2 EDITOR'S LETTER
 8 MARKET REPORT
22 TNNA GIVEAWAY
24 BOOK REVIEWS
26 YARN FORWARD
28 TNNA UPDATE
30 CYCA UPDATE
32 KNITTING GUILD
     REPORT
36 CGOA REPORT
38 SMART ONLINE
40 SMART
     MANAGEMENT
42 SMART
     COMMUNICATIONS
44 SMART
     TRANSITIONS
46 SMART
     MERCHANDISING
48 COMPANY PROFILE:
     Skacel Collection
50 INTERNATIONAL
     REPORT
     Bali
72 CELEBRITY
     INTERVIEW
     Debbie Macomber

36 SEATTLE TIMES
      The 2010 YMN Smart Business
      Conference in review.
56 FALL FORECAST
      A look at how fashion trends
      will influence hand knits this
      fall.
59 JEANE HUTCHINS:
     PAST AND PRESENT
      A conversation with the editor
      of PieceWork magazine, who
      also edited the original YMN.
60 TAKE 5
     Daryl Brower analyzes the top
     five trends in the yarn biz in the
     past five years.
64 KNITTING AND HEALTH:
     GOT FIBER?
     Do we finally have tangible
     evidence that knitting does a
     body good? Leslie Petrovski
      reports.
68 THE CUSTOMER IS
     ALWAYS...
     LYS ownbers reveal their
      methods for dealing with their
      most challenging customers.
      By Cheryl Krementz.