Please note that I own full and complete
copyright to all my books, together<br>with all photographs
therein. The only exceptions are the designs
and<br>photographs to which copyright is owned by my daughter
Jade.<br><br>With particular reference to A SCOTTISH GARLAND,
AMERICAN PORTRAITS, IN THE<br>HEBRIDES, STILLWATER,
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, TUDOR ROSES and my designs
in<br>THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION - any previously given
permission to reproduce any<br>photographs from these books
(including covers) in websites, catalogues, or<br>in any
other form, is withdrawn as from 10th August 2000. All
photographs<br>should be removed by that date. There never has been any
permission granted<br>to reproduce any other parts of these
books, in any form whatsoever, and<br>that will remain
the case, protected by international copyright
control.<br><br>With reference to my other books, including ARAN
KNITTING, THE CELTIC<br>COLLECTION, THE CHILDREN'S
COLLECTION, FISHERMAN'S SWEATERS and CELTIC<br>NEEDLEPOINT,
permission is maintained to reproduce the covers in
catalogues,<br>but no other material.<br><br>I am obviously
disappointed that circumstances have led in this
direction,<br>especially after so many years of hard work in writing,
designing, teaching<br>and generally building up Alice
Starmore yarns. However, these circumstances<br>dictate
that there is only one course to take, and that is the
course of<br>action that I invariably follow whenever I
discover a mistake in my knitting<br>- take it out and
start again, even if the piece is only a couple of
rows<br>from completion. It is the only way to remain true to
the art. So I will<br>apply my own knitting
philosophy and do now what hindsight shows I should<br>have
done back in October 1998 - start again. Exactly what
form the new<br>start will take, I really do not know
at this stage. I have just this week<br>taken the
first steps towards a new European yarn range, and that
could be<br>extended to encompass North America, but my
experiences have left me<br>naturally wary of following
anything like the old system of distribution.<br>All I can
say is Alice Starmore(TM) will appear on yarn in
North America at<br>some point in the future: how and
when, I do not at this point know. <br><br>I would like
to thank-you sincerely for your support over the
last few<br>years. I take pride in the fact that with
your help I have brought a wide<br>range of
cutting-edge designs to North American knitters and have
extended<br>the art of knitting in new directions. That has
always been my aim. In some<br>way shape or form, I
shall continue to do just that: both I and my
daughter<br>Jade have books planned for 2001. One can only attempt
to keep marching<br>onward and
upward.<br><br>Thank-you once again - and whatever you do, keep on
knitting. I certainly<br>will.<br><br>Yours
sincerely,<br><br>Alice