Comments on: I spent too much time on the internet

By: itgirl

itgirl — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:19:09 +0000

Because people are morons and can’t take pictures.

By: Bev

Bev — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:29:08 +0000

My knitting buds and I were discussing that very thing as we perused Ravelry for something to “group knit”. Get a clue photographers! Read a book or something about fashion photography! I know mine aren’t always the best, but I don’t post those!!!!! And the empire waist thing is the revival of a bad fashion era anyway. Sure wish it would go away again.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:21:48 +0000

I have wondered about #2 myself. The line going across instead of under always looks like a mistake to me, like the garment doesn’t fit right. Did you end up finding something you want to knit?

By: Janice in GA

Janice in GA — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:03:02 +0000

Even I have noticed the bad-fitting boob lines in some of those tops. (I say “Even I” because I don’t notice lots of things like that, since I don’t do much sweater knitting.)

And there’s one lace designer who doesdo some nice designs, but in most of her own photos, you can’t tell WHAT the lace pattern looks like. That drives me abso-freaking-lutly nuts.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:31:21 +0000

Yeah! What you said! Baaaaaaaa.

By: mouse

mouse — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:22:29 +0000

*empire waist . “Umpire waist”.. I bet that’s unflattering. lol Stupid spell check.

By: mouse

mouse — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:20:38 +0000

Totally agree! My personal favorites are sock patterns that you can’t see the stitch pattern because the photos are either blurry or shot from 2 blocks away. Um.. hello? I don’t care HOW fabulous you say they are.. I’m not going to blindly follow directions and take your word for it!
Also.. bad fit in photos (designers photos) really irritates me… especially misplaced umpire waists! If you don’t know SOMEONE who properly fits into ONE of the (at least 3 sizes.. s, m, l, with the hopes of at least an xs & xl in the bunch) sizes that you wrote the pattern for… then maybe you should go back to the drawing board?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:10:04 +0000

Your post cracked me up! I find the same problem when looking for furniture on Craigslist - you want $100 for the item but you can’t take a non-blurry picture?!