#knittinghottake If you have the time and staff to harass people cleaning out their closet of items they make with their own hands, you have the time and staff to check out the profile page of a podcast that once targeted you. You have the time and staff to Google as well.
#knittinghottake If the only action you are willing to take on synthetics and partially synthetic yarns is to brag about shopping more morally than other people, you don't care about the environment. You care about what people think about your values.
#KnittingHotTake, I don’t hate purling. I knit continental, so my purling speed is almost as fast as my knitting, I don’t get the purling hate.
The only reason I don’t knit flat more often is because I suck at seaming.
#knittinghottake if you churn out internet content, either text or video, and called anything a "grandma hobby," even if you throw in "not anymore" you are doing a terrible job. Not only are you only reinforcing the stereotype, I've seen headlines like that for at least 20 years.
It's been a while since I did a #knittinghottake If you post a pattern on ravelry with 52 of the exact same picture, I hope nobody buys it ever. It's a waste of everyone's time.
I have a #knittinghottake. While I don't think perfect patterns are worth the cost of exploited labor, there is a pattern quality issue I'd like to discuss. If you gauge your size by changing needle or hook size, you are wrong. First, there is not a symmetrical adjustment when changing needle
#knittinghottake not every knitting pattern should be considered creative work. I just saw a rant about people not buying patterns. Personally, don't think people should buy patterns if they don't need to. Years ago I learned a couple ways of knitting socks. I landed on a foot construction I
#knittinghottake. People rightfully see saying "hello, ladies" or "crochet girlies" as dismissive of other genders. I personally think it is also firmly in the pointlessly gendered world. People need to understand two things.
#knittinghottake Ravelry is a frustrating site. Over the years I have given up on using any of the social aspects, because 90s web forums were more intuitive. But now I have joined an MKAL and want to participate. Why is this so hard? Why is any video on using ravelry so long?
#knittinghottake There's nothing wrong with basic design, especially when written in a way to instruct new knitters in skills that can make them learn repeatable skills. But you can't get mad that more advanced knitters can get the look from the picture. They just weren't your audience.
#knittinghottake The more experience you gain, the harder it is to just accept a pattern. Sometimes there's construction techniques that make more sense. Sometimes there's design elements you don't like. Sometimes you unravel a portion 3 times because it's not what you are looking for.
#knittinghottake not all of us want superwash wool. Not even for sock yarn.
A complicated #knittinghottake "support your lys" is part of a decades long trend to blame consumers for an impossible economic landscape. You can't blame the lys, and you can't blame the shopper.
#knittinghottake I personally hate almost everything about acrylic. I don't really think good acrylic exists, just less bad. It's torture to knit with, and the finished product is both clammy and not warm. But there's reasons people might have for using it. I just hope they use less bad.
#knittinghottake why tell people they can knit faster with another knitting style? Speed is not the only measure of efficiency, and it takes a long time to become proficient in another style? I don't think you are paying them. And if you are, they should quit.
#knittinghottake "contains optional short rows" look, I may not understand why anybody wants their sweaters rising up in the back, but it's all optional. The whole pattern. There's no airline safety inspectors in knitting. You can change anything you want.
#knittinghottake as a plus size person, I appreciate the trend to size inclusivity. While having a realistic starting point helps. Most large bodies have a bigger difference between the shoulders and bust than the sizes account for.
#knittinghottake going up or down in needle size will likely not work to make gauge. Learn knitting math, and adjust the pattern instead. The length of the stitch adjusts faster than the width, which can lead to futile battle with physics. Make a couple swatches, and choose a fabric you like best
#knittinghottake Neither toe-up or cuff-down socks are inherently superior to the other. These are also not the only options. People just find a method they feel most comfortable with, then learn how to customize it for their feet.
#knittinghottake Test knitting is a scam. Imagine a editor for a News Paper, not only working for free, but having to pay for the printing materials, as well as provided no cost marketing. Some of you even require knitter's to buy the unfinished pattern and reimburse when the knitting is done. No
#knittinghottake There is no such thing as perfect gauge. If you make gauge perfectly, don't trust it. It's best to knit a couple different swatches in the sizes you think work best, and rewrite the pattern to what you are happy with. And yes, row gauge matters.
#knittinghottake It's one thing to talk about deinfluencing a craft, and another to be condescending. Sure, you can use an old grocery bag instead of a project bag, but who cares? There are some who are even rude about someone using cable needles. Maybe some people need them, what's it to you?
