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GFTC
Permanent Resident
USA
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 Posted - 06/04/2004 : 05:03:42 AM
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When you complete a project do you bring it over to the LYS where you bought the yarn so they can see it and give the requisite oohs and ahs? 
After all, who else but other knitters really understand what you have accomplished? |
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~rosie~
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 05:37:47 AM
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I'm a little embarassed to say, that yes, I do. To knit night. I didn't bring my latest project, a simple baby blanket, to the group when I finished it, and got "scoldings" for not playing show and tell right. So, yeah, if it's not a dishcloth, I do. I'm a feedback junkie.
I'm hopelessly addicted. I'm strung out on yarn. |
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of troy
Permanent Resident
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 05:41:03 AM
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| Show and Tell, Yet another good reason i belong to 3 knitting groups, (Big Apple, SnB, and a small friendly knitting circle! (where i am off to now!) |
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sharon.curry@aventis.com
Chatty Knitter
109 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 06:33:19 AM
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I don't bring it to the LYS but I do show my co-workers and others my completed projects....they are impressed and let me know....it gives me incentive for the next "task" at hand.
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Lissa
Permanent Resident
USA
4942 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 08:26:15 AM
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You can't get away with not showing off at KnitKnutz - if we catch a glimpse of knitted fabric, we cajole until you show it to us!
Lissa
Hey - I MEANT to do that! |
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LJ
Permanent Resident
USA
1918 Posts |
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kimkrafty
Permanent Resident
USA
2145 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 08:53:17 AM
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I show my co-workers my progress. I don't get to my LYS as often as I'd like because of the distance. They are very encouraging at my LYS, so I probably will eventually take items for them to see.
I discussed a few Summer Tweed projects with one of the owners, so I'll definitely take one of them to show her.
Kimberly, kniting in VA
FO for 2004: 2/3 blanket and 2/3 sweater :) |
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linda-gail
Permanent Resident
USA
1052 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 09:03:51 AM
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Oh, yes! I love feedback on my knitting, but I also love giving it on others' projects. I so enjoy seeing what each person is working on. Sometimes it gives me inspiration, sometimes I love the emotion behind the project, sometimes I just like to be nosy and see what everyone else is doing. It's one of my favorite things about the guild meetings I go to, and the LYS patrons are all very encouraging.
Linda, knitting and now spinning away in MD |
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purlewe
Permanent Resident
1867 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:14:50 AM
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I'm a show and tell junkie. (hmm maybe another branch of the knitters anonymous groups.) I love to show what i am working on, or have just completed. I had a UFO weekend and at the end of it treated myself to a trip to an LYS where the salesperson oohed and ahhed at the appropriate places. Also, my co-worker gets to see everything in progress. Whether he wants to or not.
Cats always feel underestimated, underappreciated and underfed. ~Jon Carroll
http://www.livejournal.com/users/purlewe/ |
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frenchtoast
Chatty Knitter
Canada
188 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:43:43 AM
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I'm so glad I have finally found some fellow knitters (thank you KR!) because I finally have people to show stuff to. The lady in my LYS is nice, but she doesn't really give a damn what I make with her yarn. Maybe some of the stuff I make is a little too wild for her or something. I don't even think it's that wild, but she just looks and nods and says, "uh-huh"
I think it's natural to be proud of what you have created and want to show it to people and even brag a little. Maybe part of it is a need for approval more than anything else (and maybe that is just me and my insecurities!). I know as someone who is self-taught that for a long time I really didn't know if I was doing things "right."
www.kategilbert.com
www.kategilbert.com/blog |
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~rosie~
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 11:13:55 AM
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Oh, yeah. Co-workers are shown and told too. They are subjected on Monday mornings. And any other time I finish something off--including dishcloths--or make significant progress in an evening.
I love seeing what everyone else is doing, too.
I'm hopelessly addicted. I'm strung out on yarn. |
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RoseByAny
Permanent Resident
USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 11:35:30 AM
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After too many times of me stomping my feet and saying "Pay attention to me!" my husband has learned to feign appropriate admiration for my knitting. And when I was in DE, the LYS on Rehoboth Beach (the Knitty Gritty) was great for show and tell - if I walked in without projects, they'd ask how things were going, and always knew which yarn was becoming what.
And we just started a MD group, but I loved seeing what we'd all been working on! And funny enough, of the 8 women there, three were working on the same tank!
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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purlewe
Permanent Resident
1867 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 11:43:38 AM
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ooh, and I forgot to say that what I love about my fave LYS is that the owner REMEMBERS YOUR PROJECT. So if I walk in and say hi and get some yarn she asks "did you finish that sweater?" even if I a) did not buy the yarn in her shop or b)bought the yarn but did not buy the pattern in her shop. She might not remember everyones name, but she knows our projects. And never scoffs. (I had one owner at another store say sadly that she would never felt the Manos bag I was making. She was actually TRYING to make me feel guilty about my project. I don't show her my stuff anymore.
Cats always feel underestimated, underappreciated and underfed. ~Jon Carroll
http://www.livejournal.com/users/purlewe/ |
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Lelani
Permanent Resident
USA
2005 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 10:41:28 AM
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ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!
Lelani
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." White |
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Licensed2Cook
Permanent Resident
USA
3554 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 12:01:13 PM
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You know "Show & Tell" is one of those things that most of us were taught in kindergarten. How's that saying go? All I needed to know in life I learned in kindergarten. I still love show and tell, I especially love to be inspired by the great items others knit up.
Dee
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Berchem
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 1:06:01 PM
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| I am sorry to say I don't bring my finished to projects into the LYS when I am done. When I see yarn that I love, I buy it. I usually don't have any idea what to make with it. When I get it home, I sometimes look for something but I usually put it away and as I see sweaters or shawls that I like, then I "shop" my stash. It might be a couple of years later when I finally make something from it. By then I don't think any one would remember. Or even that the yarn is available. |
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happyneedles
Seriously Hooked
USA
848 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 4:55:29 PM
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What I love most about going to a lys is seeing what everyone is making and of course, showing my projects in their various stages and most of all, wearing the sweaters there! That's what makes the lys a knitting community into itself and the main reason why I could never be an internet shopper. To me, the lys is a vital part of knitting. Good topic, GFTC. Sue
~Knitting is a gift you give to yourself~
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SerMom
Permanent Resident
Canada
6412 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 11:05:34 AM
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I don't really have a relationship with my LYS, and most of my yarn came from e-bay, but show and tell is the reason I started my blog. I wanted to be able to talk about my knitting to ppl who actually cared about it.
Barbara
Remember, we're self-selecting!
My photos:
http://photos.yahoo.com/sermomca
My new blog:
http://sermomknits.blog-city.com/ |
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Little Kitty
Chatty Knitter
255 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 12:03:02 PM
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I have brought WIP pieces to show co-workers, and I have worn most of my finished projects to the office. Now when I wear ANY sweater, my co-workers ask me if I have made it  .
~~ Lynette ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
perfect is the best you can do that day |
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frenchtoast
Chatty Knitter
Canada
188 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 2:57:00 PM
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carpe diem
Permanent Resident
1158 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 3:08:58 PM
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Absolutely! My area LYS's show great interest in what I've made, regardless where I purchased the yarn or pattern. Although it's limited to a select few for me, most owners/staff/fellow knitters like to see the transformation .
~ Lisa, Seattle |
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