My favorite knitting magazines, part 2

So really, this should be titled "My not-so-favorite knitting magazines" because these are the ones that just happen to be hit and miss for me.

I still subscribe to these magazines, because I do want to see what is popular design-wise and understand how design works, for that day soon when I will want to make the jump into that crazy make-my-own-stuff world.

The first of these is Vogue Knitting. At first, I really didn't like this mag at all. As my friend Wendi once said, it's a little too avant-garde. Sometimes the patterns have just been way out there and meant for someone who is six foot and 120 lbs, with endless legs and torso. Not me by a longshot. But the last issue (Spring/Summer 2008) had some decent patterns that I would actually consider making. Especially some of the tank tops, designed by Mari Lynn Patrick and Norah Gaughan.

Vogue's offshoot of this is Knit Simple. It has designs that are just as you'd imagine - simple and straightforward. I like them, and they're a little more up my alley than Vogue, but there's nothing yet I'd choose to knit.

Next is Knit N Style. This one struck me as very unfashionable and almost dowdy. The last few issues, however, have been more acceptable to me. I do like their articles, especially about yarn companies and designers. That gives me great ideas for my copwriting business, KnitWit Copywriter.

The last of these magazines has been the hardest for me to embrace - Knitters. Apparently, this was once a great magazine, but I have seen only a few items that would be worth looking at, let alone cast on. Many of these patterns have been WAY out there, and I'm not sure what's going on with it. I will still give this magazine a chance, but it's getting harder to appreciate what its goals and focus are. Maybe I should lay off the criticism, because I don't have a strong sense of what's fashionable in knitting now. But I know what can look good, and I'm not sure if Knitters does this.