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franna724
Seriously Hooked
USA
633 Posts |
 Posted - 05/03/2005 : 11:16:43 AM
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The lack of trendy designs for plus-sized women.
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xmasberry
Seriously Hooked
826 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 11:45:51 AM
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the idea that because i knit i have a lot of free time.
holly x
"do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don't pick your nose" -Jef Mallett
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useratl
Warming Up
74 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 08:06:40 AM
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| Models knit in DARK COLORS so that you can't make out pattern detail . . . not showing the reverse side of scarf and afghan patterns . . . |
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Atavistic
Permanent Resident
6604 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 08:11:20 AM
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More peevish stuff for me:
Ponchos.
Novelty yarn, especially when presented as the first thing you see when you walk in a yarn store.
A good friend: You knit faster than most women shop. |
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probablyjane
Permanent Resident
United Kingdom
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contrary1
Chatty Knitter
100 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 08:57:52 AM
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My latest is finding out the yarn reccomended in a book for a pattern wasn't even produced! Just enough for the sample to picture with the pattern! What a nasty trick that was!
Sue from
Country Yarns
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HellaHelen
Chatty Knitter
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 09:40:42 AM
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Hoo boy, we are one peeved group. But of course we have peeves! Mine:
1) Crappy patterns that lack any number of specifics, from FINISHED bust size, recommended ease for pattern (i.e. finished bust size=39", to fit bust size 37-38" would be wonderful in all sweater patterns), gauge over stockinette, CORRECT yardage required, types of decreases/increases to use and WHERE to use them, etc. I'm a pretty creative knitter and will modify patterns at will, but the pattern itself should be a solid point of departure, not a source of confusion.
2) Mean/rude people, from rude LYS employees to uptight, self-righteous knitters who post rude replies on KR!
3) Ridiculously expensive yarns & patterns intended for large quantities of said yarns.
4) Knots in skeins, tiny skeins, and all activities related to weaving in more ends than absolutely necessary.
5) The general practice of writing sweater patterns as flat pieces to be seamed rather than in-the-round and seamless.
All that, and I'm a HAPPY knitter!
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Mary D.
Chatty Knitter
USA
257 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 4:02:47 PM
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Yarn labels with printing so tiny that you can't make out the gauge or the recommended needle size.
Yarn shops that put their price tags over the most important information on the yarn label. |
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SerMom
Permanent Resident
Canada
6412 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 4:29:10 PM
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Originally posted by jade
I dislike being dissed by non-knitters who think my knitting is either funny (?) or "so easy for you". I can't see why knitting should be humorous but I see people grinning away when a woman is knitting in public.
I think it's pleasure, not amusement. I smile every time I see a baby or small child. Not because I find it funny, but because it gives me pleasure.
And I look on the "oh, is that for me" as a compliment as well, It's a way of saying "wow, that's nice", so I just smile in response.
Barbara
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lella
Permanent Resident
9697 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 4:44:52 PM
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Ok ok. I have one peeve, but my pets all give me more pleasure. I can't read charts, so, I have to learn how to be able to do anything like the beautiful sweaters that are in the new books I ordered. My eyes jump lines and start skittering all over the place when trying to read a chart, especially when the chart as little added on pieces to save space. There, I am done.
"Oooo is that for me!," is something I've always found endearing.
lella [img]http://smilies.sofrayt.com/^/9971/omelet.gif[/img]
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Renee77
Chatty Knitter
261 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 7:23:25 PM
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Just like Mary D. said, yarn shops that put their price labels over important info on the yarn labels. Two of the shops near me put bar code labels on every skein of yarn, almost always right over the content information, and recommended gauge/needle sizes on the labels.
For patterns that specify a yarn, but won't give the info about yardage or fiber content - doing a Google search, you can almost always find out those two things. Knit N' Style magazine is notorious for this, because their designs come straight from the yarn companies, and the companies don't want you to substitute with another yarn. If you notice, that same magazine won't even show a picture of a gauge swatch or a strand of the yarn used. Which is kind of stupid, since nearly all these same companies have websites that list the important yardage and content information.
Another peeve - colors that get discontinued only 2-3 years after they were introduced, just to make way for more colors that aren't any more attractive. And entire yarn lines that get discontinued 3-4 years after they were introduced. |
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mokey
Permanent Resident
15375 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 8:25:28 PM
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I recently encountered this. Patons used to have a mohair yarn called Allure, but it was discontinued years ago. I heard that Patons was bringing back Allure and I was thrilled. Infortunately they had brought in a completely different type of yarn and caled it Allure!
"I firmly believe the Bible is the misinterpreted word of God." Mokey
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moxie
Seriously Hooked
844 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 8:38:21 PM
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*Finding that the expensive designer yarn that you knit so beautifully... pills like mad and looks 10 years old after the second wearing.
* Laddering down THE WRONG STITCH.
* metal DPNs
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amosellie
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
433 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 03:02:31 AM
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| I hate when you are knitting along - the yarn is fairly expensive - and, there is a knot in it where they joined it!!!! It always is in the middle of a row on ends up in the right side. |
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 05:02:37 AM
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Originally posted by Atavistic
More peevish stuff for me:
Ponchos.
Novelty yarn, especially when presented as the first thing you see when you walk in a yarn store.
A good friend: You knit faster than most women shop.
Amanda I read through your "peeves" right into your signature line and I thought you had a good friend who was also a pet peeve. Took me a second, but I haven't had my coffee yet!
Anita
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 05:07:08 AM
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Originally posted by lella
Ok ok. I have one peeve, but my pets all give me more pleasure. I can't read charts, so, I have to learn how to be able to do anything like the beautiful sweaters that are in the new books I ordered. My eyes jump lines and start skittering all over the place when trying to read a chart, especially when the chart as little added on pieces to save space. There, I am done.
"Oooo is that for me!," is something I've always found endearing.
lella [img]http://smilies.sofrayt.com/^/9971/omelet.gif[/img]
http://zippiknits.blogspot.com/
I might be able to help you there. To keep your eye on the right line, take a sticky note that's as wide as the chart and place it just above the line you are reading. Or, you can buy very cheaply a metal magnet board taht comes with long magnetic strips to lay across the chart. The sheet will fit right inside a plastic sheet protector and you just slide the magnet up for each row. They have them in craft stores usually near the cross stitch supplies.
Anita
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Kelly B
Permanent Resident
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 05:14:10 AM
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Or pull out a cookie sheet and a straight sided magnet off the fridge. But first make a photocopy of your chart with the machine set to enlarge. For personal use only yada yada.
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Sarasponda12004
New Pal
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 05:50:21 AM
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I've been knitting for about 50 years. I have two peeves. First is overpriced yarn, and the second is the photos in knitting instruction magazines. WHY in the world do they knit something in a very dark yarn, then pose the model against something equally as dark? It would be just as easy to knit everything in either white or pastels, THEN pose the model against something dark in color. I, too would like to see both the back and front of the item.
Having read some of the previous peeves, I find that I agree with every one of them!
This has annoyed me for years. Thanks for allowing me to vent!
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Musicknitter
Chatty Knitter
USA
334 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 05:55:02 AM
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Wow, it's amazing how many peeves I agree with. (I never thought there would be so many)
Another one (that happened to me last night). You cast on or join a new ball of yarn and leave a long tail like you are supposed to. Then you accidentally pick up the tail instead of the working yarn and knit part way across the row....until you come to the end of the tail! Then you have to go back to where you picked up the wrong yarn. GRRRR.
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Oliversmom3
Chatty Knitter
USA
142 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 06:00:12 AM
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OK, I have come across patterns that I absolutely must make, except the largest size they give the instructions for is 36. Maybe I was that size when I was born, but it's been a while. Why not the standard S, M, & L?
Just started a blog.
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