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lady_ganesh ([info]lady_ganesh) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-08-24 14:02:00


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No one wanks as hard as knitters do. Except maybe spinners.
Blogger Sharon Pelletier writes a satirical post about a local spinning event at her library.

Not everyone is impressed.

At this point, I don't feel that you are a decent person because you failed in being mature enough to go outside your comfort zone, and instead chose to call names.

Though there is still some disagreement in the ranks:

Knitting "networking" sites like Ravelry have congealed knitters into a writhing, slimy glob of Bitch that ooze across the internet wielding knitting needles and a smug sense of superiority.

76 mostly angry comments later, she posts a follow-up explaining that no, she was trying to be funny, she does not think PETA needed to be informed, and she really does not think spinners are witches, either.

Reaction so far is mostly positive, though you never know with knitters, spinners and even those rebellious crocheters.

ETA a verb. Verbs are important.


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[info]magnolia_mama
2009-08-24 10:25 pm UTC (link)
What is it about Ravelry? "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" did one of their best-of shows this weekend, and the segment I heard involved Ravelry-ites ganging up on Mo Rocca for saying that handmade sweaters are itchy. I mean, c'mon, Mo Rocca? He's like low-fat half-caf Stephen Colbert. Is Ravelry some swirling vortex of fury waiting to be unleashed on the unsuspecting?

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[info]queencallipygos
2009-08-24 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Is Ravelry some swirling vortex of fury waiting to be unleashed on the unsuspecting?

*meekly raises hand* I'm actually a Ravelry member.

I haven't seen any snark, but I don't go into the forums too much (except the one belonging to my own knitting group, so I can look up where they're meeting each week) -- all the people I've met have been perfectly nice, but maybe there's some "batshit" section that I didn't know about.

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[info]lady_ganesh
2009-08-25 12:05 am UTC (link)
Ravelry Rubberneckers = for all your wank-viewing needs. Alas, we can't mention a lot of things by name, but we still have a lot of fun.

Remnants is usually where the worst of it is, and sometimes the Conservative groups. Oh, and the yarn swaps go wrong with amusing regularity.

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[info]theelusiven
2009-08-25 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Rubberneckers for the win, DAN. (::hi-5's::)

There's also Big Issues Debate, but the best wanks tend to come from boards like Patterns and Techniques because when they go wrong there, it's for almost no reason at all.

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[info]lady_ganesh
2009-08-25 03:00 pm UTC (link)
Or people who want to do random things like renaming the lace stitch. ::hi-5 back!::

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[info]oxfordcomma
2009-08-25 12:33 am UTC (link)
Apropos of nothing -- well, technically, apropos of your icon -- Gaudy Night is my favorite book EVER.

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[info]seasleepy
2009-08-24 11:38 pm UTC (link)
Ravelry's forums: Poor moderation + (some) people who aren't used to the internet + people who take their hobbies wayyyyyy too seriously + it's not meant to be seen by "norms" = Wank wank wank wank wank. Too bad they're behind a wall, there is so much stuff on there. And I'm missing the lion's share of it because I hardly even look at the forums. (For instance, I completely missed this Mo Rocca thing. Poor Mo Rocca.) I mean, it's not as bad as some places on the internet, but it's pretty obnoxious.

(On the other hand, if you ignore the forums, there's a hell of a lot of nice information for yarn-related crafts there. $RANDOM_PATTERN has awful/no pictures? Here's pictures of 50 different people's results, and their notes on errors or modifications! Can't remember what gauge $RANDOM_YARN is? Here's a page with all that info along with varying projects people have made with it! It's a shame that their forums are often crazytown.)

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[info]pandonkey
2009-08-25 02:41 am UTC (link)
This, 100%.

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[info]lady_ganesh
2009-08-25 02:45 am UTC (link)
Mostly I read the Rubberneckers. There's some damn juicy stuff on there.

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[info]miss_padfoot
2009-08-25 06:39 am UTC (link)
it's not meant to be seen by "norms"

What are "norms"?

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[info]seasleepy
2009-08-25 06:48 am UTC (link)
"Norms" as in "normal people" (as in "people who are not knitters").

(This isn't like knitter slang or anything, it's just a word for "someone outside X subculture." No clue where I picked it up.)

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-08-28 12:00 am UTC (link)
I do think it's kind of funny that they consider such a mundane habit to be, well, abnormal.

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[info]melyanna
2009-08-26 03:27 am UTC (link)
The problem with Ravelry is that the guy who built the site believes that people on the internet don't need to be moderated. Obviously, he has not spent much time in the real world internet.

Ravelry is a great site, by and large. Like you say, the bulk of the site is tremendously useful. I like being able to see a finished garment made by a variety of people before I commit to it, for example. But as with many sites on the internet, it's better if you just avoid the forums. (Although the HipKnits/MagKnits implosion and the MCY scam were fun to view from afar, as one who didn't have money in either dyer.)

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[info]lady_ganesh
2009-08-25 12:07 am UTC (link)
I'm on Ravelry too, and I too missed the whole Mo Rocca thing. At least he got some knitwear out of it?

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[info]serai
2009-08-25 12:25 am UTC (link)
for saying that handmade sweaters are itchy

Really? That seems rather over-sensitive. I mean, hand-knitted sweaters DO tend to be itchy. Especially if they're made of wool. Unless it's ultra ULTRA soft, I can't have that stuff next to my skin at all.

And yeah, MO ROCCA? I'd be hard put to find someone LESS offensive than Mo.

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[info]lady_ganesh
2009-08-25 12:31 am UTC (link)
Don't ever tell a certain segment of knitters that wool is itchy. They will tell you all the reasons it's not. They have charts. They are a bit scary. Mind you, wool doesn't bother me much, but alpaca does, and they'll swear that alpaca is never scratchy....

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[info]eleutheria
2009-08-25 07:01 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I've gotten that. I'm allergic to all that shit-- wool, mohair, alpaca, all of it. They're welcome to examine the fucking rash.

(These are the same people who are all snotty about using acrylic. Which doesn't itch (as much).)

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[info]serai
2009-08-26 04:16 am UTC (link)
Heh. Yes, there does seem to be a lot of snobbery about that. Makes me want to take a look at all the clothing tags in their closet. Unless every item is made from natural fibers, I'd have to call FAIL.

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[info]serai
2009-08-26 04:18 am UTC (link)
*snorfle* I wonder how they'd react to some male doctor telling them those awful cramps are just their imaginations, and they should take his word for it that there really is no pain at all. Bet they'd scream a blue streak.

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[info]sevendeadlyfun
2009-08-25 02:06 am UTC (link)
Best summation of Mo Rocca EVER.

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[info]theelusiven
2009-08-25 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Actually, no one really ganged up on him. They just knit him a sweater, and someone who works for one of the big yarn companies donated the yarn.

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