In the comments to the last post, I provided a brief update regarding the status of this particular eBay seller’s wares. Right now, he has removed the “knitting” category from this eBay store, but he still has knitting titles: a … Continue reading
I received a response from the eBay seller that I consider fairly prompt. He refused to pull the listings from eBay, but instead said that he would remove my pattern from the document; he refunded the money I spent; and … Continue reading
et cetera. There’s someone on eBay who has decided to sell downloadable PDFs containing compilations of knitting patterns: twenty patterns for the bargain price of 1.50 GBP. Good thing it was so cheap, so it didn’t cost me much to … Continue reading
Her old Mac IIci. Obviously, knitters who will enter into desperate bidding wars to procure Starmore’s out-of-print books would jump at the chance to own this piece of Knitting History™. After all, if you can’t own the book, you can … Continue reading
First, if you were following the previous Lion Brand-Purple Tree post, check out the most recent comments. Secondly, you might (not) recall the earlier mention about Spinrite’s spin into an income trust, and its lackluster performance in its first year … Continue reading
Hot off yesterday’s press: Lion Brand Yarns, well-known purveyor of acrylic craft yarns and trick Vogue Knitting magazine cover advertisements, has teamed up with Purple Tree, which is apparently a direct sales company that has been providing the crafty equivalent to … Continue reading
Sonia Vassi, the first-ever Miss Bulgaria, who is also first Bulgarian to ever pose for Playboy, is a knit designer, too. (You know, like Justine Bateman.*) Scarfs [sic]! Ponchos! Shawls! … with all the skin and fuzzy bits you’d expect from … Continue reading
In our continuing story, Deb Stoller has filed a reply [PDF] in the cancellation proceedings. The reply is on-topic, and very restrained. It explains that the amendments that she seeks to make couldn’t have been made earlier, because the discovery … Continue reading