I'm doing an informal survey and would value your opinions. Would you purchase
a pattern book on CD if the CD insert showed thumbnail photos of the finished
lace? If you had the choice of a printed pattern book--let's assume that it is
not a hardbound volume--or a CD, which would you purchase? I
I really, really, really dislike 'reading' a book on the computer.
So I rarely buy CDs, since I have to print them out and the cost of
ink is more than buying a softcover book! For me to buy a CD, the
patterns would have to be spectacularly spectacular.
On 24 Oct 2007, at 18:09, Carole La
Don't know why this is on both Lace and Lace-chat, as it's clearly a lace
topic, so I'm restricting my reply to Lace to save getting it twice.
A book every time!
I had a choice of Jane Akinson's book "Pattern Design for Torchon Lace" new
on CD or secondhand in book form - I chose the book. Pri
My personal choice would be a glossy, coloured printed book for
perusing in bed - with a CD of the prickings in various grid sizes
and the photos so I can enlarge them on the screen to see "just how
they did that bit"
Hows that for decadent?
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
[EMAI
Hi Carole (and everyone)
I can see that there are good points about both. With the CD there is
the fact that it takes up almost no space (but would I lose it?) Just
printing off the prickings would be great, no scanning or photocopying.
But even if you could blow up the illustrations you can't
Like many of you I much prefer a real book to a CD, and if there's more
than a couple of sentences that I really need to understand I have to
print out a hard copy. That plus the problems of the limited life
expectancy of a CD mean that I say give me a proper book any day.
However, an accompa
: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:09 PM
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Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] Preference of book format
I'm doing an informal survey and would value your opinions. Would you
purchase a pattern book on CD if the CD insert showed thumbnail photos of
the finished lace? If you ha
Hi Carol
I would purchase a pattern book on a CD.
I would expect to see the pattern, a pricking and hints for working.
How much to pay would depend on how many patterns I am getting on the CD and
how detailed the instructions are.
EX: If I am just getting prickings with no instructions, I
I'm doing an informal survey and would value your opinions. Would you purchase
a pattern book on CD if the CD insert showed thumbnail photos of the finished
lace? If you had the choice of a printed pattern book--let's assume that it is
not a hardbound volume--or a CD, which would you purchase? If y
Dear Carole
Yes, I would opt for a CD such as you describe - it would take up less
room than a book, and I am seriously short of shelfspace!
It would be wonderful to be able to print out patterns as one needed them
- the pricking straight onto card - and I assume would make scaling up or
down ver
Naturally, when I make an absolute statement, it doesn't take long for me to
contradict myself!! Jean Nathan mentioned Jane Atkinson's book on disk, and
this is a good example. I did not "discover" Jean's book until it was OOP, and
so was thrilled to learn about the CD. As soon as I got it, I
cumbersome and NOT a substitute for a book!.
But then I love books and can always find space for one more.
Smiles
BarbE
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Well I have swung all day, backwards and forewards but really do think the
absolute ideal is part book, part disc, as the ladies say to be able to
print off patterns from the disc really is the very best option.
It certainly has been a brain teaser all day:-) in an ideal world.
Sue T, chilly du
rrow for a week to visit my father who
moved there a few years ago.
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format> > I'm doing an informal survey and would value your
personally I'm enjoying all the different points of view
jenny barron
Scotland
Such a shame that all these messages about the book format are coming into the
lace in box. I feel it would have been much better if Carole had requested we
contact her 'off list'.
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Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:19 PM
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personally I'm enjoying all the different points of view
jenny barron
Scotland
Such a shame that all
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