Information

Sorry I've not updated since the weekend...life, you know, sometimes gets in the way.

ALL CRAFT MEDIA (Administration Details) Anybody who is owed money or goods, including advanced subscriptions for Magazines, sock, lace or crochet clubs should use this address:
The details of the Administrator are:
FRP Advisory
10 Furnival Street
London
EC4A 1YH In
Alistair Holt-Thomas
Tel: +44 (0)20 3005 4000
Fax: +44 (0)20 3005 4400

If you have submitted designs or have copyright/contract questions about published or unpublished designs, the address above is who you should contact.

If you regularly patronize a yarn or fabric shop, please let the shop owners know about the Administration as there are crafters and shopowners who are not on the Internet or Ravelry. UK newsagents and other shops who manage subscriptions, may also be unaware that ACM has gone into Administration. Passing the information and the Administrator contact details will assist them in responding to customer queries.

And the winner is....COMMUNITY

Everyone has lost. Designers, subscribers, writers, club members, advertisers, printers, contractors and employees... in short, anyone and everyone ACM touched has lost.

Some losses can be calculated in dollars, pounds, and euros. How does one price disillusion and disappointment or the hours spent making an idea into a creation,

Crocheters have lost the only UK-based print crochet publication. Knitters have lost a magazine which once showed amazing promise and introduced us to innovative designers featuring designs in a range of sizes; and, unlike other British craft magazines, regularly using models of colour to model those designs. Quilters and sewers have lost magazines featuring their craft.

Businesses aren't often successful; and failure, however, unpleasant is acceptable. What is unacceptable is the unwillingness to recognize or the total disregard for the community a business creates. The failure to recognize and respect the symbiotic interrelationship between customer and product, supplier and product and employee and the business owners is unforgiveable.

ACM is in Administration and it is still early days and much is still to be learned about what the final disposition will be of the titles ACM once published as well as what compensation, if any, can be given to thosse unpaid or unfulfilled. But what survives in the crafting community IS COMMUNITY.

Generous offers have come forth from suppliers, designers, dyers to make lace club and sock club members whole. Knitters and crocheters have offered postage support. Other publishers have reached out to unpaid and unpublished designers. We are even looking at ways to help employees who've lost their jobs.

If you need information or assistance, reach out to the communities in the list below:

The Sewing Directory
SewHappyGeek
Friends of the Group Once Known as... (you'll have to joined Ravelry to access information; but I will also publish the Administrator contact details as soon as we have them.)

In Administration

There is not a count today for the lace yarn or magazine subscriptions because

ALL CRAFT MEDIA (In Administration)
ACM declared this morning (4th May 2012) that they were going into administration.
As soon as we know the name and details of the administrator, we will post that information here and in this group. We will also give all the details we can about lodging creditors’ claims for those who are designers, contributors, members of various clubs that haven’t received their goods and subscribers.
On Monday 30th April 2012, a new company, Handmade Living Limited, was incorporated with one Director, Richard Rycroft, who is Kerrie Allman’s father. We have at this time no details of the shareholding but will investigate and post that information here.
ETA: The administrators of ACM will be FRP Advisory. Further information will follow.

The details of the Administrator are:
FRP Advisory
10 Furnival Street
London
EC4A 1YH
Tel: +44 (0)20 3005 4000
Fax: +44 (0)20 3005 4400

It's the same old song

Day 22 No verifiable member of the Knit Magazine (soon to be Yarnwise Magazine) Lace Club has received the last shipment of yarn.

Paper subscribers have not received their Issue 49 of Knit Magazine and there are no copies in the shops. Apparently subscribers to other ACM publications are having the same problem.

As are designers and contributors to other ACM publications: Samples not returned and contracts not paid for work completed, submitted and published.

Good news: Argentgal received her sample of the Isambard Corset in the mail today. Now she just needs paying.
29 days ago, the Sock Club members were told their printed booklet of patterns was expected from the printer any day now. Members have only received a .pdf of the booklet.


Now for the good news:

Chroma Yarns: their shop is updated on Sundays. Check out the spiderlace yarn.

Enfys crochet designs come highly recommended especially her crochet barefoot sandals patterns.

New quarterly knitting mag: PomPom Mag coming out soon.

And me:
At work we had a 10th Anniversary Party Tuesday night. One thing I've learned about very nice people, they have very nice friends. I work with very nice people and the friends, current and former board members, supporters and partners who came last night were a delight to host. The food from Green Plate Catering, as always was superb.

After the good time last night, this morning it was back to working on the Convening in June.

Distribution

Day 21 No verifiable member of the Knit Magazine (soon to be Yarnwise Magazine) Lace Club has received the last shipment of yarn.

DISTRIBUTION
There have always been many distribution problems with this company’s magazines – copies being lost by Royal Mail, TNT not delivering on time, printers who were supposed to be sending out the copies. It would appear that many avenues have been used but issues are invariably late or don’t arrive at all. There are recurring problems also downloading the digital copies.

APRIL/MAY 2012: Subscribers to Knit Magazine and Inside Crochet are waiting for their overdue copies. The following email has been received from ACM by some subscribers:

“In order to smooth the subscription process, we have outsourced our subscription management service, and starting from this month, your magazines will be posted out direct from Unique Magazines in Newcastle.
You’ll find their contact details on the subs pages of this issue and they will be your first port of call with any queries.”

Because of the large number of enquiries that Unique Magazines has been receiving from ACM subscribers, a representative of the company joined Ravelry on 1st May 2012 and posted the following:

“Good aftenoon my name is john Porrett from Unique magazines, i thought it was best to clarify the sitution with regards to Unique magazines and the management of All Craft media subscriptions.
Unfortunately Unique magazines were unable to agree terms on the management of All craft media publications, in the interim period the publisher has printed contact details within the magazines that Unique magazines are the new contacts for All craft media subscriptions.
We have agreed with All craft media that any contact made with my company would be redirected back to All craft media to be dealt with.
I can confirm that Unqiue magazines have not taken receipt of any magazines to dispatch as the agreement was never finalised.
if i can be of further help please do not hesitate to contact myself by email john.porrett@uniquemagazines.co.uk my team will continue to take calls and pass the contact details to customers for contacting All craft media - basically the contact details that can be found in previous copy of the relevant magazines.”

Some Fleece and Yarn

Day 20 No verifiable member of the Knit Magazine (soon to be Yarnwise Magazine) Lace Club has received the last shipment of yarn.

From HilltopCloud

Welsh Black Mountain, North Ronaldsay Roving

And a sample of BFL Roving
Plus a Wonderwool flyer (which I will frame) and a postcard.

From Poshyarn: Madeline My Kingdom for a Horse

Lace

80% superwash BFL/20% silk 875yds