Knitting Peeves?

I hate it when I have spent a couple of weeks knitting a sweater out of a
nice yarn, with a complex pattern or unusual design and the first time I
wear it, some one says "You know, I saw a sweater just like that at
WallMart/KMart".
What is your pet knitting peeve?
DA

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Hi Da,

How about making all the nieces and nephews pullover vests,each with a
different Mary Maxim design on it and they put them on so you could see
them in them and that was the last time they wore them.

Hugs,

Nora

A skein with its end buried so deep in its center that you end up pulling
half the yarn out looking for it.


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Hi Da,

How about making all the nieces and nephews pullover vests,each with a
different Mary Maxim design on it and they put them on so you could see
them in them and that was the last time they wore them.

Hugs,

Nora

DA wrote:
I hate it when I have spent a couple of weeks knitting a sweater out
of a nice yarn, with a complex pattern or unusual design and the
first time I wear it, some one says "You know, I saw a sweater just
like that at WallMart/KMart".
What is your pet knitting peeve?

Mine is when people assume that I knit because I don't have a life. The
nerve! Or they assume that knitting is the same as doing nothing!

Katherine

betty wrote:
A skein with its end buried so deep in its center that you end up
pulling half the yarn out looking for it.

Oh, I hate that!

Katherine

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:23:04 -0400, "DA" wrote:

I hate it when I have spent a couple of weeks knitting a sweater out of a
nice yarn, with a complex pattern or unusual design and the first time I
wear it, some one says "You know, I saw a sweater just like that at
WallMart/KMart".
What is your pet knitting peeve?
DA
My knitting peeve is when someone says I can buy that at
Walmart/Zellers or when they are willing to pay hardly anything for a
homemade item.

Darlene in Toronto

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A skein with its end buried so deep in its center that you end up pulling
half the yarn out looking for it.



Without a doubt, those buried ends are the biggest annoyance I can think of.

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Jan in MN

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Craftkitten (Darlene) wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:23:04 -0400, "DA" wrote:

I hate it when I have spent a couple of weeks knitting a sweater out of a
nice yarn, with a complex pattern or unusual design and the first time I
wear it, some one says "You know, I saw a sweater just like that at
WallMart/KMart".
What is your pet knitting peeve?

My knitting peeve is when someone says I can buy that at
Walmart/Zellers or when they are willing to pay hardly anything for a
homemade item.

Stephanie Pearl McPhee has the answer for that one. Roughly paraphrased:
Even if it's the same pattern in the same yarn in the
same color, my sweater is way better, because I made it.
"This sweater exists only because I am a clever, determined,
vital knitter, with stick-to-itiveness and an ability to
follow through." (p.239 _At Knit's End_)

=Tamar

Katherine wrote:

Mine is when people assume that I knit because I don't have a life. The
nerve! Or they assume that knitting is the same as doing nothing!

Change I knit with I crochet and I subscribe to that!
Grrrrr....

Hugs,

Anna Maria

How about making all the nieces and nephews pullover vests,each with a
different Mary Maxim design on it and they put them on so you could see
them in them and that was the last time they wore them.

Hugs,

Nora

That happens all the time at my house. I knitted a sweater for the DH(who
will only wear black/grey or shades of brown) out of Noro Kureyon. He put it
on to wear to the office and that is the last time I have seen the sweater,
this was 2 years ago. Now I spend the time knitting for myself
DA