, nothing is as satisfying as turning a page. Theresa Morris
Getting a magazine in the mail always brings a bit of joy to my day. There’s something about holding a print magazine in your hands that makes it seem more real than a digital version.
Chelsey Nichols
Reading print magazines allow for better pattern enjoyment and it becomes portable anyway I go with my knitting things.
Hi, Vickie!
Print magazines smell good! They feel good in my hands and I can more nearly tell what the finished products will be like from a print page.
Thanks.
Carol Fertig
It allows me to enjoy the patterns better and bring it everywhere I bring my knitting.
Hi. I’m Angie Smith. I love real print because you can flip easily, highlight, use sticky notes, and you don’t freak out if you drop it on the floor, unlike the over-priced ipad.
Greetings I’m Mary Kay Rice. I love printed magazines sk much!! I adore the feel of it in my hands. I love flipping the pages back and forth the smell of the paper. For me it’s still so much easier to reference patterns with print.
Hi Vickie.
I worked in publishing for many years. (Stay at home mom now.) The printed word is like gold to me. Touching pages in a magazine or book is like nothing else. I need to feel the texture of the pages and view the photos up close. I just love it!
Thanks for the contest opportunity.
Maria Morriss
Hi Vicki, Iam Sheri Whiteley, I love all you have done for the knitting world. I have always and will always have printed Knit Simple magazine around. I read over and I’ve again then reread it again. Really there is nothing better than the real deal! I like having the patterns right there in my hand. Thank you Vicki for a chance at a great giveaway.
I love print magazines to bring to work with me and enjoy, it is easier then lugging a computer to work.
Wendy Herman
Hi Vickie,
Just like there is so much joy to the tactile sensation of knitting or crochet, print magazines and books are still my preferred to read. There is nothing like, highlighting a favorite pattern, making notes, going back to it whenever you want to. Digital may seem convenient but print is definitely a knitters/crocheters best resource.
Elsa Lee
Elsa
I don’t have an e reader or iPad so print is the only way I buy.
I love a print magazine. I like to make working copies of my patterns so I can mark them up and make notes as I go along. Can’t do that with a digital edition!
Because I can take them with me anywhere!
krystofer dixon
It’s excinting flip the pages and find something beautiful to appreciate and it’s also comforting have them around to take another look again and again…
Hi Vickie,
I LOVE getting the magazines in print. I love being able to turn the pages, mark a page, pack in my bag & take it with me. I still have almost ALL of the magazines (knitting & Spinning) and go thru them often
Misty Urech
Shani Bush
I love it because I get it snail mail. Plus i love holding a real magazine or catalog etc in my hands.
I love online patterns, but print magazines are great for flipping thru to get ideas. I like a mix of articles, patterns, and ads – I can see what’s new and what’s in style and stumble on things whereas online I kind of have to know in advance what I’m searching for.
Sheila OKeefe
I really enjoy the print copy to carry to work with me to read. I do enjoy a digital copy. Some magazines include the digital for free. I then save that to my computer, so if I lose my copy, or if I am traveling and need a new pattern, I can then search on my laptop for a new one to work up. Have been wanting to subscribe to your magazine. Both my husband (who also knits) and I LOVE your magazine and buy it each month.
I still save all of my Crochet Today magazines and any magazine with a pattern printed in it. I just can’t get into the digital versions.
-Melissa Pierce
I still love print copies because I love to write notes on the pages with Sharpies and dog ear the pages I’d like quick reference to. It’s a high when I buy one. 🙂
I love getting paper magazines, because then I can take them with me when I go to work and flip through them when I have some time.
Heather Nielsen
I love being able to flip through the magazine over and over, and also being able to toss it in my knitting bag. Perfect patterns on the go.
Crystal G. here…
I enjoy printed magazines because I can easily bookmark and copy the pages at will, and I can take them anywhere without worrying about charging it or how long the charge will last.
I still love to rip things out and pin them up on a REAL cork board for inspiration!
Jennifer Heinz
The thrill and anticipation not to look at the new copy and having the willpower to wait until all is Quiet, then turning down the covers, fluffing up the pillows, and taking a relaxing journey thru the new issue- then drifting off to sleep dreaming of a new project! That is happiness- I love this magazine! Debra Walker
My name is Carrie. And real magazines never need to be CHARGED!
What a wonderful give away! I actually spent time this weekend looking for knitsimple at my local bookstore & was not able to find a current copy — to my disappointment. I know that print copy is slowing moving over to electronic devices; however, I LOVE the feel of a real book or magazine in my hands.
– Sue Brown
I have been subscribing to knit and crochet mags since mid 1990s. I like going back to the old copies like old friends and rediscovering patterns I didn’t try; and some that I did. I photocopy the patterns to keep with the project so the printed magazine stays in good condition.
I love both print and digital patterns and am just getting into knitting – Elizabeth Dykes
I love printed magazines especially for knitting because you have the luxury of reading it whenever you want – no electronics needed, can refer back and forth between the pages of the model and the pattern. Finally, a lot of my love of printed knitting magazines comes from just browsing them in the bookstore – it’s just so relaxing.
I still love printed magazines and books and I know I always will. I like the feel of them and the convenience of being able to just toss it in my bag. I don’t have an e-reader, but I know if I did the expense of it would make me always worry that I would lose it or drop it or something while reading a pattern and knitting. With a magazine, if you drop it, no big deal and if you leave it somewhere, it’s usually easily replaced and it’s not enough money lost to cry over!
-Kat Gatzke
I love the smell of printed magazines, the crisp pages, the feel of the paper in my fingers. I save all of my magazines and often will go back and read a mag from several years back. I will find patterns that now interest me, or fall in love with a pattern I had forgotten all about.
Hey! My name is Amy, and I just love printed magazines AND books! There is nothing like it!Just turning the pages…and I wear them out! I am such a nerd aren’t I?? : ))
Holding the magazine and flipping through it over and over and over again, I still find something new. A magazine won’t crash or get a virus and its always on my night stand.
Love Knit Simple!!
Mary Reigstad
I know print magazines because they are lighter than my iPad and I can take them anywhere!
Hi – my name is Kathryn Gorman-Lovelady. I’m a knitter, crocheter, jewellery maker and quilter and have been teaching for years… Printed magazines are wonderful to share with people in a group, as an impetus for discussion and sharing. Real pictures are necessary for students and this is a huge asset. Fashion runs in cycles so I keep my magazines to compare and contrast the evolution of style. Love my magazines! Thank you, Rev. Kathryn Gorman-Lovelady
I love the glossy slick feel of magazines! I love that you can take a magazine anywhere, read it anywhere and share it with everyone.
Hi Vickie,
I love print magazines because of the tactile experience: the smell of the pages, the glossy sheen on the pages, the silky feel as you turn the page. I read a lot on my iPad but nothing beats the actual printed word 🙂
Ashleigh Bronner
I prefer print magazines because I don’t need electricity access my favorite patterns. 😉
How fabulous! Thank you, Vickie. 🙂 I love printed magazines and books. I worked in a bookstore for 12 years (sadly they went out of business last fall)…and I enjoyed browsing – and buying – tons of printed material, including my beloved knitting magazines. I miss Knitty Gritty so much, and I’m delighted that you have features in one of my favorite knitting magazines. 🙂 Thank again, again! Theresa MacNaughton
Although I love my Kindle Fire, I still prefer magazines in printed form. Plus, the screen on my Kindle is too small for me to enjoy magazines on.
-Lori Bokavich
It’s so nice to be able to look through all the previous editions of magazines to decide on what project to do next and the print copies fit into my yarn bag to be able to go wherever I go. Also, print editions never have a dead battery.
Ann Dick
There’s nothing like relaxing on the porch with a glass of wine and a good magazine – especially one filled with lots of fun knitting projects!
Jennifer Anderson
I have a lot of patterns on my computer, but I always want a hardcopy to work by – plus, mysterious computer gremlins might someday attack my computer, and then where would I be?
Jane Hartin
I love print magazines because you can carry them everywhere you cannot take a cellphone or laptop. I also like to hold onto them to get ideas and inspirations for future projects.
Paula Pesapane
Online patterns are great, but there’s nothing like the feel and smell of PAPER! Or yarn… 🙂
I love print magazines and Knit Simple is my favorite knitting magazine! I like turning the pages and sharing patterns with my mom. I tried a knitting magazine on my iPad and it was hard to read the pattern.
Jessica Caverno
I still like printed magazines because I like my pattern up close and personal when I’m knitting or crocheting! If it’s on the computer I can’t get to it at night because I’m in a wheelchair and I’m already down for the night and can’t get up again by myself. I have to print off the pattern anyway, so I might as well just use one tree instead of two! lol Thank you for the chance to win!!!
Gloria Patterson
I love being able to hold a magazine in my hands! Online mags are nice but just not the same! Thanks for entering me into your drawing!
I love printed magazines because on lazy days, I take out my magazines and review them. Looking for new and old trends.I love to see the repeat styles.
I like printed magazines because I can save them to refer back to, and because I can make notes in the margins!
I love the feel of the pages and the color and size of the pictures. I love that I can sticky note the things I want to make and I can roll it up and put it in my bag to take anywhere.
Lisa-Marie Johnson
I really enjoy print magazines and have dozens of them. I go through them for inspiration every chance I get. My name is Debbie Michael and would love a subscription to Knit Simple.
I like to sit back and read a magazine. I don’t have a portable doohickey so I would have to sit at my computer desk to read an online magazine.
I think the printed magazine is easier on my eyes.
Loretta
I love paper magazines because I like to be able to hold it and look at it.
Michel Espey
I love to hold a new magazine in my hands, look through it, and dream about all the things I’d love to knit, the yarn I’d love to squish, and the gadgets I’d love to own!! Digital can’t take the place of that new magazine smell!! And I certainly can’t read the patterns as well on a digital device!! I love my magaz
-Shama Dawson
I am Desireé Watkins and I love the tactile experience of turning the pages and ear-marking future projects 🙂
I love my magazines. I have saved every one since 1975. That is a lot of fiber magazines….
What a great giveaway! I love having the magazine patterns in print so that I always have them and can take them with me 🙂
Hi Vickie, I just LOVE you and your works, designs! I am knew to knitting and would LOVE LOVE LOVE a free subscription of KnitSimple! THANK YOU for the CHANCE!!! I don’t even have an e-reader or anything like that, so print would be my only way to go. SMILES JoAnn Dillon
I like printed patterns because it’s much easier to keep track of them. I bought a book reader, and am finding that I still would rather read real, hold-it-in-your-hand books. I can also flip through them much more quickly than with a book reader, they’ll stay on the page I open them to, and I can mark them up if I want. My books and patterns never have a battery quit and leave me unable to read, and they don’t flip to a different orientation if I don’t handle them carefully.
Johann Mitchell
I love to look at them over and over, I love the feel of books and magazines. I take one with me everywhere I go. They are so much easier to use when they are in paper form.
Thanks!
Angela Werner
Hey! I LOVE…no ADORE print magazines! Actually, I think I have an (un)healthy obsession with them. Every time I vow to not buy any more, a new edition comes out, and I MUST have it! I can’t help it. Long live the print magazine!
Nothing will ever replace the smell of a new magazine. It sits there on the counter, luring you in with it’s inky smell and shiny pages 🙂
Emily Caler
Hi,
My name is Janine Minch – I love to turn pages and flip back and forth. If it’s just text – my kindle is great – but for pictures and patterns – there’s nothing like the printed page – – – knit on – – –
This is Karen Lorentz. I love your magazine. Great style but not ridiculous! I bookmark so many patterns and have made a lot of them. Making the boatneck sweater from last issue right now.
Hi,
My name is Janine Minch – I love to turn pages and flip back and forth. If it’s just text – my kindle is great – but for pictures and patterns – there’s nothing like the printed page – – – knit on – – –
I save all my print magazines. Tastes change over the years and knitting knowledge grows. I just finished a cabled sweater from a very old mag that I would never have attempted back then.
Not easy to put post it notes on a screen! Thanks for doing this! April Boomershine
Call me old fashioned…there is nothing like glossy magazine pages.
Love to look at all the possibilities in a print magazine – even if I haven’t had time to knit, it is still eye candy and inspirational! Pat Canaday
I love my knitting magazine. If I am looking for a pattern or ideas I will page through some of the older magazine for inspiration.
They’re tangible! I’m a tactile person and magazines – real printed magazines – are tangible. Like my knitting and crocheting, I like to feel the textures, commune with the fibers and really get my hands into it. Please, please pick me! I would love to get my hands on a subscription to Knit Simple.
~ Barbara Fairchild ~
I love printed magazines because reading on a computer screen just isn’t the same as turning the pages of a magazine!
Thanks
Kim
i love knitting magazines, especially knit simple! i love getting them in the mail, it really brightens my day 🙂
cassandra briscuso
I love print magazines. I save them and put them in plastic sleeves. When knitting a project from them I photo copy the pattern so not to destroy the magazine. I love they way a magazine feels and the way I can flip back and forth pages at my speed. Thanks for the chance to win. Debra Czarnogursky
Hi Vickie,
I have bought issues of knitting mags for my I-Pad, but I definitely prefer my printed mags. The e-issues are nice but there is nothing like a printed mag. The details and colors are so important to me, and I think they are much better in print. I would love a print sub to Knit Simple!! I love that mag’s projects and style!!
Thanks much for the opportunity,
Betsy in the soggy Seattle suburbs
I love having a subscription to the magizines because I share a computer and can’t always have the online version. I spend hours pouring over the patterns
Robin D
Printed magazines are the bonbons of the publication world! Settling down with a printed magazine can be such a guilty pleasure.
Cynthia Smith
I love the freedom of having print magazines, I can carry them in my project bag and I don’t have to print any pages, especially color photos of the finished item.
Thanks for the chance!
kimberlybreid at hotmail dot com
Is it crazy of me to love the smell of books and magazines? A kindle has nothing on real books and literature you hold in your hand. Easy reference and having a hard copy on you at all times! : )
I love magazine subscriptions as you can enjoy every issue for years to come!!!
thanks for the chance in the giveaway
Deb Ramsay
Love the touch and feel of turning pages!
Love this magazine, I hope I win
Well, I am Annette Montanaro and i never had a knit magazine. I have been a knitter for about a year now, and learning how to read by watching lots of youtubes… =)) I would love to see what your magazine has or it would be easy to follow reading patterns… but i am also afraid, that is weird… to be afraid of following a written pattern..
Thank you for reading my post.. =))
I love print editions because the pictures seem better and not having to worry about computer or website crashes erasing a pattern I wanted to hang on to.
-Jackie French
Hi Vickie! I love magazines! Because you can “archive” and there is just something so special about pulling them out, sitting in the middle of the pile and walking back through time. It’s so fun to “rediscover” those old patterns 🙂
Erica A. Slauson
It is so much easier to cuddle up with a magazine and dream about what I am going to make next. Much harder to do with a computer!
I am Desireé Watkins. I love the tactile experience of turning the pages and ear-marking future projects! 🙂
I love print. As crunchy and green as I am, I have a very hard time reading digital. I can’t touch it. I can’t scribble mad notes all over it. I can’t scrunch it up into a ball and fling it against the wall when I am angry cuz I can’t figure out what I am supposed to do; and then laugh like the village idiot when my cat pounces on it. To paraphrase Stephen Fry, “Books (magazines) are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” This is Heather McKenzie
For me, nothing beats being able to hold the gorgeous glossy photography of styled garments in my hands. Thanks so much for the chance to win. Anne J-Z
As much as digital subscriptions cut down on paper clutter, the reading experience is much diminished. Holding a magazine, I am able to see the text and photo all at once – having to zoom or scroll is a bother.
Reading a knitting magazine on my tablet or on my PC somehow removes me from the experience of understanding a pattern.
Dawn V.
Bought my first Knit Simple because of the Vickie Howell knit a long shawl pattern. Now am waiting for July 24 to get the next one.
I’ll take hard-copy over digital any day — it’s easy to
store and take along in my knitting bag. And there’s nothing like the feel of the paper between your fingers, as you peruse the latest copy (or one you’ve saved for years) to find just-the-right article or pattern.
I love your magazine… and I can take the printed copy with me to share with others, getting them excited about your projects, too!
Lorie Konopka
i love print mags because i can take it with me where ever i go.. . i love to see the full magazine sized pics better then a digitized version.
Dear Vickie, I always anticipate the thrill of getting my Knit Simple magazine-then wait with will power for the evening when all is quiet and I turn down the covers, fluff up the pillows and spend a good hour enjoying every morsel-then drift off to sleep dreaming of my next knit project! Gotta love this magazine- I keep them forever!Debbie from NC
I think it is easier to read a print magazine–you don’t have to charge a magazine. Maybe I’m old-school, but I prefer print. Suzette Wilkes
I like having print versions of magazines so I can dog-ear and write on the patterns I like.
Vanessa Daniels
Hi Vikkie!! I’ve literaly just been reading about you in Lela Nargi’s book “Knitting Lessons” -spooky!!! I’ve just started buying knitting magazines, as I taught myself to knit a couple of years ago, and really want to get past scarves & wrist warmers!!
I love print magazines, every time I go into a bookstore, or to Walmart, I am always checking out the crochet and now knitting magazines, to the despair of my hubby! And getting a beautiful colourful magazine in my mailbox would for sure beat brown envelopes and bills!!
Happy stitching & good luck everyone!!
Steff Walker
Hi this is Laurie Brennick,
There’s nothing more exciting than opening my mailbox, expecting bills, and finding a colorful magazine just for me !!! Every issue brings something new that I can carry with me everywhere.
I’m so excited at the chance to win something I love so much.
Print versions of magazines are great for a number of reaons: it’s portable without having to worry about a glitch with technology; notes can be added for use later or another time; you know it is going to be where you put it unlike online where it’s possible for the company to go out of business or the technology to be no longer supported and finally…the print will not fade unlike some items that are printed on a home printer!
Thanks,
Denise Mangini
I’m Karen Bower. I love print magazines & save most of them! (Yeah, I need to weed!) They provide inspiration and fantasy-completed projects (in my mind). Flipping through a magazine excites my senses. A digital copy is good to print from. . . but I need my paper!!
I love getting mags in the mail. I am old fashioned I guess I still like reading books and mags the old fashioned way.:}
Thank you,
Sara Schuster
Reading knitting magazines reminds me of knitting with my Gramma when I was young. She always had a few knitting magazines and random printed patterns beside her knitting chair. I store all of my patterns electronically, but every once in a while, I like to buy a physical copy of a knitting magazine. This always brings back the feeling of sitting on the floor beside my Gramma’s chair while she knits and I flip through her latest knitting magazine.
Thanks for the chance! I look forward to each new issue.
Nothing beats the paper in front of u .
Holly W
there’s just something about actually holding, touching and flipping the pages that is exciting. also getting mail in your mail box makes you feel special. the pictures are also so much better!
My name is Sandie Drozdik. I love magazines in print. I’ve saved most of them for future reading and patterns. As my skill increases I can go back and find a pattern I maynot have had the skill at first.
I am in a family of six with only one computer to share! Without books and magazines to read and carry around with me, I wouldn’t get much accomplished, as far as knitting/crochet goes! Looking forward to next Knit Simple issue and Knit-Along!
Jami B.
I don’t have an e-reader, therefore no e-zines. :). Seriously, I did get one online magazine and only read one issue – the site was terrible and I had trouble printing patterns off. I’ll probably be one of the last paper subscribers someday!
Thanks for the contest!
Jules Shearer
I like printed knitting magazines so I can make printed copies of my patterns to put in my knitting bag with the project. I never, ever, have to think about whether it is charged or not either!
Tammy M
in this age of advance technology , how many times have you walked out the door without ..say your phone. well if i won a subscription i could put my current magazine in my bag of knitting which follows me just about every where ,even when i forgot and left my phone plugged into the charger at home.pick me,pickme!:)
Della Stone
I love printed magazine because the batteries can’t run out.
Katie Comer
I much prefer the printed version of magazines, books & newspapers. They are so much easier to read, and more enjoyable. As a retiree from a printing plant, I hate to see the decline of printed media. Magazines and books can be kept for years and referred to whenever desired. Thanks for the chance to win. Peggy Parks
Nothing compares to a physical print edition of a magazine for its portability, usefulness, convenience, and overall ambiance. I would not want to ever be without the tactile pleasure of print magazines (and books).
-Leisa Fobes
I don’t have worry about fitting to screen. I prefer flipping through actual pages over scrolling electronic ones. I look smarter with a shelf full of books and magazines. We have enough people losing their jobs, I want to keep printers in business.
I love print magazines because I can have my pattern anywhere and everywhere! (and I do take them everywhere!) It is especially nice when the power goes out!!!
It’s also fun to show them off!
Katrina Dixon
I like print magazines because I am old fashioned LOL. I love the textures, the smells, the way you can enjoy it with all your senses.
I like magazines because I can write notes on the pages. -Josephine
I really enjoy the feeling of being able to flip back and forth, scribble notations, and being able to leave it lying around so I can pick it up for inspiration anytime.
(goodstuff on Rav)
Knitting is my portable craft (as is crochet). While on my life adventures, our family (I’m the mother hen to four chicklets and partner to my penguin) does not watch television. Funny though, it was television (and the blessed Knitty Gritty with a spunky red head), that brought me to knitting. Since we do not watch the black box of boredom and endless munching, we do other things….like garden, hike, bicycle, fly kites, play board games, go camping, dream of kayaking, and laze about with books and magazines. A knitting magazine is a portable piece of propaganda, used by me to influence the masses (or just a friend), that hand knits are not only worthy, but better than anything else. How can I spread the love of stitch by stitch happiness without a compilation of another’s joyous art bestowed upon 80+ pages of glossy greatness? A magazine can travel in the car with you, never needs charging, can be used as a learning tool, a fly swatter, and an umbrella….and yet conveys information through picture and word that is frozen upon the pages in masterpieces. I don’t want to win a subscription, I want you to donate a subscription for me. Donate the subscription to a Boys and Girls Club, or an outreach youth group, so that the love of hand crafting with yarn is passed on, shared, and loved.
Hi Vickie! I like printed magazines stuff because I knit while curled up in my recliner. When knitting the easy parts, I flip through the magazine to read the editorial and tutorial content. Very fun. I even have knitting magazines from the 80’s that I still go through!
Cathy Brose
cathy@threadbenders.com
I am a magazine junkie from way back. My house is full of books and old magazines. I have a large selection of old crochet magazines but I am new to knitting so would love to start a knitting magazine collection as well. I actually was lucky to just recently be given some knitting magazines dating back to the early fifties and sixties that were my Aunt’s who was the one to first teach me to crochet when I was a young girl. I will always be one to buy the actual print as long as it stays available. Love magazines!
Vonciele Slack
I really love the KnitSimple magazine. Last year, I had a subscription to it, but due to my unemployment I am not able to purchase a subscription this year. I have been buying it at the store. Would love to win a subscription. It it a great resource and I look thru all of them frequently for ideas. I am a slow knitter as I have several ufo’s (knit, cross-stitch, etc.) It goes with the territory when you have a 7 y.o. daughter who is always vying for your attention. Keep up the fantastic publication!
wonderful magazine and there are always great ideas and tips. i wait anxiously for it to com out each time and would love to win a copy it would be a real pick me up in a touch few months. thanks Barbara Penatzer
Opening a magazine seems to take me back to my childhood and that first excitement of holding something special in your hand that is new and all yours!! Where ever I go a magazine goes with me to accompany my knitting.
Liza
I love print magazines – especially craft ones. Have a whole room full of knitting and cross stitch magazines. I sit and read them all the time for inspiration for my next project or just to relax and zone out for awhile.
Can have many open at once – spread all over the floor – to compare ideas.
Linda Rumsey
I prefer printed patterns because they travel better, I can write on them and I like having them in my hot little hands!
I like real magazines for knitting and crochet, because then I can actually have them with me and I don’t have to worry about connectivity issues or battery dying or even a virus attacking my system.
Print magazines are great. Not only do I read them, but so does my 6 year old daughter. It brings us both together more and we share a common interest in each and every design. I love sitting down to read one of my print magazines, because soon after my daughter grabs a copy from the stack and is soon joining in, even making comments about one design or another and getting excited when she finds something she just has to make. The latest design is a rather cute teddy bear in a little jacket. It just isn’t the same on the touchpad.
Sharon B. from Australia
Hi Vicki!
My name is Rebecca Hunt. I love magazines, books, maps, and anything that is print! That’s because I am a librarian. So it is quite natural for me to enjoy the feel of a new magazine or book in my hands. While I am a part of the digital world with e-readers and such; nothing can take the place of receiving my knitting magazines and other print materials in the mail. It is so exciting, personal and comforting.
I love to cozy into my favorite knitting chair with my favorite cup filled with Earl Grey tea and delight in each and every word of Knit Simple magazine. The patterns are always displayed in vibrant, hip colors and exciting yarns and entice me to start knitting them immediately. There is something for every knitter; from the novice to the advanced.
I love magazines, it is fun to leaf through the page, having dog eared pages. Thanks for the giveaway!
Joan Brown
I will always buy Knit Simple in the printed form because I take it with me many places, use post-it notes to mark favorite pages, and write in it. I love how my favorite issues get that well-loved look about them having gone any places with me and been flipped through many times. My Knit Simple magazines get treated with respect and claim a place on my bookshelves in cardboard magazine holders! That allows me to look at my lovely collection and get inspired!
Knit Simple magazine is the only knitting magazine I buy anymore! I love that the patterns are just that, Simple! And because of that, knitting can continue to be a stress reducing activity for me! And I want to finish my projects in a reasonable amount of time. For all these reasons, I love Knit Simple magazine, especially in print form!
Suzanne Darrah
There are just some things that need to be in print, and knitting magazines are one of them! There’s something about flipping through each page, seeing all the ads, tagging all the patterns I want to make…Thanks for the chance to win!
Kimberly Yue
Digital is great, really. But, if like me, you will knit when the power is out despite 100 degree weather and thunder storms and humidity to die from, then the fabulousness of paper rules.
Lenore HOpkins AKA Thistledown54
Hi from Patti Anne Baldassaro! I love getting print craft magazines, because that means it’s me time, add a cup of tea and it’s heaven.
I love everything about print magazines! I love having all those patterns in one place, all the beautiful pictures, and the fun articles!
I love holding magazines in my hands, turning the pages, folding down the corners. Can’t get that experience from a tablet. Plus, it’s always nice to get a magazine in the mail. Makes me feel special.
I feel EXACTLY THE SAME WAY! The fun of receiving the mail is opening the “surprises”.
I love knitting magazines because you just can’t beat real deal pictures! So inspiring! Sitting down with a knitting magazine is like sitting down with a good book.
Sarah F., Fort Lauderdale
I am an Instructor at a Craft Store and like taking in old magazines to help them imagine what they might do. This stretches their imagination and helps them love the art of knitting as much as I do.
Julia Schreib – I love written instructions and the beautiful photographs. Articles on method and history of knitting make it like the cake after a great meal.
I have an iPad & iPod Touch, but I have yet to read a magazine on one of them. I LOVE to flip through pages the old fashioned way and LOVE receiving my very own magazine in the mail. I don’t love to create waste, though. I save all of my knitting magazines so I’m not creating waste. All other magazines I take to our local library so others can pick them up for their own use (I hope they’re recycled later). Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome gift!!! Stephanie Gordon (stephi_gordon@yahoo.com)
The printed magazine is easy to mark up, tag, haul around, and refer to as often as you like without it being a major deal.
Meegan I.
I find that I use my printed magazines more than the digital version. I like the conveinence of digital but having a stack by the bed for nighttime perusing is just fun.
I like mag subscrips because it’s like giving yourself a gift every month and you never know what’s under the cover. The best part… You can pass them on to family and friends!
Cathy
this is a wonderful giveaway!!!
I absolutely LOVE this magazine!!!!
I have a rubbermaid container where I save knitting and crohet magazines, I love being able to take them out and re-read them anytime I want. PLUS, I’ve been able to help people that have been searching for past issues!! :o)
Angelina Glass
bella_italiana@carolina.rr.com
http://www.mrsglass.etsy.com
I love the surprise of finding the new issue of my favorite printed magazines in the mailbox. I can set it aside, then take my time to relax, browse and savor. It’s a special treat!
Thanks,
Nicole Esposito
I like having a paper archive, with pages I’m able to flip through and bookmark!
Personally, I like that the patterns are themed. If I’m looking for a bunch of variations on mittens at Christmas time, all I need to do is go to the store and grab a new winter knitting magazine…chances are there will be several pairs in there. When it comes to books, there are few I still keep, but that’s a sapce issue. Magazines, on the other hand, my other half will attest that I hold on to every copy I’ve ever bought. He would know. He helped me move them twice this year already with one more coming on. “Knit Simple” is actually my favorite, because the patterns are easy enough for any level, and yet always pretty, always nice, always good as gifts. And, their definition of “plus size” is true to form in their patterns…unlike many other magazines.
Jennifer Houle
julie bauer here! i did the shawl knit along… first one to post my finish.. i love the magazine!! in print is so much easier for me to follow since my husband has this laptop playing poker all the time..lol.. love ya vickie!!xo
the batteries do not wear out….
In the age of so much digital I love the feel of a magazine. I also can follow the pattern easier in a printed magazine.
Larissa Goff
I like to sit when I have a few minutes to my self and enjoy looking over a magazine. Rereading articles and marking which patterns I want to do first and which one to save for latter. I am visual so I like looking at pictures.
I would to win this magazine because I have done a couple of the KALs with you on Ravelry.
Teresa Coats
Knit Simple reminds me of Knit.1, good patterns without crazy techniques…
Plus, who doen’t like to get snail mail that isn’t a bill; it is like a present!
I love magazines and to feel the pages and to mark them with post it notes!
I like print magazines because I like holding it in my hand. If I were to find a pattern that I like in a digital magazine, I’d have to print it out and file it somewhere. Then I’d forget where I filed it or lose it altogether. Magazines have a special storage spot in my studio.
I like paper magazines because they are easier to work from than a computer screen. My name is Debbie Hallamek. Thanks!
I like print because there is something special about holding it and turning the pages.
Thanks for the chance to win a subscription.
Kathrynn Polfer
kathrynnpolfer(at)gmail(dot)com
My name is Michelle Davidson.
I love paper magazines because I love sharing after I’m done with them. And I like ripping out the pages to put in project books.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I like to keep copies of magazines or I keep the pages in a binder. I don’t have to print what I want.
This is really a no-brainer…knitting is a very tactile craft, and magazines can be viewed, reviewed, flipped. The ink smell, the feel of the magazine paper, the bright colors, the ads for new stuff, and the feel of a personally addressed gift every month. LOVE IT! By the way, my name is Jenny Blew
My real name is maria eads
I love printed magazines (especially crafting ones) because they last forever. my favorite one is a magazine I found that is from 1970. Goodhousekeeping needlecraft. It was the summer edition, and it had knitted bathing suits. While those may not be so hot, the other things in there would be increadibly hot. Full length wool summer dresses, and jackets. The magazine is awesome though, it also has a tutorial for making a kits safari.
I still like magazines as hardcopy. There’s something about turning the pages, seeing photos full size. And I don’t have to fiddle with a printer when I want to hold on to something in my files. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I Sarah Feczer still love print mags because, there is something about holding it in your hands. Besides, having a digital pattern means your computer needs to be right next to you and print mags are very portable! No electricity required!
Hi Vicki…I did comment but can’t find it…I love magazines/books…I do not own a Kindle or reader of any sort nor do I really want one. I prefer magazines/books instead. Nothing can replace turning a real page…putting marks/comments in the margins…I love the magazine..it’s the only knitting one I buy…thank you for this chance…Ann Kinderknecht
I like my technology, but when it comes to knitting patterns, I want paper in my hands. I can still have my patterns even if there were no power or battery available. (I watch too much SciFi stuff!!!! lol)
I like printed because it is mobile. You can bring with you even when you might not have electic access. If you travel it is gret to look at (as I usually travel by train). I can circle the number for the sizes and the items belonging to a particular project.
While I enjoy reading a good book on my Nook, my magazines must be printed — MUST! There’s nothing like holding a magazine in your hand and easily being able to flip all around… and with knitting magazines, it’s a TRIPLE must!
I still like printed mags because I can see the whole page at once. On my e-reader I have to blow up pdfs in order to read the text, but then I can’t see the whole page. Not to mention I don’t have to worry about the battery running out!
Sarah Duehr
I still prefer printed magazines and books. Now that I am getting older, I usually have to adjust the print size on my electronic device, but I never have to adjust a magazine! Thanks for the giveaway!
Susan Ginter
Hi, Vicki!
I would LOVE the chance to win a subscription for Knit Simple, this is Linda Yuen! I enjoy hard copies of magazines and books because I enjoy flipping through them and going back and forth rather than flicking online.
Love technology for research but still prefer the printed page for reading. A magazine can be read in the tub, doesn’t run out of juice, is easier to bookmark, and doesn’t cost hundreds of dollars to replace!!
My middle-aged eyes find that they can pick up more detail from the printed page, particularly on photos of knitted items. I love e-mags, but usually find myself wishing that I could look at the project photos on an actual printed page.
Thank you for the giveaway!
Debbie Dawson
I love my craft magazines. I also love my Nook, but I don’t like it for my craft magazines. I like to keep my magazine with the project I’m working on, and no way can I afford to have a Nook for every project I have going.
I have a bunch of old Workbasket magazines from before I was born. I snatch them up whenever I find one. Maybe one day after I’m gone someone will be excited to find my old KnitSimple magazine, and enjoy knitting a “retro project”
Amy Mitchell
Roanoke VA
My name is Yvette Masullo and the terrific thing about real print is that: 1) it is scannable so you CAN keep it in your tech gadget (I use Dropbox to keep all my files so wherever I find myself, I can find my patterns and buy what I need), 2) it is tactile, and as a high school teacher to young men with learning issues, I have always professed that tactility is part of learning and being able to handle something does just that, 3) what’s better than drifting off to sleep while browsing though your magazine and thinking of the wonderful things you might make…and hopefully falling asleep this way plants the seeds of ideas in your mind so you can dream new ideas!.
Obviously, as many have said, a print magazine is a terrific thing to keep on your shelf as a reference and a source of inspiration!
I love printed magazines because I do most of my reading and knitting on my lunch hour at work.
I love magazines. I love being able to page through them and hold them in my hands. The computer is just not the same.
Sarah DeSalvo
I love to look through the pages on the newsstand and see the potential projects. At home, I love to look through old magazines to find a new project or see different ways of combining different patterns and projects together to create an individual garment.
Hi, Jillian Mitchell here, and I still love paper magazines because there is just something about that tangible paper. I can dog ear, tear out, highlight, clip coupons anything I want.
Hi Vicki,
From a fellow Texan, as much as I love finding info about new yarns and patterns on the internet, I usually head to my stash of well-flagged magazines for inspiration.
Heidi Crockett
I still like printed mags because I started knitting from them. My mom used to help me read the patterns and now we swap magazines. I love snuggling up and getting lost in the patterns I want to make and I keep pages of the mags for idea boards.
i appreciate technology….but there is nothing like flipping through REAL pages of crafty awesomeness!
I still love paper magazines. You can curl up with them. I don’t have to worry about technical problems arising.
melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com
I LOVE the total mag experience! I have to have the thing in my hand, to hold and feel the crisp new pages, to smell that lovely ‘new mag’ smell, to quickly flick through while the kettle boils, then, when I’ve got my cup of hot steaming tea, to toddle off and read the darn’ thing from cover to cover, all the while drooling and planning just what I’m going to make THIS time!! Thanks for the opportunity to do those very things…SOON!!!
Hi Vickie, love to save magazines to read again and again, especially anything to do with knitting, they inspire me to try out different patterns and ideas. Moira Callan.
Hi Vickie,
That is so generous of you to give out 3 free subscriptions for the magazine. I have had a passion for knitting since I was 6 years old when my mum started showing me how to knitted (she was a great knitter too). I love printed magazines and patterns because you can carry them around with you whenever you need the pattern and you know that you will always find it again if you need it. I have whole stacks of knitting magazines and patterns (some of them quite old in fact) but I cannot get myself to throw them out even though some of them are out of fashion now.
So thank you once again for this opportunity.
Regards
Anna Baldacchino
I love flipping through print magazines and marking pages. I’ll tear out what I want to keep. Print is far superior to electronic. Also, the printed page never “times out” or goes to sleep (although I do). Delores
Real magazines rock! You can read them in bed until you fall asleep, share with friends, rip out pages of inspiration and at this point a real mag is nostalgic! Remember the day….
Great blog.
Wendy Booth
Printed is always better, it needs no charge, batteries, it is available to look at even years later when I want a pattern to look at and then knit. I even can touch the glossy pages!
Ann Bertling
It’s always good to challenge yourself. Sometimes when I’m between projects I feel the need to squeeze in something different. Flipping through the mag so often results in success when I find just the perfect “thing”.
Hi, my name is Sue Drzewiecki and I’d much rather the real print…it’s so much easier to keep track of where you are in the pattern. I’m new to knitting, I’ve been crocheting for at least 40 years, and am looking for new “simple” patterns to help me learn. Hope I win!
Hi,
I’m learning to knit. So far, I’ve completed 2 projects: a scarf and a pair of socks. I will love to receive this beautiful magazine.
Thank you for this giveaway.
Francine Couture
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Canada
My name is Bonnie Bachman and have been a knitter for several years. I love thunbing thru my new knitting magazines as soon as they come in the mail. I take my time , go thru every page and always find a new supplier, a new knitting hint, a new variety of yarn. There is nothing like the printed word!
Would love to win a subscription.
Candy Wilke
I love printed magazines because you get a really good idea from the pictures how the finished piece/s will turn out and gives good ideas for other colour way/s. Love to read also and love pictures of items. Jowyn Jenson
Ah, printed patterns. A magazine presents you with styles and techniques you might have missed by searching online for something. Creativity sparks when you borrow something from a sweater pattern to use in a scarf or afghan! Karen Severn
I love having the printed mag and often sit down and browse through them for inspiration. And this mag is my favorite of all!! My son wanted to buy me a kindle and I said no, I love my bound and printed books and mags. Call me old fashioned…
schwipknits@gmail.com
I have started to knit from english patterns and tha´t language is not my first language.
I like to have patterns on a paper because it`s much easier to understand.
elainesbild@yahoo.se
My name is Schahara Wise and I love the feel of a magazine in my hand
I need simple as I have just come back to knitting after an absence of 30+ years….
Barbara Cobb
OH MY GOSH! There are SOOO many entries here, I won’t stand a chance – BUT for the lucky ones, be sure to look for a zippy decorated tape measure by AllAboutTheButtons – my friend and an accomplished knitter! The tapes are decorated with fabric and buttons, and a PERFECT size to carry in your knitting bag!!!
Would love to be selected as a winner, and send congrats to those that are!
My name is Lennette Daniels. I love print magazines because I like to read them a lot. I highlight stuff I like, put tabs on patterns I want to try and share it with loved ones later.
Love printed magazines! I love to have it in my hands and I love the visuals, the full page is so entertaining. I can pick the magazine up and put it down whenever I want.
Laura Buffone
I love to leaf through my knitting magazine to get ideas for my next project. I dont have to go in with any ideas in mind like I would if I was to do a search online.
Who doesnt like printed magazines? The pictures and articles and just having it in your hands to look through. Thanks for doing the giveaway!
Beth Walker
I love curling up with a knitting magazine, a cup of tea, and my yarn and knitting needles close by. It is great to re-visit older issues to find overlooked projects or ideas that I have forgotten about, and so much fun to read new issues about current knitters, new ideas, unusual techniques…..
While I enjoy how the computer has broadened our horizons, it is more enjoyable to me to hold a magazine or book in my hands–that will never get old.
Would LOVE a subscription—-thanks for sharing!
Oh my how in the world can I expect to win this wonderful magazine. Yes, like everyone else said there is nothing better than a real item held in your hand and not a electronic picture that is so small. I am 71 and have knitted and crocheted since I was a child. Miriam Stewart
I love print magazines! I read them, ooh and ahh over them, use them to imagine my new projects, and then share them with my knitting group. There is nothing better than hearing a member say,
“Look at the new magazine I got today”… believe me, we all perk up in anticipation as it gets passed around the table. The fall 2012 issue of Knit Simple looks especially inviting … can’t wait to see it.
Patti Hall patriciaphall@aol.com
I love the Knit Simple Magazine. I love referring back to past issues for inspiration.
Karen Mollung
Medford, MA
What a great giveaway, I love to knit and I know quite alot about it, but I am always up to learn whats new. I love to find new patterns which are in “Fashion”. I really hope I can win, and thanks for this superb giveaway.
My real name is Alessandra
I love printed magazines for many reasons:
– I’m very excited when a magazine is in my mailbox. That makes me feel happy because I know I’ll find a time for me to rest while reading;
– You can take printed magazines anywhere;
– Printed magazines would never be out of battery 😀
Greetings from Brazil!
I love print magazines for so many reasons. I can pick them up whenever, take them any where. I just love the feel of flipping through pages of a magazine. I am a sewist and just beginning to start knitting. Thanks for the giveaway! – Jessica Miller
I love paper magazines because the pictures are so much clearer and colorful than in a digital issue. So magazines are really the only thing that I buy in hard copy anymore.
Karey Westfall
PS. I would love to win! Knit Simple is one of my favorite magazines!
I like the printed magazines because I forget about them if they are on my computer and plus it is just easier for me to flip through them. Thanks for the giveaway. Julie Pavey
Barbara Grenier
I have loads of magazines, mostly crochet, but I am attempting to learn to knit and this would be great. I have none on my Kindle. At this time, anyway.
Would love to receive the magazine. I still like “in print” patterns best and there is nothing quite like a new knitting magazine to thumb through/
Darla Martin
I can grab a magazine to read anywhere, no battery charging or WiFi necessary. And this is *THE* knitting magazine that inspires me at a skill level I can enjoy.
I would love to have this book in my collection of knitting…thank u…
I love getting magazines in the mail. Looking at the projects in print get me so inspired to make the items. I have a big collection of patterns to make many things. Joyce Hancock
As one knitting needle in the haystack, I would love to receive this Knit Simple magazine subscription. Then, maybe I can find more time to knit, too!!
My name is Karen Boehlert and my email is kboehlert@earthlink.net
Thank you 🙂
I love a rainy day and curling up on my bed with lots of pillows and a stack of knitting magazines. Nothing could be be cozier or more relaxing.
greyowl (ravelry id)
My Name is Joanne Mohr,
Call me old fashioned but I love printed magazines. Not only do you get wondeful patterns, but all the other articles, yes even the adds. I look at my magazine over and over again. I have them on a shelf and pull them down to look at. Get ideas or plant that seed for an idea to form.Can you really take an computer into the bathroom and soak in the tub.
what a great giveaway!!
I love to hold a magazine, feel it in my hands! I enjoy reading lots of pages at once or just flipping through casually just to get ideas and inspiration! I can read it anywhere I like, not just sitting on my laptop! Thank you!!
Denise Kourkoulou
nami_rhys@hotmail.com
I love print magazines for the same reason I love knitting: the tactile experience of holding something in your hands. I love to turn the slick pages. There’s just something about curling up with a cup of tea and a magazine with beautiful photos and great articles and patterns. Nothing beats it.
Jessica Messerschmitt
Cincinnati, OH
I love the smell of printed paper while flipping through the pages. Plus you can carry it wherever you want…
Elpida Touventzidou
‘Real’ magazines make me happy. I can take them to bed with me (and if I happen to fall asleep whilst reading they don’t hurt the body as much as a computer does) AND it’s a whole lot safer taking them in the bathtub (because I tend to fall asleep in there too!).
Thank you for a chance to win!
Cheers
Mary Anne (Richardson)
My name is Kathryn Kelly. Welllllll……
I have snacked on sample e-offerings of current knitting books and magazines. The screen size usually interferes with readable print size. Also, gadgets are great for reading novels and non-fiction content that do not have pictorial support; pictures and offset text boxes often become detached from the main article text on electronic reading devices.
When I use my Nook Tablet, I can ‘Feel the Power’; but that electronic interface separates me from the human touch. For example: I could never wonder at my grandmother’s machine made stitches because the technology creates a barrier between my grandmother and me. (Wow, look at this machine stitching!)
I have seen and touched the hand stitching and hand quilting stitches that were made by a grandmother that I never knew. Her hand made stitches and my interaction with them transcends the time barrier and our separation.
E-publishing has its limitations; and it cannot mimic the creativity offered in print magazines and books.
I love my magazines. I have eye problems and find that following patterns on a printed page much easier to follow. I own a iPad , but I don’t subscribe to any e mags at all.
I prefer holding a real book or magazine in my hand . My name I Pat Morris.
I love real magazines because I find it easier to go back and forth if I don’t understand directions. For some reason, things are clearer to me in print.
Hi, I’m Lorie Ehmer. I love magazines because I love to hold on to what I’m reading and turn the pages. I keep all my crafting magazines so that I can refer back to a project in them whenever I want to.
computers are fun but nothing compares to real printed magazines and books,blogs are wonderfull and useful but give me paper any day.I really appreciate this give away chance one because it is a magazine and two I am new to knitting this would be a big help and motivater.Thank-you very much for the chance.Becky
derry04@yahoo.com
Hiya! My name is Ella Shurr, and I still love printed magazines!
I have many reasons, but in terms of knitting patterns, I like the fact that you don’t have to worry about recharging the battery of your magazine. Also, despite e-readers best efforts, I still feel the visible area of a magazine is bigger than and e-reader. Less scrolling to look at the entire page with your pattern.
Also, there is something to be said about holding the magazine in your hand while browsing through patterns. It just doesn’t feel quite the same scrolling through the magazine on your computer or e-reader.
Hi! I’m Laura Hughes and I like printed magazines because I can touch and feel them as well as read them. I’m slowly getting into digital, but I’m a slow learner and I still go to my trusted print magazines! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I have lost everything on my computer before, love having something real to look at and go back to whenever I want.
My name is Debbie Meredith and I still love print magazines because they don’t take batteries and I can sit in the sun and read them with no glare issues.
I love craft magazines!!I can read them before going to sleep and at the bus while I travel to work!
Eva Kasapi
evankass@gmail.com
My name is Carmen. I love printed magazines because I don’t have a smart phone or tablet and it’s much easier to carry magazines around the house to where I want to work than to haul the laptop.
Hi, I am Heather Koncz, and I love the printed page, LOL. So a subscription to Knit Simple would be a treat. Thanks for the chance.
Hi, My name is Linda Grow and I love to have magazines. I do so much better with something I can pick up and turn this way and that until I understand what is going on. If I have to I can scan it and enlarge it,if I really like it I can gift it to a friend. There are just so many many different things you can do with a magazine. I have magazines that I have had for 10+ years and I get them out just to look at them and reread the articles again. I just love magazines.
Ros W.
I love printed magazines. I can just flip through them on my down time easily! roswriting at gmail.com
I love print because it is portable for me. I don’t own a smart phone/kindle/iPad and I don’t plan on doing so any time soon. But mostly I love print because just because it CAN be electronic, doesn’t mean that is SHOULD be electronic!
Angie Brown
Minneapolis
My name is Ruth Dejam. The reason I like magazines in printed form is the same reason I like books in printed form. I like the smell, look, and feel of a new magazine that I’ve been anticipating coming in the mail or see when I walk by the magazine rack in a store. I like flipping through pages with my hands, sitting comfortably whereever I feel like it in whatever position I want and taking it with me so I can pick up supplies or show a friend something that’s in it. As much as I like the digital world, I don’t want to give up printed materials.
Knitting magazines for me are a guilty pleasure. I don’t NEED them, but I love them! As much as I enjoy having access to patterns on-line, there is no substitute for lying in bed and reading a brand new knitting magazine. Just love it.
Funny — It is KnitSimple that i have been buying most recently. I would read about your KAL on-line and then have to have the issue. I have enjoyed each and every one.
Diane Baldwin
I love print knit magazines because it’s so much easier to write notes in the margines and track where i am in the pattern!
Love this magazine.
~Annina DeLeo
I’m Megan Echterling and I still love to get real print magazines because I don’t own tech things and I print out any online patterns anyway. I also love the other features in the magazines like the new knitting gadgets (ooohhhh.) and tips/techniques. For some reason they don’t do the same thing for me online!
I do love print magazines as they are so easy to use and reuse and share!
I’d love to win a subscription to Knit Simple!
Wendy Lozier—- knitaholic from Colorado!
There is nothing better than anticipating a new issue and then going to your mail box to find that new copy! I love when I get the latest copy of a magazine and you can read it over and over! I love that you can still make notes in your copy without having to print it out. With each project bag I have you can always find the magazine that the pattern is in, they are very portable. I love still getting printed magazines, might be a while until I convert books to e-readers!-Thanks for the chance to win!-Kate M, PA
I’m a novice knitter, so I can only aspire to make some of the wonderful items in this magazine. Love it!
There’s nothing quite like flipping through the actual pages of an actual magazine! It’s so great to keep a collection of them and have all that inspiration and knowledge in easy reach!
Megan Patton
Hi Vickie, my name is Sue Powers and I love turning pages and the feel of the paper in my hands. Plus the fact that I don’t have any gadgets means I need a magazine to sit and pour over while I’m on break at work planning my next project.
I love that magazine! Dawn Cheairs in CO.
Ruth Ann Jones is my name and I always want to have the option of written materials IE: magazines and books. I have all the latest electronic devises as to reading purposes but there is still nothing like a magazine or book. I can keep them in a glass cabinet for years and keep them for future generations.
I am Amanda Kuehl! I love printed magazines because I am fairly new to knitting so I find I do alot of flipping to other pages to refer to stitch guides or how to’s which are usually found in the back section of the magazines. I also tend to have a couple projects on the go and go being able to mark the pages and just flip around makes things alot easier for me.
Thanks for this giveaway. I love going to the mailbox and getting a knitting magazine. It is like getting a little gift every month.
Cheryl Clemons
My name is Debra Slaughter – I love Knit Simple and so happy to see that you’ve joined forces with Bernat !
Hi this is Kim Price. I like digital for that instant gratification, but still love paging through a good magazine. You never know what the next page will have!
Reading in the bathtub!
Hi, Vickie! I’m Kristi Bunn and I think you are incredible. I love knitting magazines in print especially because i can take them with me to peruse whenever I have a minute out somewhere waiting for kids, etc. Plus, I can have a pattern accessible to work on out and about. They’re also fun to share with my crafty buddies. Thanks for your work.
My name is Emily Marshall. I still get print magazines because I love taking a long bath while I read each article and check out each pattern.
My Name is Stacy Cervantes. I still like to get printed pattern magazines, because it’s nice to see new, fresh ideas that go along with the season. As the years and seasons change, so does our taste in yarn projects!
I am Gabrielle Bradley, I love REAL magazines and books because I’m old school, heck , I’m old!! Best thing about reall mags, no batteries, no wires! I love lying on the couch, glass of wine in one hand magazine in the other!!!
I also just love the ease of having a magazine, it travels well, sometimes just love to look at the mags for ideas, have huge collection of them!
I’m Liz Marino, and I love print for a ton of reasons: dog ears and sticky notes allow me to mark both articles AND advertisments; the colors in the magazine look the same in all the magazines, not different on every monitor; knitting and book/magazine-reading are both touch-sensitive activities; the visual layout of print is a beautiful art that is rarely reproduced on e-readers… I could go on and on! Thanks for this contest!
My name is Pat Trivett. I would love a subscription. A magazine is different from a book. I love my Nook for books but for knitting I prefer a magazine. I copy my patterns and mark them up all I want as I go along. If I need to make a special comment in the margin I can.
Hi! I’m Abigail Miller. I love my printed knitting books and magazines (and other books too!) because I find it easier to follow and mark up print patterns. There’s something about handwriting notes that helps me remember things better. Even if I get patterns online, I always end up printing them off so I can make my notes.
My name is Shanna Trim. I love printed magazines because, unlike electronic options, I can make notes right there in the margin. 🙂
I like to photocopy the patterns that I’m working on so I can enlarge them or make notes on them, and keep the original magazine intact. Just try putting your iPad onto a xerox machine. Lots of luck!!
I’m Cheryl Phillips! I like printed patterns because it’s easier to follow and mark as I go. Thank you!
I still love print magazines because you can keep them forever, make notes on them, hold them in your hand when you read it.
I am new to knitting, and I am a visual learner, so print magazines are a great help. I am also an avid reader, so there are many books and magazines at my house! I would love to win a subscription to this great magazine. Thanks. Donna Kowalski
I still like to slip a print magazine in my purse and/or knitting bag to enjoy at those spare moments. I like to dog-ear the corners of ‘future projects’ and other inspiring articles.
Hi, Vicki..
Thanks for the opportunity to win a subscription. I love magazines. Being the tactile person I am, the act of holding and reading a magazine is much for inspiring that the internet.
My fingers are crossed that I win this subscription.
Thanks, Pamela Kay
Kirkland, WA
I love print magazines because I love to share! I always pass on my magazines after I’ve read them, or bring them with me to show family and friends a certain article or pattern. 🙂
Chrystal Corliss
I love the feeling when you turn the page of a printed magazin and i always make notes between the lines.
Bye
Sarah Prieur
Germany
My name is Lori Koenen, and I love holding the magazine in my hands, as I flip through the pages, fold over corners of favorites, and I dream about my possible creations!
My name is Sarah Taylor. I loooove my print knitting magazines. It’s so relaxing to flip through them in bed right before sleep and imagine all the beautiful things I can make after my next WIP is done. I also like seeing the latest products and techniques. Online magazines are great, but aren’t we all on the computer enough?
Whitney Joondeph here. I prefer print patterns because I can’t stuff my laptop into a project bag (or four).
Hi Vickie! My name is Elizabeth Jones. I still enjoy print magazines because I am not allowed to have electronic devices at work. I work in a call center. We can read printed books and magazines but no ereaders are allowed due to the ability to store sensitive information on them.
Hello – Love Magazines!! Especially ones that are useful and not just full of expensive clothes I can’t afford!! One that would allow me to make “expensive-looking” items is even better. Thank you,
~teri denault
My name is Candace and I keep all my patterns in print! You never know when your electronic device may fail, you don’t have room for your laptop, or you don’t have access to WIFI for online patterns. I love having everything organized and magazines do just that!
Love, love, love knitting magazines…so much fun every single month
Reading a real print magazine is the perfect way for me to completely “unplug” from my ultra-connected daily life.
Thanks for sharing this opportunity with us!
-Robin Six
I have a collection of printed knitting magazines dating from the 1960s and even earlier. I treasure them and often turn to them when I need inspiration for new projects. Not only can old patterns be updated, but most magazines contain at least a couple of classic, timeless styles. ~ Cathy Reef
Hello,
My name is Irene Sabahat Sun, and I just love printed magazines. I can flip through them slowly and rest my eyes, keep it with me at all times without fearing to damage my electronics. Hope I can win cause I can’t afford Knit Simple. 🙁 The USD rate is too high in Istanbul and I’m unable to buy it.
Hey, I’m Kymm, and I love the printed word, whether it’s a magazine or a book. There’s nothing like having a cozy night in bed with something to read, and no gadget, however advanced, can ever replace the pleasures of paper and ink.
There is nothing like curling up on a rainy afternoon with a bunch of knitting magzines to look for a new project or just plain inspiration. You can’t fall comfortably fall asleep with a computer on your chest, but a magazine is great to wake up and find there.
Mary Fairchild
I love having the actual printed copy as I like to page through it over and over and over again! :o)
Great giveaway!
Laura Foran
Hi Vickie. I love to knit. I print from the computer,but when I turn over my tea (Usually with help from the cat or the dog)then my pattern is gone and I have to try to remember where it came from or start over with some other pattern! With a magazine the directions stay clear and the pictures always look nice!
Jane Fitzgerel
I still love magazines because of the tactile response I have to marks on paper. . . . and the lovely printed pictures. . . . I can spend hours leafing through old issues looking at patterns. Susan Marble
I love to flip through pages and look at the photos and the patterns. The articles and columns are great to keep around. Even the advertising is great, it let’s meet know what is new out in the knitting world.
Jill Aurand
You can take them camping! Plus, since we are so often using screens and computers for work, hardcopy books and printed magazines are like a true leisure experience 🙂
Kirsty Fahlander
Working part-time and studying full-time means that I spend a LOT of time on the computer. I love paper magazines because I love the tactile aspect of it – it’s much more tangible than looking at patterns in an online edition. Plus, in an electronic edition, I can’t add sticky notes that indicate patterns I want to make or notes with changes I would make!
-Ellen Paulley
Canada
Hi
My name is Stephanie House and as a be knitter, I learn best from printed magazine. I have tried other thing, but nothing compares to magazines. I would love to win so that I can broaden my skills.
Thank you!
I love that I can take a magazine anywhere with me and it never looses a charge like an ereader.
-Jenessa Keller
jennifer aladegbami…..and the reason i still love printed magazines is because, i’m old school baby
Hi my name is Karen Stein I love print magazines for many reasons.
01. It is exciting to open the mailbox and find something in there just for me. That isn’t a bill.
02. There is something very comfortable about being able to curl up on the couch and flip through the pages.
03. I love the glossy pages.
04. I love to see the all lined up on the bookcase in my craft room. I know that I can pick them up and find insperation.
05. I can still read one on a airplane when all electronics must be turned off.
06. I can take it to the beach or pool and not have to worry about someone stealing it. If it gets alittle wet oh well it will dry.
07. It is something almost everyone can afford.
Thanks for making this offer possible Knit Smiple is my favorite knitting magazine.
Hi
my name is Britta Kuempers. I prefer printed magazines as they are just a lot more comfy to read, if it is on the train or on the sofa. I find that with digital magazines I mostly only look at the patterns, print the ones I want to knit and ignore the rest.
A magazine give me tangible and immediate gratification. Ohhhh, yesssss . . . no waiting for the page to load . . . nor trying to remember what page that shawl was on. I use fingers as place holders to flip back and forth quickly between favorite, beautifully designed items, and run a finger across the page to imagine the texture. Ohhhhhh, yessss. Give me print.
Carpe diem
Rebecca Ewing
There is nothing like flipping through a paper magazine to get inspiration! You get exposed to more ideas than you would if you were just looking at specific patterns online.
Melisa Darnieder
Love to have the magazine in hand, on my lap or on the chair arm while looking for or working on a project. So easy to go back to a previous edition, even one from years ago to search for an idea or pattern I missed and put my own “spin” on it. I have a WW2 Red Cross knitting book that I knit neck warmers from every year as gifts for my friends and my husband’s outdoor buddies. All the guys want one as they outdo any current pattern that I have since come across. My daughters all knit, my daughter-in-law knits and I have many requests for copies of patterns in the magazines. We are not all tech-savvy, own “devices”, Nooks or Kindles so for our family, magazines are the way to go. Try and get a good debate going over a pattern stored in a device! Out on the coffee table, you can bet your knit company will have an opinion or comment to get a good conversation going. My name is Janet Raymond, and I love to knit!
Hi, my name is Pam Gibson. I love the printed magazines because they are easy to refer to when in the middle of a project.
I’m old school. No matter how *fancy* (like SpongeBob I sometimes use fancy in conversations) technology gets, I still prefer patterns and books as hard copies. Something tangible to hold on to. Something that can be used and abused and if ripped can be taped back together. If you rip any of those 0s or 1s, well the entire file is corrupted. Plus there is something abt flipping thru a magazine and dreaming abt all the fun things you can do and not worry if it drops on the floor/sand/water. Shake it out, let it dry and you’re good to go!
Lynn Howell
Hello! My name is Valerie Mc Hugh. I’m a little addicted to magazines, there’s not much I don’t like about them! They’re current with the latest trends, information and designers and they smell SO good! 🙂 I have something of a magazine library going on. I love them, and will never get an online subscription, real magazines are beautifully tactile and delicious!
I really enjoy flipping thru a magazine, so much better than a off file that you need a computer and end up with sore eyes from staring at the computer screen.
Brenda Gonzalez
Hi, I’m Kymm. There is nothing like getting into bed at the end of a long day to read, and there will never be a gadget, however advanced, that can replace the pleasures of paper and ink.
Even an online pattern or lesson is best printed off and in my hand. Even better to have a stack of magazines full of great teachers and patterns to go to anytime.
Andrea Bowman
Glen Jean, WV
I love magazines! I prefer holding my magazines in my hands. I always take my knitting magazines with me to bed because I can take the time to study and read the patterns and articles. I read every piece of print.
The Internet often goes “down” and I smile because I don’t have to worry. My patterns are safe in my shelves so I don’t worry about losing my favorite magazine.
I would love to win a subscription!
Thank you from Lisa-Marie Haugmoen
Bucksport, Maine
Hi,Vickie! Val here! I like curling up in my comfy chair with a knitting mag…afghan across my lap… glass of somethin’ good…just takin’ my time…flippin’ through the pages…choosing which pattern I’ll do next…what yarn will I bust outa my stash…or will I go shopping..? Who will it go to..? And the one after that..? Ummm,relaxing…next best thing to knitting!
My name is Tracie Barrett and I still love printed magazines. They’re easier on my eyes and fun to flip through. Plus, if I need to, I can write on them for notes and such.
I’m relearning to knit and this would be awesome! 🙂
I like that they are portable, easy to flip through, and much easier on the eyes.
I love my print knitting mags! I can dog-ear favorite patterns for later, scribble notes all over them to make changes to patterns, and let my mom borrow it when I’m done! Not that you’re ever really “done” with a knitting magazine… they go into my permanent collection with the knitting books!
My name is Frances Matteck. I love printed magazines because staring at a bright computer screen for hours hurts my eyes.
Being a tactile person (hence the reason that I knit/crochet!), I love print copies of magazines, books, patterns, etc. Primarily because I can write any changes that I have made, how many stitches/row I made with a specific yarn, and keeping track of what I have done/doing. I also have a Kindle and have a few patterns downloaded to that. It’s nice because I don’t have to worry about it blowing away, but it doesn’t show my comments/changes as I work.
Printed material may be old school, but I haven’t found a way to beat it yet in this technology savvy age.
My name is Bea Geissler and I love reading and re-reading print magazines and writing notes on the edges for things about the pattern/article that I want to remember. I also enjoy thumbing through old issues of print magazines and getting excited again looking at the projects.
I love hard copy because I keep them. I may see a pattern that I want to make later. The way our media evolves it could be lost to up grades. I protect my patterns and articles.
Linda Kring
Hello, I’m Stephanie. I like print magazines because I find printed patterns much easier to fololow.
I love flipping through my knitting magazines and bookmarking pages with post-it notes – I have patterns picked out from years ago… sometimes I just like the inspiration I get from looking at beautiful yarn and designs. I like to make copies of the pattern I’m working on and stuff it in the bag with my yarn – and I don’t always like having my tech gadgets with me.
The glow of a computer screen will never equal the enjoyment I get from thumbing through printed magazines as I rummage through my stash looking for my next great project. And there is nothing as relaxing as sitting outside in the fresh air pouring over the latest issue and dreaming of which project to start next. Thanks for all your inspiration.
Elizabeth Bailey
I love the smell, feel & look of a real magazine.
Maggie McMenemy
I love print because I can take it with me in my knitting bag. I can also use a sticky note to mark my place and write any adjustments I want to make to the pattern in the margins. – Susan
Who doesn’t like the printed magazine for crafts. I had always had my magazines, but Hurricane Katrina took those and not the economy has taken my ability to subscribe. Living on Social Security leaves room for nothing. Thanks for this opportunity. Would be nice.
Ivon: Ask a crocheter/kintter there is the tactile pleasure of handling thread, and the visual pleasure of enjoying the various colors and tints yarns come in shades of. I love print magazines because I get tactile and visual simuliation somewhat like my needlework. I love the way you can take printed material with you anywhere and you can continue on a project on a moments notice. I am very tech savvy but sometimes that even take too long versus just pulling out a mag.
I will always love printed material over digital images as its always there for you to pick up any time without having to go to your PC. you can browse it anywhere at any time.
The printed copy doesn’t run out of battery life in the middle of reading it.
Sally Halliday
I’m Beth Fulton…..I keep ALL of my magazines! I love being able to pick them up at any time and look through them. They are kind of like old friends! When I’m looking through one for the umpteenth time….I always find something new!! lol…. love my hard copies!
My name is Karen Sydnor. I still love paper magazines in this digital age because I like being able to pick it up at anytime and scan the pages without having to go to my co outer and sign on and search for a magazine. There is till nothing like paper.
it’s nice to physically flip through a magazine still
Anna Buchanan
I love magazines! I want to be able to turn the pages and to copy the pattern I am using so I don’t tear the magazine up as I am working on a project. I remember a pattern and have a pretty good idea what issue it is in from the cover. So, when I want to find it I find it easier. I will never replace my print subscriptions.
I love printed knitting magazines because I love marking the patterns and highlighting what I need to focus on. I like making notes about the patterns when I completed it.
Jessica Rodriguez in Forest Hill, MD
Hi, I got a Nook for Christmas last year and have yet to download a book. I want the book or magazine in my hands. I want to feel the paper and smell the ink. If I wasn’t an RN I would be a publisher just because I love the written word- on paper not E.
Joan Laws
I can be very into techie stuff but I want hard copies of my magazines. I can carry them anywhere, tear out pages to file as needed, and I can pass them on to my daughter who has 3 children and can’t afford to purchase them.
As a fairly new knitter, about 6 months, I like to leaf thru a magazine, then as I make something I can make notes, mark progress.
Sharon Hanley
I love having actual magazines to leaf through, even years later… my collection of knitting magazines goes back to when I first started knitting, and I still find inspiration in the old issues!
Karen McCleary here. There is nothing like thumbing through a paper magazine to look for the my next project…….or to look for an idea to make an old project better!!!
I can easily flip back and forth between the photos and the pattern instructions……and happen on something I had not noticed before…..a pattern, an ad, or an article!
I love that the publishers of Vogue and Knit Simple give iPad access with a print subscription so that we do not have to choose between paper and electronic subscriptions!!!!!
Printed magazines let you sit back in the recliner, sip a nice cup of cappaccinno, and slowly read while the rest of the world just drifts away!!
Paulette Fritz
I love knit and crochet magazines because they are easier to read than the ones on my nook
It is so much fun to get that new magazine out of the mailbox. I’m always looking to see what neat ideas have come in that issue.
I just had some late 1990’s to early 2000 issue given to me. I was so neat to look at what was popular then and still is now.
I have lost most of my old magazines from the 70 and 80’s but I keep them all and mark what patterns I am interested in.
Being on disablilty hinders me having several magazine subscriptions but they are a lot of fun.
Good luck with everything that is going on in your life.
Glad to see all the things coming in for the Purple Stitch Project. Keep it going. Hope to get you some things made soon.
Hugs and Prayers,
Jane Stover
I do love magazine subscriptions making that satisfying ‘thud’ as they arrive through my letterbox, however, to be a spoil-sport you can subscribe through the Apple app store too.
Love Iris Wildsmith.
Hello Vicki. So glad I found you here! 🙂
As for why I like my Printed knit magazines, well… It’s like a good Love story you cuddle up with on a rainy day. It’s Like those Cookbooks you keep in the Bakers rack. I Love, Love, Love to pull out a magazine and just slowly flip the pages looking at every picture, Reading the materials to see if Just by chance I may have yarn to do that one. I don’t knit very fast and I have a ton of started projects in the works but nothing compares to my Love of just reading over a knit mag like I was going to cook a lavish bowl of wool one day. What a glorious feeling to have.
Sheila Trivette
Oh and Vicki… I would love to thank you for making me realize that after so many years of making scarfs I can knit whatever I please. 😀
I find it relaxing to sit down and read a magazine. I love to flip through the entire thing and then slowly go back and read everything. I find that hard with electronic formats.
Ashley Mathieson
I like being able to flip through magazines for inspiration on my next knitting project.
Hi Vickie! Val W. here. I like curling up in my cushy chair..comfy music..a soft afghan across my lap..somethin’ refreshing to sip on..flippin’ through the shiny pages of my KnitSimple magazine..checkin’ out patterns..new gadgets..yarns..designers..more..takin’ my time to choose..hat..sweater..shrug..or shawl..maybe socks..umm..will I go stash diving..or shopping!? who will receive the FO!? sooo relaxing–almost as much as knitting! And it all started with a walk out to the snail-mail box!:o)
I love printed magazine because i like the feel of turning pages, although I also like the digital version, but not having an ipad seems to be the limit of having digital version. Plus like how I can make notes in the margine if I have to make changes.
Jenn L
My name is Candace and I actually prefer my patterns to be in print. I write all over everything when I am working on a new piece. You just can’t do that with an electronic device!!
I still love magazines for the same reasons I still love books. They are something tangible and real you can hold in your hand. You can refer to them over and over. You can lend them out or give them away to share what you love with others. You can throw them in your bag and bring them with you, where-ever you are going. The electronic page will never be all the things that the printed page is.
Lisken Rossi
I love printed magazines as, at the moment I do not own an electronic reader.