What patterns are you willing to pay for?

Balloons??? This book may be a little on the pricey side but what unique and clever toys. Below are examples.

So we all have our favorite free patterns, but what patterns are you willing to pay for?

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Siegel on June 30, 2010 at 9:50am

I like the sweaters because they have larger sizes and also the book and internet guides and reviews.

Permalink Reply by wendy on June 30, 2010 at 12:20pm

Laurie - So just how are you finding these free issues? I know what you mean about the cost, I think I paid $10.00 - 11.00 each.

Cheryl - that would be a good idea, although I really like being able to hold something in my hands to read. And to take it where ever I want to go with it. I refer back to old issues, and I think that would be harder to do on a computer. I'll have to take a look at your magazine.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 30, 2010 at 8:40pm

Wendy, I really don't have the space for magazines. I know I have hundreds. It's not that I don't like hard copies; it's the space. But I really like having digital copies. I will print the pattern I want to work on into PDF and put it on my iPod to take with me.

Permalink Reply by laurie dumont on June 30, 2010 at 9:32pm

I went to a site called Magazines Download.com and searched for simply knitting magazines and downloaded the ones I could find (2), then I emailed the site and they sent me the url's for the rest, The only way I know how to get u the url's is if you give me your email address. I tried to send them to a friend and couldnt get them to link so I just sent her my whole email and told her to download each hotfile, that way she didnt need to spend time searching. And I'm sure I got 11 or 12 issues. You could email me at marlib@telus.net and I could send you the email with the addresses. I wanted to get started with the chimps tea party, but now I want to do Paddington bear, so we will see

Permalink Reply by wendy on June 30, 2010 at 10:36pm

Cheryl - I know what you mean about space. That's why I only take vogue knitting magazine. I love mags, but as you know I tend to keep too much stuff - lol. So I have been very disciplined these past few years and only taken the 1. Your iPod sounds very functional for you. Maybe I should look into one. How much storage do you have on yours, as I know you store tons on there.

Laurie - Thanks, I will do that. You are lucky to have found Paddington bear. I have other things to work on first before starting the chimps, but I am looking forward to knitting them.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 30, 2010 at 11:04pm

Wendy, my iPod has 32G. I probably should have gone with the 64G but I made a compromise. What I do is keep my current projects on the iPod along with the current books and podcasts. So really the 32G is plenty big.

Permalink Reply by wendy on June 30, 2010 at 11:42pm

OMG Cheryl. That is a good size. My computer is only a 40G, so that's great. My external hard drive is a 250G, and I keep moving things over there since I am down to around 2G of hard drive left. I already have an MP3 player that I really like. It has a radio and recording capabilities along with all the other things, but think I will go look at the iPod.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 30, 2010 at 11:47pm

No wonder you are always having computer problems!

Permalink Reply by wendy on June 30, 2010 at 11:53pm

LOL - you're not kidding. It was 'big' when we got it 9 years ago, but my-o-my how things have changed! I have been looking at new ones, been back and forth between another PC / MAC and just don't know what to do. I'm actually kind of afraid to get another one, as I do not like the operating system that is on my kid's computers. I do like XP, but I know it is very outdated.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on July 1, 2010 at 7:39am

Wendy, I hated Windows Vista. It was disastrous. I upgraded to Windows 7. It was a little better but still I was very mad that they told me all my programs would be compatible and still I had to upgrade numerous programs. I felt like Windows kept crashing on programs that Microsoft didn't create even if they had been designed to work with Windows. I finally just had it with Microsoft and gutted up the cost and went with Apple. There are things that I miss about what Windows did but overall I'm glad I made the switch.

Permalink Reply by HavetoomuchYarn on July 1, 2010 at 6:30pm

Laurie, you are such a bad, bad influence!! I have signed up to Hotfiles...certainly a great internet deal. Have come across them before and feel comfortable with the security they provide. Cheryl, I agree with you and have learned to do more magazine browsing on the computer - definitely a space issue. I have bought Knits mags on CD and will donate my print versions. I will still keep my subscription for a while to satisfy my "instant gratification" need to explore the patterns. I would love to do the same with my Threads mags too. Now that they are available on CD I jsut might be ready to "release" them. I have bought an external dive (Passport 500GB that just plugs in-uses PC power) and I love ♥♥♥ it. Sure freed up my 'puter. The first thing I did was move my audio-books over. Over 75GB worth!!! I like being able to access my "crack" even when there is no internet available (yes, there are still some of those spots available in this world). I have even bought the Knitting Daily TV discs (I don't have tv hookup so I can justify the expense - I do have three tvs, though). Now I'll also be able to read some of my favourite magazines!!

♥L life is good: knitting, sunshine, a dog and mojitos...

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on July 1, 2010 at 9:22pm

Lena, as soon as I make sure I have all my business files from my backup drive onto my hard drive, I'm going to erase the PC format and load it with a Mac format. That way I can backup my Mac appropriately. All my audio files will be on there. I think that's only about 46.5GB. [That doesn't include all the audio CDs that need converting.] Another 8.25 in Podcasts and another 2.2 in videos with more videos to add. [Of course all knitting and spinning.] All my knitting patterns, magazines, etc. is another 10GB. So my external drive will definitely be welcomed. Mine's PC powered also. Aren't they great! What will they think of next.

♥c yes, life is good but I prefer margaritas.