Letters From The Editors

The scoop from the editors

A 15-year sprint

I've been told I'm a bit of a hurrier. Well, somehow I've rushed my way into 15 years' worth of Knitty. How the heck did that happen?

I'm glad it did. I've met some of the most dear people in my life through this magazine. I've heard stories that some of you have had the same experience. Plus there's the patterns and stuff.

To celebrate 15 years of Knitty, we're going to throw some serious tributes out for y'all: patterns that take their inspiration from another in our archives. In this issue, you can see tributes to Monkey, Vinter Lue, Nymphalidea, Abrazo and Serrano. We have more coming throughout the next 3 issues. Plus a whole bunch of patterns that are inspired by we-don't-know-what-but-we-like-it.

We also have something special for you to celebrate this huge milestone. Wanna see? Check this out.

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Our beloved Chris Gernon, SysAdmin of wonder and light, is on family leave for the forseeable future. We miss him terribly and send so much love.

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Making this a little easier to take is our new friend, Steve Laundrie, who comes to us with an impeccable pedigree and the personal recommendation of my new day-job boss. He's stepped into Chris' shoes admirably and now is working on getting Knitty fully SSL'd.

Steve doesn't knit. I'm okay with that. He's a whiz with the servers, and we're very happy to have him on our team. Welcome, Steve.

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It's more true than ever now: we only continue to exist because of our Patrons who carry 3/4 of the financial load of supporting Knitty. We are also grateful for the Advertisers who choose to place their messages on our pages. If you can, please support them when you need to make a purchase. We all take care of each other, right? A reminder: ads now start as low as $60 per issue! To learn more about advertising with Knitty, pop over to our Rate Card.

If you're not already a Patron, please consider joining us. We won't survive without ongoing support from our readers, and lots of little donations make such a huge difference in keeping us here! Life happens and Patrons come and go according to their own personal situations. So if you haven't joined us yet, we'd love to welcome you. This system only works if we can hold the number of Patrons steady.

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Amy Singer
[editor, Knitty]

Bathing in the quiet

What is it about the winter that makes me such a productive and spinner? I’ve been thinking about that for a few weeks and I think I’ve hit on it. It’s the quiet. Not just the sound quiets, but everything quiets in the winter. Maybe it’s the calm after the holiday storm. I don’t feel as rushed, even though my work is the same. Once the holidays are over, all of the Internet stops yelling about buying things. I have to make an effort to go out and be with people, so I really appreciate and focus on the time with them. I just enjoy the sitting at the wheel in the winter and spinning for long periods of time, and I allow myself to do it. It makes me feel quiet inside, which helps me be intentional and creative. I’m thinking that winter is my favorite spinning season, at least until spring.

Spinning crocheters I have heard you! This issue of Knitty has a handspun crochet cowl, the Crochet Crusader, that can be worked on any type of sweatshirt or sweater, by the fantastically talented Cal Patch. I bet you didn’t know she was a spinner!

My Knittyspin column this month is all about making spiral-ply yarn. It’s one of my favorites: easy, fast and knits up like a dream. You might want to practice some spiral plying before the Knitty Winter Surprise in January...there might be a little something in there for spiral-plied yarn.

Enjoy your quiet winter spinning!

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If you have an idea for a project or article for knittyspin write me. Knittyspin submission guidelines are here.

If you have fiber, spindles, books, or other spinny products or tools that you'd like us to review, you'll find information how how to get your products in to the hands of our reviewers here. I love to talk about it all.

Jillian Moreno
[editor, Knittyspin]