Tag: The Market

  • Destash-Babies’ Cannibalism Unnecessary

    Referring to my previous post here: Of the options bandied about in the Destash fallout, Yarn Sale Or Swap (ysos.blogspot.com) is the most promising heir to Destash. [Opinion amended: check out Destash! and read edit below]. This is simply because the other Destashlets never bothered to set themselves up properly (except for For The Love…

  • Nobody except the Wall Street Journal is outraged about price fixing anymore.

    All of the yarn consumer watch blogs ended in a whimper. Now I have to go back to places like the Wall Street Journal blog if I want to see people debate antitrust. “Can Fixed Minimum Retail Prices Be a Benefit for Consumers?” Sadly, the experts in the article don’t actually answer that question. Larry…

  • A Brief Return to Internetland

    It feels like gasping for breath. Our new place now has working interweb functionality, but tomorrow I’m headed to the ol’ family seat in NJ. I predict that there will be little web contact during that time. Lots of bowling, though. I’m hoping that all of the box-hauling I did this week has strengthened my…

  • Waiting For Spring

    A couple of years ago Moderntales set out to publish quality webcomics that required a subscription. This would have been quite a task– webcomics typically have small audiences that are used to getting comics for free. I think Moderntales owed its initial success to its smart initial lineup, which included a few respectable indie print…

  • The End Of Yarn

    I’m acquainted with a fair number of people who are sweating the death of “new” knitting, but I personally (and selfishly) don’t give a crap whether and how yarncraft goes back out of style. Knitting is hundreds of years old. The ebb of its pop-culture value isn’t going to make yarn disappear. And knowing how…