Heads Up: Vogue Knitting Pattern Sale
On April - 7 - 2009
The Vogue Knitting Pattern store is having a sale through Thursday, April 9th.
All patterns are $1.99. I’m off to shop as we speak!
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Annie Says:
Vogue Pattern Sales Not Great For Designers
I love a sale as much as the next knitter, but please be aware that Vogue’s policy toward paying designers for online pattern sales is terribly unfair.
They offer 10% of net, which is next to nothing, and they keep 90%. There’s no way this could remotely be perceived as fair, and I’d love to see Craftzine cover this from the perspective of the designers.
Interweave offered a similar amount last year, but after negotiations between designers and IK the figure now ranges between 20% – 50%, which is much more fair. Vogue could do this, too, but up to now has refused to consider raising this tiny percentage for the designers.
Best,
Annie Modesitt
[who won't be submitting to Vogue until they change their online pattern sale policy]
For more info on this, see my blog post of Feb 6, 2009 –
http://www.modeknit.com/2009/02/valuing-our-work.html
Posted on April 17th, 2009 at 2:48 pm