a bad lookbook is forever.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 5:24PM So says my friend Kurt. And Andy. They both say it.
When you see the new lookbook, you are going to have to wipe saliva off your keyboard. (I could be a teensy bit biased...) I've seen the first layouts, and they are fantastic.
The pain of being kept waiting for the lookbook? It'll be gone in sixty seconds. But the pain from a bad lookbook, one that is hurried and sloppy? That's forever.
We are going to have a small number of lookbooks printed, mostly for local yarn shops and their customers. The digital version will be available with a nifty e-zine viewer, where you can turn pages, zoom in and out, and interact with images more than you've been able to in the past.
If I know you as well as I think I do, some of you are going to want a printed copy. You don't have an LYS that carries our yarn near you, or you're one of those people who likes to physically hold something in your hand.
We need to know if there's enough interest to make the printed version available to the public. If we were to print them, we would have a pre-sale so we would know how many copies to make. (As it turns out, my hubs does not want 1,000 extra copies of the lookbook in our basement! Fancy that!) The cost for the printed edition would be in the neighborhood of $5, but you would also receive a $5 coupon to use on any future order. (Lookbooks, it turns out, are quite expensive to print!)
What say you? (This is not a commitment to buy anything, just an interest survey.)
Reader Comments (24)
When will we get to see it (online)?
Oh, I'd love a printed lookbook, something I could spread out on the floor with patterns and stitch dictionaries and dream of projects. Something that I could glance through in bed while waiting for DH to finish brushing his teeth or surfing the net before the lights are turned out. Something that I could carry in my bag to craft days. But...I constantly feel overrun by the paper that shows up in my life and am we've committed to eliminating everything we possibly can. Until that goal is met we've agreed that we will not be bringing in "luxuries" only necessities.
I voted no initially but the $5 coupon made me vote yes! then I thought about it....even without the coupon I want one!
Being on a tight fixed income, I try to budget myself carefully in order to get the things I most desire from the small amount of funds left over after the regular bills are paid. This lookbook is going on my list of "must have" items! It IS nice to have these things available in digital format but there's many very good reasons for having a hard copy version as well - getting unchained from the computer area (not to mention praying the old beast agrees to continue working) is a major one for me. Another is the ability to see the gorgeous colorways on luscious yarns in their truest representation (old beast is sometimes iffy when it comes to some colors). Best of all would be the opportunity to introduce others to the fabulous world of color and texture done up Yarnista-style!