I currently have the 2007 version of this calendar sitting on my desk. Whilst I havent actually stitched any of the items as yet, I’m actually tempted to get next year’s edition as well. The patters, whilst small, are clear, there’s certainly enough of them for your buck (I think they sell for around the £10 mark here in the UK). The only question I have is – for this number of designs and this price – how much are the designers being paid?

I believe the same company produces the “Dilbert” cartoon calendars.  I remember showing a couple of strips to a girl I used to work with.  Straight out of college, she had only been working a few months, so whilst others reading the same strips were smerking and giggling,  all she did was go “Huh?  It’s not funny.  “Wait a few years” was all I could advise her.