One of the many things I like about living here in Monroe County is the availability of crochet magazines. In Berks county I could only find the mags at Wal-mart and the local Barnes and Nobles bookstore. I complained at the Michael's that they had ever knit magazine in creation, couldn't they make room for at least one crochet magazine?
NO!
Here in Monroe County, they speak my language. I have found copies of different magazines all over the place. They are at every grocery store I frequent and at the A.C. Moore in town ( so there, Michael's!) I have even found one at my local library. Piecework is dedicated to all of the fiber arts, and they seem to give equal time to crochet.
I was pleased with my purchases (Love of Crochet and Interweave Crochet) until I happened to look down at my receipt. Crochet again, was being given a kick in the face! See for yourself!
Although I had purchased crochet magazines, the department stores reckoned them with knit magazines! I was so mad that I did what I hadn't done in a long time... I went to the magazine racks at Wal-mart and I...I...moved the knit magazines to the back and pulled the crochet magazines to the front. I was only brave enough to take one picture of my "misdeed".
When I lived in Berks county I would do this all of the time. I would move the Interweave Knit magazines to the back and put the Interweave Crochet magazines to the front. I would take the copies of Crochet Today;( their covers are so pretty!), and place it prominently in front of all of the other craft magazines. I would fold my arms and feel pleased with my little act of civil disobedience!
Now that I am living in a county that is so in LOVE with crochet, I hadn't felt the need to be so bad! That was, until yesterday.
So crochet magazines take heart! I am on the job!
By the way, I hear that a brand new crochet magazine, Crochet 1-2-3 will be available (at Wal-mart!) on September 8th.
I will be watching and waiting...
3 comments:
It angers ma to no end that they treat Crochet like its second class(hey but what's new right?)If I had the finacial backing I would open a strictly crochet shop then knitters could see how we feel when I only offer 1 knit mag and only carry one line of needles and shove them in the corner away from the mainstream.C'mon they invented the knitting machine in the late 1600's,there has yet to be a Crochet Machine(besides myself)so respect where respect is due I say.
Oh yeah,And as a male crocheter I don't feel I should be treated like I don't know why I'm in the yarnstore to begin with.
To my two anonymous friends, I feel your pain! If I had the money, I'd buy up all of the crochet mag and distribute them free to spread the word. As to my gentleman friend, I promise to be courteous to any gentleman I see perusing the yarn aisles at AC Moore!
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