Warm Welcome
I’m happy to say that Popknits has received a very warm welcome in the Ravelry forums. I posted over there yesterday and have been answering some questions which i think that I’ll reiterate here for the sake of clarity.
- By “vintage” I mean from the 1800s to the 1970s. I’m not a huge fan of the 80s or its fashion statements (sorry if this offends some! But I doubt not many..) so I think that we’ll forget the 80s ever happened on this site. There are many fabulous design inspirations to look to otherwise so I’m sure we’ll get some great vintage submissions!
- You can feel free to either submit a proposal or go straight to the finish line and submit a finished piece. Either is fine with me.
- I hope to eventually have some yarn support for designers but I’m fairly certain we won’t have any for the Fall issue. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to take yarn or fiber as payment for ad space. Though I LOVE yarn, my apartment simply cannot hold it all. I hope to have ad rates up by the end of the week. Stay tuned!
- A Ravelry forum member mentioned that it would be great to get someone to write up how to best interpret vintage knitting patterns (i.e. difference in needle size, yarn weight and brands, and antiquated knitting terms) and i think this is a FABULOUS idea! In fact, anyone who wants to submit such a piece would have a place of honor in the FAQ and on the Articles landing page and therefore would receive a lot of traffic to their article submission and their website. If I had the time to write up a glossary, I would and make it a permanent part of the site but I’ll have to leave that to my readers. Please contact me if you’re interested in such an endeavor!
I’ve already received a few inquiries/proposals so it’s good to know that Popknits can fill this niche for knitters. Hope to hear from you all soon.
Posted by gleek on 04/22 at 09:19 PM in General News, Pre-Launch Information
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08/16 at 07:05 AM
I came upon you accidentally, and am looking forward to your fall issue. However, I am surprised at you not liking 80s knitwear. Was American knitwear so bad at that time? I loved it and still do. I suppose we were much luckier in Europe to have such a wide range of fashion to choose from, that it didn’t all have to be garish colours and shoulder pads. I also find that the far wider range of textures and colours in the yarns produced now breathes new life into some of those early designs.
Besides all of that, so many wonderful designers came out of the eighties: Sasha Kagan, Debbie Bliss, Stephen Sheard, Patricia Roberts, Alice Starmore. Are they all really so bad that their early work doesn’t deserve a second look?
I think many people would be delighted if you took a more retrospective look at the best of 80’s knitwear, maybe concentrate on one designer at a time?