Why are the patterns printed on tissue, instead of a good, sturdy paper?
Our patterns are printed on tissue for the same reason the big companies use it — weight and volume. (The actual printing of the patterns is done for us by one of the big companies, in fact!) If we printed them on a thicker paper, the packages would be much heavier, and they wouldn’t fold nearly as small — storage, handling, and shipping would cost us — and you — a lot more. The patterns would have to be shipped in a sturdy box, rather than the envelopes we now use. (Incidentally, the manual gives suggestions for transferring the patterns to a heavier paper, should you choose to do so.
