Ideas for organizing patterns from crochet magazines

[chacoms]

Is there anyone out there like me that is addicted to new crochet magazines with new and exciting patterns in them. Then when you get home you realize you have a similar pattern at home. Well I am looking for a way to organize my magazines and to know what patterns that I especially like are in each one. Any ideas on organizing them? I don't want to tear the patterns out of the magazine, but I don't want anything too complicated either. Just want to access a pattern more easily.

 

I thought about going through each magazine and in the table of contents highlighting those patterns that I really like and then putting them in a bookcase by magazine title/monthly. Believe me I got lots of mags . . . I said I was addicted. If any can enhance this idea I would appreciate. I'm tired of going through stacks of magazines and buying them is getting too expensive.

[monael]

Well I have a pretty unsophisticated method. Basically I use a post it note-upside down so that the sticky part sticks to the page and the non sticky part shows over the top of the magazine. I put that on the page with the pattern I like. Then I write the name of the pattern on the part that sticks up so I can easily read it. But I have less than 50 magazines so it isn't really that hard to look through the stack and read the notes to find the pattern I am looking for.

[Empress Busy Bee]

I do the post note thing, too. Only I use the slim flag ones.

I've gone through most of my magazines and wrote out what is inside on a sheet of paper with the name, month, year on the top with stars next to things I want to make. That way it's easy to the papers and see what I want to make. Keeping the magazines in order then makes it easy to get the one I want.

I've also used the the lined note paper kind of post it to stick to the front of a magazine with a list of what's inside.

[crochetgirl2]

I too have tonz & tonz of crochet mags. so I've only managed to do this for 1

set so far - my Crochet W/Heart mags. - I went thru each one & made a list of the patterns I liked - then typed it up w/the name of the pattern(s) & issue they're in - I keep it in the front of the whole set in a plastic sleeve protector.

Good luck! Smiles, Louise

[Tiga]

Holy granola, is there some sort of psychic-ness to this site or something?

 

I *just* started cataloging my patterns, in magazines, books and my saved patterns, in an excel spreadsheet.

 

Clearly, this will be a long term project.

 

I'm putting the name of the magazine, the volume/number, date of publication, the name of the pattern, the page number, the type of pattern (afghan, doily, skirt, etc), a brief description, the yarn or thread used (just "worsted" or "size 10 thread" - no quantities), hook size, a column for "Will make? Yes/No" and a "Notes" column for my personal thoughts on the project.

 

I type the pattern names and pages from the table of contents in first; that goes pretty quickly. I fill in the rest of the stuff as I go through the magazine.

 

It takes me about 10 minutes to do a Crochet World, so it's not too bad.

 

Then, when I want to make, say, an afghan, I can sort by "Category", see all the afghan patterns, read the descriptions and notes and then only open/find the ones that seem to fit my current fancy!

 

It will save time in the long run; right now, whenever I want to make something, I find I just go to CPC and download a new pattern - one that I may have already downloaded! I have lots of duplicate patterns saved on my computer, and I'm not using my magazines or books hardly at all.

[funkyreporter]

I keep my magazines in three-ring binders using these things http://cgi.ebay.com/Magazine-Holder-Protector-for-3-Ring-Binder_W0QQitemZ250097332440QQcategoryZ268QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and I organize them by month/year. I use the post-its to mark the patterns I especially like, but since I love looking through the magazines I find this works well for me.

[Shell]

Holy granola, is there some sort of psychic-ness to this site or something?

 

I *just* started cataloging my patterns, in magazines, books and my saved patterns, in an excel spreadsheet.

 

Clearly, this will be a long term project.

 

I'm putting the name of the magazine, the volume/number, date of publication, the name of the pattern, the page number, the type of pattern (afghan, doily, skirt, etc), a brief description, the yarn or thread used (just "worsted" or "size 10 thread" - no quantities), hook size, a column for "Will make? Yes/No" and a "Notes" column for my personal thoughts on the project.

 

I type the pattern names and pages from the table of contents in first; that goes pretty quickly. I fill in the rest of the stuff as I go through the magazine.

 

It takes me about 10 minutes to do a Crochet World, so it's not too bad.

 

Then, when I want to make, say, an afghan, I can sort by "Category", see all the afghan patterns, read the descriptions and notes and then only open/find the ones that seem to fit my current fancy!

 

It will save time in the long run; right now, whenever I want to make something, I find I just go to CPC and download a new pattern - one that I may have already downloaded! I have lots of duplicate patterns saved on my computer, and I'm not using my magazines or books hardly at all.

i started doing this a few months ago. have never completed it to date, and dont think it ever will be "complete" per say. mine includes knit and a few other kids of patterns to as i have a lot of the Womans Day type craft books which combine a ton of techniques. I planned once I got a fair amount done to open a new tab for different categories and dividing them up more

[KnicKnac]

HA! You folks are a bit too organized for me!

 

With my magazines, I just browse. When I am ready to start a new project I first go thru all my mags, and they give me inspiration. So far, I have only done one pattern from a mag ... but yesterday I started another.