Let's Knit Magazine - Your knitting, your style

Hi.just seen a lets knit mag n dvd been sold for over £10 plus postage..

It amazes me why people would pay that much,i can remember seeing a tom and jerry toy knitting pattern a few years ago sold for £100 its silly really what people will pay.

OMG I have got a fortune in my sewing/knitting den!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me too..

It IS amazing what people consider valuable..all perspective I guess. I sold two stuffed toys..NOT vintage, for $700 a few years back, all because of the name on the tag.

There is a woman who has an ebay shop and she makes a good living selling old patterns. Thing is tho, it takes alot of time because she has to source patterns constantly as well as list, keep up with postage etc. She is one of the fairer ones with postage tho...some seller pad their listings with ridiculous postage rates.

were they Steiff?

nope, they were toys by the guy who made beanie babies, but they were pre beanie..big stuffed monkey and koala. I found them in a tiny toyshop in wicklow for 7.99. only when the beanie craze took off did I realise the name meant something to other people..so I figured I’d give it a go and needless to say, was gobsmacked

so am I !!!!!!!!

wow! what a return on your investment!!

We once sold an old sepia postcard of a pub in Wales, for £100 !!!!!!  2 people were bidding against each other, otherwisw wasn’t really worth that much, wish I’d had a couple lol x Janet

gill1946 - 13 May 2008 04:23 PM

OMG I have got a fortune in my sewing/knitting den!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can tell the kids you can carry collecting as its their inheritance building up. Then if you wanted to be mean you could leave it to a museum instead!!!! Threaten them with that to promote kindness to mum!!(and hwn)

Now THAT is the BEST reason (excuse? justification?) for continuing to collect pattern books and magazines I ever heard!! And I have every intention of using it

I think I’ll use it too!!

knitternicky - 14 May 2008 01:07 PM

gill1946 - 13 May 2008 04:23 PM

OMG I have got a fortune in my sewing/knitting den!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can tell the kids you can carry collecting as its their inheritance building up. Then if you wanted to be mean you could leave it to a museum instead!!!! Threaten them with that to promote kindness to mum!!(and hwn)

All my stuff is No1s pension fund. I remind her of that every time she looks in my den and rolls her eyes at the clutter.!!!!!!!