Restless Knitter

Just some random crap that’s been on my mind.

The use of “lawls” or “lawlz” - Most everyone in the online world knows LOL stands for Laughing Out Loud but now we’ve gone from being lazy to just plain stupid. (If you sound out “lol”, it sounds like “lawl”, and we’ve added an S or Z. See?) So not knitting related but had to get that one off my chest.

Trolling the patterns on Ravelry, I found a few that were commented about to the effect “this pattern is awful”. Those same people had made changes to the pattern, yet they called it bad? If you stick a cable where lace is supposed to go, did stockinette instead of ribbing, changed the neckline, whatever, it’s not the pattern. It’s your own damn fault. Now if you knit it like you were supposed to, by all means bitch about it so the rest of us will know to make changes or not knit the stupid thing.

Which brings me to another issue. There are some designers that, no matter how much I like the looks of the FO, I have a hard time marking it as a Favorite or adding to the Queue because I don’t like the designer. So as not to mention any particular names, I’ll give you one example. There’s one designer that feels she has the rights to any and all patterns done in a particular manner. If you create a pattern using this technique, she either throws a hissy until you give her credit (inspired by) or badmouths you on her yahoo group. Can you imagine if Barbara Walker were this way? “OMG you used a stitch out of one of my dictionaries, I demand credit/payment or I’m going to tell everyone you’re an ass.” I’ll give you a second, even though I said I’d give you just one. There’s another that comes across as thinking she’s better than everyone else. Love some of her patterns, hate the holier than thou. Which is a shame because she’s got some nice looking things.

And yet there’s another designer that I think is an alright person. I’ve had a problem with a pattern of hers and probably won’t buy another one. She has a popular pattern that everyone will rave about but in secret they’ll tell you that the pattern just doesn’t work right. Stop that people! Just because she’s “popular”, stop letting on like this was a fantastic knit and tell the truth out loud. If you don’t want to tell the truth, just don’t blog/Rav about the FO.

All the sizing whining. If you have a problem with sizes, learn how to make adjustments so things WILL fit you. It’s just math and with a piece of paper, a pen, and a calculator, you can do it. (Unless you’re lazy like me, then you just don’t make the item.) Designers design things they like and generally will fit them. Get off your ass and design your own stuff if you don’t like it.

Now I wonder how long it will be before I have to eat crow. Not on the lawl thing though, you won’t catch me using that one no matter what.

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