My Horseshoe Cap in SpinOff Magazine
The Summer Issue of SpinOff
Magazine from Interweave arrived on Friday. I have been pretty
excited about this issue because during the winter I submitted my
version of their Horseshoe Cap, knit from my own handspun from my own
llama. I received notice in March that my cap had been accepted for
publication but I didn't know if it would actually make it into the
print issue or just in their online magazine.
I have to admit I was a
little disappointed that my cap only made it onto their online magazine
but the ones that made it into the print version were really
spectacularly nice caps, especially the varying color ones! They were
knit in much finer yarns than mine too. Coinsidering that they received
so many submissions I have to say I'm still pretty tickled to have made
it intot the top 10, even if it is only the bottom half! Here's a LINK to the online magazine. I will apologize in
advance for this link because I don't know if you have to have a
subscription to access it or only a SpinOff member ID etc. My computer
automatically logs me in to sites like this so I don't even see the log
in page if there is one. I will add this is also the reason I never
publish links from free Interweave patterns in my Friday Freebies. If
you have to have a membership etc, then to me, the item is not "really"
free because they require information from you first. Now they are
perfectly within their rights to require it but I don't feel right about
displaying patterns with strings attached. Either they are free or
they're not.
So this is my Horseshoe Cap the way it was displayed in their online magazine (just in case you can't get in to see the it). As I suspected, black isn't easy to photograph even for professionals! The beads hardly show. I think this is where I say ,"It looks SO much better in person!" LOL!! Eventually they will mail it back to me. Still, it's pretty nice to have your work judged nice enough to publish, even if it's only in their online magazine! Cheers all! 
Posted by Gloria Patre at 6/13/2010 4:22 PM 
Categories: Spinning
Tags: SpinOff magazine llama fleece horseshoe cap
Categories: Spinning
Tags: SpinOff magazine llama fleece horseshoe cap
Congratulations! It's a beautiful cap!
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Congrats! It is always nice to have your work recognized by the media. Their photo really does not do it justice.
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