How do you prefer to buy patterns...

[PoetryinYarn]

I just wondered how everyone does their pattern buying. I prefer buying books or magazines.

[Tomeygirl]

i buy booklets and sometimes I buy books with patterns. I also get alot by the pattern online and also free lol i guess a little of all of them.

[cat3crazy]

I have a subscription to Crochet World so that is where most of my patterns come from (other than the Internet) but before I would buy leaflets that had a dozen or more pattern for the same type of item (potholders, dishcloths, etc). I have a few books with patterns but I find that most books have only a few patterns that I like, not enought to justify the cost of the book for me.

[hooked2]

I purchase pattern :books ! I also love crochet magazines (I now subscribe to three - )! But, I have also purchased individual patterns. And I free ones from CPC and other sites, and of course from fellow 'Villers!

 

Perhaps you should add another poll choices that reads "All of the above" ()! Or "Most of the above" anyway....

[Knit Happens]

singles or books...not usually magazines--but I have bought vintage magazines, just for the Barbie patterns.

[LizaKaye]

I'm a pattern-a-holic, so I buy patterns in books, magazines, leaflets, internet, whatever way I can get them!

Merry Christmas to everyone, my son made it home safe and sound from Iraq, so we had the best gift of all.

Hope you all had a happy one.

Lisa

[Blondie]

I buy patterns in all the ways mentioned. One thing I did start doing though, was no matter how the pattern was printed, book, single or so on, when I decided to to make the pattern I made a copy of it, either with my all in one printer, or with the big copy machine where my daughter works. This way I can take the pattern with me when purchasing yarn.

 

I have a tendency to write or mark on a pattern I am working on. I put a check mark on the row I am currently doing so if I need to lay the project down I know where to start up again. If I have to repeat a row several times, I make marks at the bottom of the page to keep up with how many rows I have worked.

 

I take my current project wit me a lot of times. No project is too big to be portable if need be I find a few folded pages are easier to transport than a whole book.

 

By the time the project is completed the copied pages are a bit worn and marked all over so I just toss them a way, but I still have the original pattern in tip top conditon

[Yaviiniia Loenla Enath]

I'll do any of those, depending on the price and the pattern.

[knit knackack]

I love 'em all......books, magazine, downloads....you name it!

[2kute]

I'm a pattern-a-holic, so I buy patterns in books, magazines, leaflets, internet, whatever way I can get them!

 

Lisa

 

That's me. I prefer to buy books on sale LOL:devil

[PBLKNP]

It all depends, but usually I like to get a book with a lot of patterns. I try not to order on-line sight-unseen, though, as I've been burned by that. I find it's better to get books at the local bookstore, where I can check them out ahead of time (either that, or I check them out, and then order on-line, if it will be a lot cheaper).

[Lena]

I prefer to buy crochet books for my patterns. I find that the patterns are more modern, they all come with pictures, and i get a whole collection of them.

[Terry Rindal Jr]

As a member of CGOA I get my Bi-monthly issue of Crochet. I buy books that have patterns that really catch my eye. I rarely buy a single pattern though. For single patterns, I try to figure how to make it using my existing pattern books and magizines.

[Indigo Skye]

I find that most books have only a few patterns that I like, not enought to justify the cost of the book for me.

 

Yeah, me too Cat3!

[JessR]

I like single patterns or booklets because, for the most part, I only keep the patterns that I really like, and I don't want to have to dig through a book for a specific pattern. That, and I'm cheap so I choose to spend most of my craft budget on yarn rather than on patterns

[Indigo Skye]

I know that's right Jess. There are sooooo many free patterns on the 'net with manufacturers wanting us to use their particular yarns for this or that particular pattern. I already have a 3/4" binder, indexed off, with various patterns. A pattern has to reallly WOW me for me to put out $ for it. It just seems the magazines and books may have one or two patterns that I like though they are chock full of them.

 

And not sure why, but I am seriously NOT into toys, bobbles, doilies & such. I am totally into women's apparel for the most part.

[Cherokee2]

I have lots of magazines, either given to me, or bought, singly or by subscription. I grab free patterns from the displays at stores, if they interest me, and I get free patterns on the web. I do not purchase patterns online as I don't use credit cards. But I did buy one through the mail from some blog, can't remember where. I have purchased Leisure Art booklets many times, and always look through pattern books when I am in a store, in case there is one I really like. As for the patterns I get from the web, I have six very thick binders with patterns in protector sleeves.... but some are for cross-stitch or other things to make for gifts, etc.

In short... I will not live long enough to make all the patterns I have collected. I am going to will them to someone who loves crocheting as much as I do.

[Becky619]

I buy books, magazines, individual patterns, and download off the internet

[TheLadyWind]

I prefer buying single patterns. However, if there is a designer or theme I really like, I don't mind buying a book

[Nan-Nan]

I aquire them in all the ways mentioned but think most nowadays are downloaded free patterns. I also have a set of Happy Hands (magazines in red binders). There are sewing, knitting, lace making etc. patterns in them. These are vintage ("70s ) patterns but a lot of them are treasures when worked in todays colors/yarns. There are a lot of clothing items as well as household items. Can you tell I love them? They were givrn to me by a very dear friend in L.V. She is still my very best friend in the whole world

[CLLinda]

I like to collect books of patterns. This way, I have quite a collection when looking for a project.

 

[gumby28]

I get most of mine free off of the internet. If I am going to purchase them More for my money is better

[DoubleTreble]

I have a couple crochet books of patterns, but really prefer the magazines bacause I get a number of types of patterns in one place. What I am interested in making can change from one year to the next, and I have a library of different patterns to chose from in most genres this way.

[pasteeater]

I'd say a bit of everything. I find stuff free online, I buy magazines, and I buy books from amazon and ebay. I am a pattern pig. LOL

[TIFF705]

I buy patterns from etsy and online mostly.