Hi! Do you like to answer questions and win stuff? Well, today is your lucky day, because I would like to ask you a question or two about how and why you buy single patterns. The poll was here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pZVzpDL1MGmp5xd58T0hLaQ
One lucky random person who fills in the poll will receive PDFs of all my current patterns on Valentine’s Day as a present from me.
Bonus question — please answer in the text field there or in comments here. Does your local yarn store sell pattern PDFs on their website? If not, do you know why not? Inquiring minds want to know. And supermega bonus love if you tell me who your LYS is, but you can do that in email if you’d rather — admin @ this domain dot com. Thanks!
UPDATE: thanks to everyone who’s replied — we’re well over 1000 responses now, and I’m going to shut it down while it’s still small enough for me to manage the data and give all of your responses the thoughtful consideration they deserve. Winner to be announced shortly (20 Jan), because I can’t resist the temptation to give away the prize today!
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I <3 several LYS and none of them sell PDF patterns on their websites that I am aware of. They are Gate City Yarns – Greensboro, NC, Common Threads – High Point, NC, Knit Picky – Winston Salem, NC and Hillsborough Yarn Shop – Hillsborough, NC
My LYS is Twist in Lahaska, PA.
The shop does not offer PDF patterns for sale.
I do bring my patterns in, and everyone enjoys looking them over I share the url, but not the pattern etc. Twist is VERY good in not copying patterns etc. I applaud them.
Twist is not online, but does email customers.
I do shop about once a quarter at Purl in NYC.
While they do not sell PDFs, they do have lots of free patterns available via their blog. Currently, you just print the pages, but we are told the patters will be available as PDF soon. I do bring these Purl patterns with me to purchase yarn for Purl projects.
My local yarn store (Knaughty KNitter in Murfreesboro TN) doesn’t carry PDFs on their website nor do any of the ones near me in Nashville! Don’t know why either!
Michaels is my LYS and their patterns on the website are all free. All you gotta do is put what you are looking for in the search box.
OOoooOOops! I forgot the question on the bottom too! I don’t think that any of my 5 lys’s sell PDFs, I’m not sure why though…………..
My LYS, Knitche in Downers Grove, Il does not sell patterns on their web site (it is pretty basic) and I am pretty sure they do no sell them in store.
my lys is about 50 miles away and they will mail me anything but I don’t think they do PDF……
My LYS is Unwind in Burbank, CA, BTW!
I don’t think that any of my LYS has .pdf’s to purchase, one of them might have some patterns to share. http://www.sit-n-knit.com/index.htm is their website, and the pattern tab just has a list.
forgot bonus question
I don’t think that my LYS sells PDF on their website (I don’t visit their website much). Knit a Round (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Michaels, Flying Sheep (Ann Arbor, MI)
Forgot to answer bonus question — I don’t really have a LYS as I live in benighted NW London, and the nearest place that sells yarn is over a mile away — a vast department store called John Lewis in a huge and horrible shopping mall. It has a yarn corner full of overpriced yarn (mostly Rowan and some of the German sock yarns) and as far as I know doesn’t have anything about knitting or yarn on the store website. Real yarn shops are further away, and I’d have to travel for an hour or so to get to them, so I do most of my yarn purchases on the internet.
My local yarn shop, The Yarnery in Saint Paul, MN, does not appear to sell pdf patterns. They do sell patterns online, however, but they appear to be just regular patterns that they mail you.
No – my LYS doesn’t sell ANYTHING on their website let alone PDF. It is Cricket Cove in new brunswick, I wish – wish they would sell online though.
I never buy online from LYS that I walk into. The world is my LYS via the internet. I tend to subscribe to all of the knitting magazines, including Knitty.com and Twist and knit many patterns from those sources. Seeing and hearing a designer always results in a purchase!
My LYS is Black Sheep in Encinitas, CA, BTW. There are several more and we are lucky to have choices. Black Sheep is my favorite.
I live in Big Bear, CA and my LYS is Yarn Designers Boutique. To be honest, I don’t know if she sells PDF patterns. She’s pretty computer savvy, so she might, but if she does, it’s not publicized. Store owner Gena is fabulous though, great customer service and really caters to her customers.
I just did the poll as it seemed to still accept data even though you say it’s closed. In the event you didn’t get my input, the important thing I wanted to share was my strong feeling about .pdf naming conventions. It’s really helpful to knitters if the .pdf has a meaningful name — instead of design12.pdf use something like cable_and_lace_celtic_socks.pdf — otherwise we have a hard time finding patterns we bought earlier. I also recommend you include a large photo of the design on the first page as the first page will show in thumbnail view and help your buyers.
I don’t believe my LYS sells .pdf’s, but then they might just advertise it very poorly.
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