speaking of magazines....

> I received the latest "At Home With Needlework" magazine yesterday.
> Inside there's an attractive Hardanger table runner, but as I was
> looking over the charts/directions today, thinking about stitching it, I
> was appalled at the poor instructions. The chart is broken up into four
> smaller pieces, which is fine, but there's no "linkage" between them to
> show the overall design. There are apparent color codes on the stitching
> chart - circles and squares - but nowhere is there a box listing which
> color goes with which symbol. There's a suggestion for a coordinating
> placemat, and a listing for what size to cut the fabric, but no chart or
> suggested adaptation of the table runner chart. Lastly, there's no
> finishing instruction - how to turn under the hem or even where to start
> stitching in order to have material left for a hem.
>
> Wait - I just noticed that this is "part 2 of 2" (printed unobtrusively
> on opening page photo. Maybe this info was in Part one? But then
> shouldn't they at least repeat the color symbols and starting point/hem
> instructions, and say somewhere in the article "See issue XXX for part
> one"?
>
> Very sloppy. Pretty to look at, but not appealing to actually stitch.
>
> Almost everything in this magazine is part of a series, so you need
> multiple issues to complete a project.
>
> I won't be renewing.
>
> Sue
>
>

>Susan Hartman wrote:
>> I received the latest "At Home With Needlework" magazine yesterday.
>> Inside there's an attractive Hardanger table runner, but as I was
>> looking over the charts/directions today, thinking about stitching it, I
>> was appalled at the poor instructions. The chart is broken up into four
>> smaller pieces, which is fine, but there's no "linkage" between them to
>> show the overall design. There are apparent color codes on the stitching
>> chart - circles and squares - but nowhere is there a box listing which
>> color goes with which symbol. There's a suggestion for a coordinating
>> placemat, and a listing for what size to cut the fabric, but no chart or
>> suggested adaptation of the table runner chart. Lastly, there's no
>> finishing instruction - how to turn under the hem or even where to start
>> stitching in order to have material left for a hem.
>>
>> Wait - I just noticed that this is "part 2 of 2" (printed unobtrusively
>> on opening page photo. Maybe this info was in Part one? But then
>> shouldn't they at least repeat the color symbols and starting point/hem
>> instructions, and say somewhere in the article "See issue XXX for part
>> one"?
>>
>> Very sloppy. Pretty to look at, but not appealing to actually stitch.
>>
>> Almost everything in this magazine is part of a series, so you need
>> multiple issues to complete a project.
>>
>> I won't be renewing.
>>
>> Sue

>Is there some place on line to view this? Amazon doesn't seem to have it.
>Dianne

<http://www.zweigart.com/content/main.php?page=magazine/index.php&nav=main.php>

>
>
>>
>> Susan Hartman wrote:
>>> I received the latest "At Home With Needlework" magazine yesterday.
>>> Inside there's an attractive Hardanger table runner, but as I was
>>> looking over the charts/directions today, thinking about stitching it, I
>>> was appalled at the poor instructions. The chart is broken up into four
>>> smaller pieces, which is fine, but there's no "linkage" between them to
>>> show the overall design. There are apparent color codes on the stitching
>>> chart - circles and squares - but nowhere is there a box listing which
>>> color goes with which symbol. There's a suggestion for a coordinating
>>> placemat, and a listing for what size to cut the fabric, but no chart or
>>> suggested adaptation of the table runner chart. Lastly, there's no
>>> finishing instruction - how to turn under the hem or even where to start
>>> stitching in order to have material left for a hem.
>>>
>>> Wait - I just noticed that this is "part 2 of 2" (printed unobtrusively
>>> on opening page photo. Maybe this info was in Part one? But then
>>> shouldn't they at least repeat the color symbols and starting point/hem
>>> instructions, and say somewhere in the article "See issue XXX for part
>>> one"?
>>>
>>> Very sloppy. Pretty to look at, but not appealing to actually stitch.
>>>
>>> Almost everything in this magazine is part of a series, so you need
>>> multiple issues to complete a project.
>>>
>>> I won't be renewing.
>>>
>>> Sue
>
>> Is there some place on line to view this? Amazon doesn't seem to have it.
>> Dianne
>
> There are a lot of magazines that Amazon doesn't have. "At Home" is
> one of them. "At Home with Needlework" is Zweigart's needlework
> magazine. I was unable to find pictures of the contents anywhere
> online (I didn't do an exhaustive search, but when nothing showed up
> on the first page from Google....) Zweigart's site
>
<http://www.zweigart.com/content/main.php?page=magazine/index.php&nav=main.php>
> doesn't even show the covers of this year's issues.
>
> I was never impressed with the technical side of "At Home", and their
> designs do not appeal to me at all.
>
> jenn
>
> --
> Jenn Ridley : ridley.jenn@gmail.com
> WIP: Poppies (Art-Stitch), two knitted tops, Oriental Butterfly
> Most recently Finished: Floral Sampler, Insect Sampler

> Wouldn't even pick it up out of the free pile.