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your cousin Vito (vito_excalibur) wrote in otf_wank,
@ 2009-02-12 11:28:00

Entry tags:

knitting, socks: literal

Madame Defarge probably isn't welcome there EITHER
Ravelry: it's like Facebook! It's for knitters and crocheters! It hit the New York Observer! It spawns four pages of grudgewank! It's like a concentration camp, in a way!

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	singe 2009-02-12 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	What IS it with knitters? Maybe they should pick up a hobby... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Just for the record, knitters don't bring half the crazy that crocheters do. I get to say that. I'm a freak. I knit and crochet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	singe 2009-02-12 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	I made a nylon potholder last night. If I could find a comm for that THEN you'll see some wank, by golly! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I'm sure there's a nylon community on Rav somewhere. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	magnolia_mama 2009-02-12 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	I'm afraid to ask about quilters. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know any quilters, so I dunno. (Reply to this)(Parent)

platedlizard
2009-02-12 10:58 pm UTC (link)

My great-grandma was quilter. She was also reeeealy wanky. As in believed AIDS was caused by malnutrition and a Vast Zionist Conspiracy wanky. Or possibly the Masons, I forget which. So yes, if my sample of one is accurate, quilters are wankier then hell.

She did make a really awesome quilt for me they year I was born. It's got the usual booties and bells and flowers and things, and then it has Mt. St. Helens erupting.

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	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	"And then it has Mt. St. Helens erupting" For this alone, I am willing to forgive your grandmother her wankiness. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

platedlizard, 2009-02-12 11:14 pm UTC

	magnolia_mama 2009-02-12 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	and then it has Mt. St. Helens erupting. Remembering my son's delicate digestive system when he was a baby, I can sort of see why she might have done this. And even if you weren't a spewer like he was, it's still hilarious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vito_excalibur, 2009-02-13 04:28 am UTC

	singe 2009-02-13 01:57 am UTC (link)
	it has Mt. St. Helens erupting Rock on, Granny. (Personal story: When that thing blew up I was a kid in Georgia and I thought the ash falling out of the sky was soooooo cool. Volcanic ash, ya'll!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

platedlizard, 2009-02-13 05:10 am UTC

singe, 2009-02-13 07:08 am UTC

	vito_excalibur 2009-02-13 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Ha, that is completely awesome! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anonyrat 2009-02-13 09:10 am UTC (link)
	Quilting is about the most anal-retentive hobby I could possibly imagine, and I say this as someone who makes extremely small jewelry pieces. So I can only guess as to what the wank level is like. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	julesnoctambule 2009-02-12 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know; go into any knitting community and say 'Acrylic is great!' or state the knitting style you prefer and people will go foamingly batshit before you can blink. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	You and I must hang out at different knitting communities, because I haven't seen much acrylic vs. wool vs. God's Magic Pubic Hairs wank lately, and I've never seen much of a battle between English vs. Continental vs. Combined. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	julesnoctambule 2009-02-12 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	So we must. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sistercoyote, 2009-02-12 11:34 pm UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 01:22 am UTC

beachlass, 2009-02-13 03:17 am UTC

waitwut, 2009-02-13 04:31 am UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 07:25 pm UTC

beachlass, 2009-02-13 07:37 pm UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 09:19 pm UTC

frequentmouse, 2009-02-13 06:15 pm UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 07:18 pm UTC

	poisonyoulove 2009-02-13 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I don't think I've ever seen knitting style wank. But the acrylic-bashing keeps me out of most of the comms, since that's the only yarn I can afford, and I don't need to be told my work is only suitable for lining a dog bed . . . someday, I shall acquire some of God's Pubic Hair and KNIT A DOG BED OUT OF IT! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

julesnoctambule
2009-02-13 01:18 am UTC (link)

I'm allergic to wool (with the exception of cashmere, o joy); I can handle it enough to spin, knit and crochet it, but wearing it is out of the question. I don't feel in the least bit guilty about wearing synthetic fibers because I'd rather be rash-free than an itchy fiber snob! There are some fine synthetics out there and some shitty natural fibers, but some people don't want to believe that. My personal pet hate is everyone's god, Noro yarn. That's one of the few wools that will kickstart a reaction if I so much as touch it, but you'd think I kick puppies the way some people act when they find out I don't like it!

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poisonyoulove, 2009-02-13 01:26 am UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 01:32 am UTC

waitwut, 2009-02-13 04:33 am UTC

sailorcoruscant, 2009-02-13 04:47 am UTC

waitwut, 2009-02-13 04:50 am UTC

sailorcoruscant, 2009-02-13 04:54 am UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-13 07:24 pm UTC

chibikaijuu, 2009-02-13 04:31 pm UTC

napalmnacey, 2009-02-18 06:13 am UTC

julesnoctambule, 2009-02-18 05:35 pm UTC

	sorchar 2009-02-13 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Me, I'm all about texture and durability. If it's soft and fuzzy like kittens and it's durable, I don't care if it's wool or acrylic or troll hair. I'm wondering if a lot of those people haven't looked at acrylic since the days when it was ALL squeaky, scratchy, and horribly colored. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	caffeine_fairy 2009-02-12 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Well, we have erisdevotee. She's nuts enough for an entire artform by herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2009-02-12 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	This is true. I don't think I could even try to live up to my username the way she lives up to hers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	caffeine_fairy 2009-02-12 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	She (Reply to this)(Parent)

caffeine_fairy, 2009-02-12 11:29 pm UTC

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sistercoyote, 2009-02-12 11:32 pm UTC

	poisonyoulove 2009-02-13 12:50 am UTC (link)
	I both knit and crochet too. They each have their strengths. I tend to avoid most of the comms for both, though, so I don't know which part of me should be wankier. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2009-02-13 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Dude, you're special. Most people I know who are into yarncraft can only master one or the other (myself included.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tephra 2009-02-13 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Bicraftuals don't exist. ;) I knit and crochet as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2009-02-13 10:15 am UTC (link)
	Bicraftuals don't exist. IMAGINARY YARN SLUTS! THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE! DAMN THEM! shakes fist in ~~imaginary~~ rage (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

chibikaijuu, 2009-02-13 04:34 pm UTC

sistercoyote, 2009-02-13 07:18 pm UTC

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