You readers may wonder how we put a magazine like this together. The first step is to obtain made-up items, complete with instructions for making, in as large a variety of handcrafts as possible. For a year or more we have been collecting material for this issue of Annual. Many of our own ideas were developed by expert artists and craftsmen who work with us. Most of the knitting and crochet, designed at our request, comes from large yarn and thread companies. Some of the material is submitted by readers. With the actual items in front of us, we pick, choose and balance, always wishing that we had more space to include everything on hand. Making plans, top (left to right) Eleanor Spencer, Nan Comstock, Gena Rhoades, and Jane Callaghan. Next, material is taken to the photographers by Alixe Scott and Dick Coe (above), who supervise details. Photographs in, pages are planned; then layouts made by Alex Sniffen and Alyce Murphy (above, left). The writing is under the supervision of Amalia G. Casseres (not present when photographs were taken). Her assistants are (left to right) Carol Stein and Betsy Darrach, shown checking page proofs with my secretary, Claire Tetrault.

The Editor.

Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief
McCall's Needlework and Crafts Annual III, © 1952