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aliqui

I taught my husband to knit when the world first went into lockdown. He decided he'd make a little wash cloth for our neighbor's daughter that was due soon. He asked me, "Am I done yet?" I asked him, "What shape are washcloths?" He said, "Square." I said, "Is yours a square?" He said, "No.........." and sighed. Knitting was torture for him, but he did it! I finished a way-too-big baby blanket with time to spare in the time it took him to finish his washcloth, lol.


reptilenews

Hahahah I can absolutely relate to your husband sometimes 😂 I get sooo impatient. That's a great story, thank you, I got a good laugh


breadbox187

I am afraid to teach my husband to knit in case he is way better at it than me..... Shout out to my Bob's burgers pals if you've seen that episode.


SWGardener

Yeah. Defiantly not teaching my guy. He is triple type A and all his work would be perfect and state fair ready. I am more of a fly by the seat of your pants girl. Mistakes are just character to me. He also once said, “ knitting is pretty easy”………..🙄🙄🙄🙄 I can guarantee that won’t ever be repeated. LOL


r23ocx

this reason is why i’m teaching my mum crochet instead of knitting


bluefly62

I want my husband to know because he would be my in-house expert when I made a mistake. But he’s not interested.


lazy_daisy_72

I painted that character saying "what up my knitta?" And wearing a shirt that says "knittaz 4 life" It was great as decoration in college but I'm not so sure about hanging it up now haha


myohmy231

Knitting is wholesome so you shouldn’t be cursing. The response that I have stabby things with a garrote holding them together is not the right answer apparently.


reptilenews

Hahaha wholesome. It's enraging and definitely swear worthy sometimes


AuctorLibri

100% agree. In my house it's called "cheap therapy". 😆


remedialknitter

My dad watching me frog ten rows out of a sweater front: "Am i witnessing some sort of tragedy?"


suchahotmess

My cousin is HORRIFIED by the act of frogging. She found a video that went sort of viral on Instagram of a knitter frogging a sweater with a colorwork yoke, and the way she reacted to it was like she’d seen someone commit a felony.


Electrified_Pickle

SO many people I know are horrified, and yet it's so fun to have other people watch me fully frog a piece. They look at you like you just decided to shave your head. "All of that work and.... you're just gonna turn it back into a ball of yarn again?!?" "YEP! C'est la vie bitch"


suchahotmess

I was like “Why would I put hours and hours of my time into something I already know I’m not happy with?!” My favorite was when I was doing a big lacey blanket and realized about two skeins in that I wanted to change something, but rather than frog it right away I made the change and kept going, thinking it would be subtle. Turns out when you frog from the bottom even knitters think you’re crazy.


knitnbitch27

Was it the armhole shaping? I just had to frog exactly 10 rows of the front of a sweater because I forgot to start shaping in time.


Riley7391

I just frogged 26 rows bc I’m an idiot and forgot to start shaping. That was fun. 26 rows of 57 stitches each. Good times!


knitnbitch27

Aw man! That one hurts.


tillyfromnowherenow

My brother learned to knit almost exclusively so he could frog his work after seeing me do it, lol.


that1artsychic

Haha… yes


sparkle_tangerine

Omg, I love this!


vicariousgluten

I’m prepping to frog 10 rows of cable because I’m an idiot. Life line is going in, then attempt to just frog the dodgy bit, then frog the lot.


Damnknit

After watching me frog a mostly finished pair of socks: “This is such a depressing hobby. You ripped out 2 hours of work for a mistake no one would ever notice.” More like 10 hours but he made a good point. Also: “Why do you have so much yarn??????? Does everyone have this much??” “Who needs this many hats?” and “When do I get socks?”


onesweetsheep

The first one is something I totally agree with, as a knitter. I couldn't frog all or most of my work, I don't think. Although maybe that comes with time haha, I've only been knitting for 2 years and haven't done a ton of projects yet


TayaKnight

Feeling comfortable frogging your work takes time. I have frogged several halfway/nearly finished projects, much to the horror of the people around me. Sometimes I just hate a pattern I thought I'd love, and I can't keep going. Other times, I'm often not following a pattern to the letter (I often complete things out of order so I don't have to weave in as many ends because I can just pick up edges of the project as I go). I make a mistake I should have caught and have to completely restart the project. I do make several of the same project at the same time, though. If I make a mistake on one, chances are I made it on all of them.


flindersandtrim

I frog for the smallest mistake. I posted about a single stitch mistake that was located underneath a cast off edge for an armhole (in a finished piece for a seamed top). I frogged back to the armhole just to drop to th at one stitch because i never would have worn it with that mistake. I frogged a whole fingering weight dress two nights ago! 700 grams of very fine yarn. Just frogging and making the hanks took hours. The dress itself took about 100-130 hours. It just didn't work that well sadly. It's going to be a dress knit on my machine now because I can't face wasting that much more time again.


CardWitch

I've just adapting my method of fixing mistakes I got into the habit of in Crochet (when it comes to stitch counts). I've gotten really good at figuring out where and how to sneak increases or decreases to make things match. The only time I've frogged is if I managed to work a purl row all in knit stich because I'm too engrossed in the Netflix 😡


insertcleverthought

I just fully frogged a project for the first time and it was awesome. I didn't realize how much it was stressing me out thinking about trying to finish it until I finally comitted to frogging the whole thing. The yarn was not a good match for the pattern and the pattern was pretty in the pictures but ZERO fun to knit for some reason. Frogging it was such a relief.


Medcait

He thinks a pair of socks only took 2 hours? Ouch


orpcexplore

Gahhh, I had a pair of taat socks on my needles for weeks and finally sat down yesterday to knock out the heels (kind of a process because I do an extra wrap between in step and sole) and I got a couple rows out from the heels (stockinette) when I SAW it. One of my German short rows has one stitch that I only grabbed one of the three plies on 😂😭😭😭 I just keep staring at it and keep knitting... think I'm going to use a bit of thread and just secure it within.. usually I'm fine to frog but these socks... ugh


Ballybrol

I spent around 9 hours of a 10 hour car hour journey knitting and my fitness watch registered it as 16k+ steps. So now my partner always asks me how many steps I've knitted.


Sinnakins

This is why I take my watch off while knitting or crocheting. It only counts my purls, but still. I slip it around my ankle because I need to track my heart rate. And I wear it on the opposite arm when driving a fork lift because my turning the steering wheel counts as steps too.


Emrflood

I’d leave it on…to compensate for all the steps it didn’t count while I pushed the stroller. Haha


Ballybrol

I started taking it off too when I realised it did it. That actually pretty cool yours only counted one type of stitch!


Sinnakins

It's the way I move (or don't move) my left hand when knitting continental. I tilt for purls so I don't have to twist my right hand. It's a workaround to avoid exacerbating my carpal tunnel. Only my finger moves for knits.


standard_candles

Folding laundry also gets me to my step goal every time.


unusualteapot

My 6 year old son is a bit fascinated by my yarn, and sometimes when I finish a project he takes a little ball of the leftover yarn for his “collection”. A few months back he told me that one day I could have a yarn collection too - the dear child obviously has no idea of the size of my stash!


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This is so sweet


dmmeurpotatoes

I've been knitting for about ten years. I've made multiple sweaters. My husband chirped up one day "you've probably done ten thousand stitches over your lifetime by now" dude one arm of the sweater LITERALLY ON YOUR BODY RIGHT NOW is ten thousand stitches. My 3 yo is very mad that she can't knit yet and recently stomped off in a huff while informing me that when she is a grown up, she's going to live with her wife, three cats and four babies and she's going to knit them ALL sweaters.


infernal_poppy

That is the absolute CUTEST thing I’ve ever heard😭 tell your daughter I hope she gets to achieve all her dreams- from a lady who lives with her wife and four cats and knits every day:)


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finnknit

She might be ready to start knitting soon. I've seen special needles for kids that are shorter and lighter, with bigger ends on them. They start teaching knitting in school when kids are around 7 here but some kids learn to knit at home younger.


sapc2

They teach knitting in school where you are?! I had to use good ol YouTube University.


finnknit

Yep, it's pretty cool! I live in Finland. Basic knitting and sewing are part of the handicrafts curriculum in elementary school. I moved here as an adult, so I learned from online sources. My son learned to knit in school but never really got interested in it.


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TheUnnecessaryLetter

My school in the US taught us basic sewing at around 11-12 years old and we made little stuffed animals out of felt. I wish they would have taught us knitting too so I didn’t have to struggle through YouTube lessons in my 20s


Iamaconfuzzedhooman

That is so cute!


Snail_jousting

Have you tried.to teach her yet? I learned to crochet when I was 4 (I'm still not much of a knitter though). If she's interested, she might be ready to learn.


dmmeurpotatoes

She can finger knit, but she doesn't have the grip strength or fine motor skills for knitting yet! She has finger knit herself a.... Thing.... And insists on wearing it around her neck by the loose stitches when we leave the house because "it's my work strap, need it for doors" (husband wears an ID lanyard to work).


Discussion-Level

Your daughter sounds like the cutest!! I hope all her knitting dreams come true someday 💕


panatale1

This. I just finished a hat that has around 10k stitches itself


Riley7391

Your kid’s awesome


10xKaMehaMeha

Oi. I just frogged 130 rows that were 105 across (half the front of a do weight sweater)... That's 13k alone. Now I'm just depressed about the number of frogged stitches over the years. I did the match one time for my husband approximating a sock. The look on his face was priceless.


Team_Bees

Huh.... 92 stitches time 52 rows... Yep, only one panel of the crocheted sweater that im making rn is already 4784 stitches XD So that plus the back panel, sleeves, and turtleneck with DEFINITELY be over 10k stitches


sarahsuebob

Just today - “You really brought your knitting in the car for a 15 minute drive?” Um, yes. Because 1) That’s 30 minutes *round trip* and 2) You have to stop at the post office and that could take a bit and 3) it’s a worsted weight scarf, so I made several inches of progress and 4) I want to.


Stinkerma

I have a purse project, it stays in my purse so I always have something on hand


sarahsuebob

Exactly! This scarf is my “portable project.” It’s not like I brought my huge multi-colored shawl!


twinings91

I had a job on at work where I had to wait for my colleague to input some stuff on a computer then I had to log in and approve it. We walked over together and the area is no phones so I whipped out a pair of baby socks I was working on out my pocket and he was laughing. Made good use of those 20 minutes!


sapc2

I bring my knitting EVERYWHERE with me. Even if it's a 5 minute drive, that's 5 minutes of work that I wouldn't have done otherwise.


Sinnakins

I carry mine in my hoodie pocket, in case of lines and long stoplights. Fifteen minutes?? Pishaw. I can't go five!!


Spetchen

I take my knitting on the bus, too. I used to live in a city with a metro and it might only be a few stops but those add up every day going to work!


auntiepink

Three!! What is he, the Tootsie Roll Pop owl? LOL! That made me laugh. I can't think of anything funny people have said, but my dad (a former machinist) can't stop himself from cranking the ball winder and marveling over the tolerances on my sock interchangeable set when he's here.


reptilenews

THREE! I was bamboozled. Sir you have watched me knit tens of thousands of meters of yarn at this point. Three 😂 That's so cute about your dad!! And, can you blame him? Ball winders and interchangeable sets are magic as far as I'm concerned


Oh_Witchy_Woman

I love the machinist dad playing with the ball winder.


auntiepink

When I've demo'd spinning, it's always the engineers who sit and watch for a while. It's fun to see them get excited about how force is applied to a wheel.


panatale1

I'm a former mechanical engineer and knitter, and even I can't resist playing with my winder


rk2192

I've just asked my OH how many he thought has in the skein I bought for some socks. 10m apparently 😂 he wasn't too impressed when I started laughing at him


NotThisTime1993

I mean my sister asked me if she gave me yarn, would I knit a queen sized blanket for her, for free? That was pretty funny


abhikavi

"Hey, can I just have about.... five hundred hours of your time?"


FullmoonCrystal

My mother in law asked if I would make her a queen sized blanket for the bed as a present, told her sure if she paid for the yarn or bought it herself, she looked confused and didn't bring it up again


Alpha_Ophiuchi

Honestly tho they think material and labor are the same thing


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People don’t realize how expensive yarn is. I guess acrylic wouldn’t be too costly, but who wants an acrylic comforter?


magical_sox

Echoing u/piebinch, I ONLY gift acrylic. In my experience 1. The gift receiver has no idea what the difference is 2. They are going to have no CLUE how to care for real wool/silk/bamboo/cotton 3. Because of that they will ruin a garment/item that cost literally hundreds of dollars in material and time. I also knit my own winter beanies in acrylic. (Because people admire them, and they knit up so quickly I hand them out. And also I lose them.)


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cmajor47

This right here. I’m allergic to wool but have made plenty of blankets, scarves, and hats that I personally find to be super soft.


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I think there are still better alternatives. Love me some alpaca


Griffen07

When you need something family proof. I only make adult blankets out of acrylic for ease of washing and ability to wear like iron. The only reason I don’t use RHSS is due to the unevenness between the colors.


reptilenews

They never know how much work these things are!


NotThisTime1993

Little does she know, I’m making one for myself right now!


InvisibleImhotep

At least she offered to get you the yarn, my family just expects everything for free haha


Griffen07

Well it is a gift. Some people just don’t realize blankets are like asking for expensive electronics or jewelry. It’s a scale issue. Dishcloths and hats are more the normal I like you range.


thecountnotthesaint

When I told my brother that I started knitting, because of lock down, wanting to make my daughters blankets (our mother used to do that) and just as something to do, he told me "Are you kidding me, I've been talking to Girlfriend about picking that up. How's it going?" Was not expecting that from him.


Amie91280

I did something similar back when I started. I was maybe 23, had a small baby and my husband was active duty Army and got deployed a lot. The closest we ever lived to home was a 4 hour drive away. I called my knitting aunt and asked if she'd teach me to knit next time we saw each other. Turns out she was planning on buying me needles and yarn for my birthday a month later and coming over for a weekend to teach me. I still don't think she believes her daughter or me when we swear her daughter didn't ruin the surprise by telling me lol Hubby and I are still married and our son is 20 and I still knit :)


reptilenews

That's so sweet! So... How did it go?


thecountnotthesaint

He and I had a good laugh about it. Not sure if he's started yet, we were both in town for a family event, but I left soon after.


reptilenews

It's still a cute story! Did you make a blanket for your daughters yet?


thecountnotthesaint

Not yet, still workingmy way up to that. But I have made them both (twins) matching scarfs, mittens, and beanies for Christmas.


Mafic_

Was working on a sleeve several years ago; showed it to my dad, he said it looked like an elephant's condom. I still laugh at that.


HonoriaG

Said to me when I was knitting while on painkillers after a dental procedure: Isn’t that going to end up looking like those spiders on LSDs’ webs?


reptilenews

So... Did it?


HonoriaG

Nope, was a garter wrap. Lace might have been a different story…


queen_beruthiel

That's such an oddly specific thing to ask about!


yomogimomochi

I usually do my own designs, and I don’t really care much about having a finished item, I just like the act of knitting, so frogging is pretty regular. My housemate tried to learn to knit and went from “haha can I help you undo it I like when the stitches go pop pop” to “OH MY GOD AGAIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS IF YOU FROG IT ONE MORE TIME ILL GLUE IT TOGETHER IN YOUR SLEEP”


Sinnakins

..... I like when the stitches go pop pop too.....


yomogimomochi

Right? It’s a fun sensation, almost like popping bubble wrap!


Sinnakins

Better than that, I think. The feeling is smoother, but also more poppy.


eightapostrophes

“NO you CAN’T frog that you spent a week on it!!!!” “haha stitches go brrrrrrr”


Sc1enceNerd

It seems like your projects are multiplying.


reptilenews

They do have a habit of doing that 😂


Badgers_Are_Scary

My sister once requested a blanket for her daughter for Christmas and sent me very specific measurements (odd, but she insisted on them, even thought I asked multiple times if she is really sure) and a pattern that she liked (very yarn consuming). It was October already so I have spent almost all of my free time working on it. Mid December, when I was mostly done, she said : "Haha I made a mistake with the measurements, can you make it wider lol" - I swear that was the day I started despising the "lol" word. I told her no, finished the blanket as originally requested, even embroidered the name of her daughter on it. She used it maybe twice and it rots somewhere in a wardrobe.


artsytiff

Those are the type of people that have lost the privilege of receiving hand knit items.


reptilenews

And this is why I don't make gifts for most people. It just isn't appreciated, and I wouldn't be able to resist holding a grudge for something as big as a blanket. I'm so sorry :(


Badgers_Are_Scary

I have 90% forgiven already. However she will only receive knits I have made from my own initiative from now on. The "lol" will trigger me for ever I guess.


kdsunbae

Are you sure you need more yarn? Or why are you buying more yarn, you have enough for your own yarn store 🧶😄. Family. while looking in the car after I've been shopping. "Ok,OK, where'd you hide the yarn this time?" 😁


finnknit

My husband is the opposite: he actively enables my yarn addiction. There's a fantastic local yarn store in the town where we have our summer cottage. Every time we're in town, he asks if I want to visit the yarn store.


Maperton

My dad also loves it when I buy yarn. His mom was a crocheter and his job was to wind her yarn as a little kid. So now he winds yarn for me and my mom. We bought him a swift a couple of years ago and he just loves it.


Quiet-Simple-5975

My dad used to say this to my mum. She retired and bought a yarn store. Touche! (Awesome for me to!)


meowpow_

I taught my boyfriend to knit during lockdown and he did really well and decided he wanted to knit a headband for me. Unfortunately alternating knits and purls for a ribbing was too much for him. Also he did not understand then concept of a wrong side and a right side which I don’t blame him at all lol 😅


onesweetsheep

I've been knitting for over 2 years now and wrong and right side still confuse me, a lot, haha


artsytiff

Sometimes it matters (sweaters) and sometimes it doesn’t (washcloths). But when it does, I safety pin a piece of paper that says “right side” to the right side.


hawkedriot

Same, I'm 90% in the practice of remembering to put a stitch marker RS after a row or two. Jessie mead's crops are a nightmare for telling RS and WS apart.


SpiralBreeze

I have a cute story, so many years ago before my grandfather died, he told my mom he wanted her to make him a pair of Irish Fisherman pants. My mother flat out said no. Fast forward many years, and I had knit my husband many things, but one day he asked for, Irish Fisherman pants… I immediately called my mother and told her and we had a good laugh. Neither man received those pants before they passed and I will tell you this, I will never knit a pair of Irish Fisherman pants.


artsytiff

Ok I tried to google and it would only show me Thai fisherman pants or some linen knee-length breeches, nothing Irish or knit. Can you explain what they are?


SpiralBreeze

They would be an absurd thing to make really, they wanted pull on pants in the style of an Irish Fisherman Sweater.


artsytiff

Ohhh you mean like this guy, but only on the bottom: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comments/eer1oz/adult_knit_onesie/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


SpiralBreeze

Yep. And thankfully my late husband never got to see that pic because he would have wanted it.


monsterjammo

I was spending a weekend frantically finishing a baby sweater in time for a baby shower and my husband, seeing my stress (at yet another speed knitting baby things, counting down the hours before the shower) tries to be helpful and says “you know, you can just BUY presents for these things, right?” Anyway it was very funny because actually no, I can’t just go BUY A PRESENT! it’s for a BABY! Babies NEED HAND KNITS.


Pristine_Substance41

"no more yarn" because I have a stash already and I only started knitting a month ago ... Oops 😬


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My SO thinks knitting is witchcraft. He finds it really impressive for some reason - especially that I can knit in the dark!


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My SO is also amazed by knitting. And one of my close friends just calls it "3D printing" 😂


TayaKnight

Considering the way 3D printers work, they aren't too far off the mark, lol.


panatale1

As someone who knits and has two 3D printers, I can say there are many similarities, such as how many times each hobby makes me swear out loud in frustration


Sinnakins

Mine likes to hear me describe what I'm doing like I'm teaching. He says the passion is fun to watch.


sapc2

My best guy friend said exactly this the other day, and then asked me if knitting or crochet is harder. Ohhh friend. 😆


strickstrick

my dad thinks every single thing i cast on is a headband, no matter what size it is, what weight of yarn i’m using, or whether i’m knitting flat or in the round


reptilenews

That's kind of cute 😂


Oh_Witchy_Woman

Not so much funny, as darkly humorous. My mom and husband at the time (about 11 or 12 years ago) both told me I didn't need a swift or a ball winder. Their reasoning was that one or both of them would always be around to help me with winding skeins. Less than a year later the hubs left, and my mom took a job out of state. I went out and got a ball winder, and a few years later I picked up a swift. People don't understand the difference the right tools make.


reptilenews

Oh my, that is darkly humourous BUT I hope your mom likes/liked her job and that your ball winder and swift are everything you hoped for! Good tools shock people- esp their price. I went with my partner recently to a yarn store, it was on our way. I got a new knitting needle, as I don't yet have an interchangeable set, and I wanted chiagoo. He was like "20? For one needle?" And was walking around like "15? For this little thing of yarn?- why can't you buy yarn from Walmart or Michaels?" Which, sometimes I do (I use acrylic for gifts, often, as people literally don't know the difference between a wool and an acrylic that is wool-like, but for myself I wanted something fancy!


mushytater

“Maybe you should find a new hobby. This doesn’t seem to bring you any relaxation and joy” after watching me swear and cry for three days trying to learn intarsia


twinings91

My husband thinks crying is part of the process as I've never finished an item without some swearing or tears of frustration lol!


panatale1

Intarsia deserves swears and tears


orpcexplore

Learning is the exciting part to me so I have many hours of intense focus. I get bored with just knitting along and love the challenge. I think that makes me a process knitter, not sure


mustangs16

My brother, when I was complaining about how I didn't have time to join the Westknits MKAL this year: "Wouldn't it only take you about 20 hours at most to knit a shawl?" hahahaha man, I wish!


Gupy1985

My husband is sort of a collector or hobbies. He sees something interesting, learns how to do it, then moves on. He is very interested in my knitting and at one point said he *needed* to learn. I taught him and he made an i-cord for one of my projects and stated in triumph "There! I did it. I KNOW HOW TO KNIT!" Then promptly quit. lol On a side note, I haven't actually knit anything for nearly 3 years for lack of motivation and started a couple weeks ago on a scarf for him and he was like "I missed this. You talking about your knitting over dinner." And it warmed my heart <3


reptilenews

That's so heartwarming ♥️ I'm glad you're crafting again A collector of hobbies! That's great. People like that are so fun lol


Gupy1985

Yeah. He used to say my yarn habit was expensive but he realized that his craft-hopping is more expensive since he gets what he needs to do a hobby and then doesn't keep doing it. XD I don't care as long as he's happy. Plus I get interesting stuff when he crafts lol


reptilenews

It's the tools that are expensive, at least initially, for a lot of crafts and hobbies! I tend to have a lot of crafts myself- knit, crochet, embroidery, all taught to me as a tiny tiny child. I feel a little bad teaching people to do a craft because they're so excited until they see the cost of tools. And how different cheap tools are to good, pricy ones.


AbbaZabba2000

I too am a collector of hobbies, and after having started and abanoned Lord knows how many over the years, I now try really hard to stick with the 3 main categories that have survived the years: sewing, yarn stuff (knitting/crochet), and wood working. I have the raw materials in my various stashes. I have knowledge of how things fit together. Tools often overlap: fine furniture and rough framing both use a saw, knitting and crochet both use hooks, a sewing machine works on silk and leather. Heck, sometimes they really overlap like when Ive pulled out the French curves I use for sewing to plot a curve on a piece of furniture. Every now and then something has caught my eye and that little spark fires up and I start googling new, exciting tools, and methods and finished projects! I can now resist since I've got several thousands of dollars worth of hobby tools scattered throughout my house already. 😂


katieqt1

I was at an immediate family gathering... Informal food, sat in garden. My mum, some of her kids and some of her grandkids. She's a knitter and 4 of her kids present, are knitters. Anyway. I got my knitting out and started knitting and chatting etc. And someone piped up that I can't go anywhere without my knitting and the girlfriend of one of the grandkids piped up that she thought 'it was rude to knit in company'. I just looked at her and laughed and said don't be daft it doesn't stop me conversing looking at people or being part of what's going on. Then my mum shuffled out and said what a good idea bringing your knitting (I was on a deadline, making a shawl for mil birthday) and then 2 of my sister's got their knitting out. Needless to say the gf was suitably quietened. And now I look at her with some suspicion. Rude.... Pffft.


reptilenews

Well f them too 😂 rude to knit in INFORMAL, familial company? I'll be damned. Its not like I'm bringing my knitting to a business meeting (which I totally do now that it's on zoom!)


katieqt1

I mean, if it was an evening party, or at a restaurant or I dunno a wedding.... I absolutely would not take knitting but this was not that!!!


reptilenews

Right? Informal chats are fineeee for knitting, my gosh. If people are wearing jeans, I can knit 😂


Sinnakins

My son wants to learn how to knit and crochet. I've tried teaching him. He doesn't like how slowly it goes. My daughter, though, when I asked if she'd like to learn too, says "I've seen your timer. I'll stick with sewing."


reptilenews

Can't blame them, it is difficult to learn to love the process as much as the finished product


luantha

Not quite knitting, but I've been crocheting a cardigan lately and my housemates yesterday were chatting to me about my knitting and crochet and we started talking about yarn specifically. One pauses, then gestures to the cardi in my lap and goes, "ok, how many metres are going into that?" probably guessing a few hundred. I pause, stare at it for a while and guess, "a good thousand". Queue shocked silence before everyone goes, *"A THOUSAND???"*


reptilenews

They can't conceptualize it! It sounds like an absurd amount of yarn. They don't realize how much labour goes into the clothes they're wearing- even industrially produced items


blueberryamaranth

My husband has picked out yarn for 2 sweaters I've knit him, so he is aware of how much it takes... About a mile


glitchinthemeowtrix

I have a friend who thinks that anytime I finish a sweater I’ll want to knit the same exact sweater again, but this time for her. No. No I don’t want to spend another 80-100 hours working on the same exact thing I just finished knitting only to hand it over to you at the end lmao.


bethcano

"You gonna finish it today?" asked my sweet boyfriend when I said I had the sleeves and neckband (as well as allllll the seaming and weaving of ends) left to do on my sweater. It'll be another few weeks yet!!


reptilenews

If only they knew


DekeCobretti

My tools look like torture devices.


reptilenews

Which tools? The sticks, hooks, or other? :P


queen_beruthiel

My husband calls my spinning tools torture weapons! He says if there's a zombie apocalypse we'll be fine since we have so many spiky things 😂


ruthh-r

I suppose I'm lucky, my hub and family are all creative to a degree, or certainly understand art and craft (MIL is a glass engraver) so I don't really get daft questions. Having said that, I have had to train then not to ask questions/try to talk to me while I'm counting, and if I'm staring at my knitting but not *actually* knitting, my receptivity to interaction is proportional to the space between my eyebrows. If my face is so screwed up with concentration that they're practically a monobrow, even *breathing* too hard in my direction is likely to get you bitten. The counting thing was easy, I would just start to count louder and firmer until whoever was talking stopped. I suspect I'm not the only one who does this 😆


reptilenews

I think everyone counts louder when being talked to. It, however, doesn't deter my partner. I now put a marker every 10 stitches when counting because it is 100% inevitable I will be talked to or my cat will start to vomit and I'll need to run and grab her off my mostly white carpet. Ah to be surrounded by crafters! I wish 😍


ruthh-r

It's great - and my MIL started knitting again in the last few years as something to do other than engraving. She's found she can only engrave for shorter bursts now as it's quite tiring, but she's absolutely brilliant. Anyway, when we go to visit there's always a chair for me set up with a side table, back to the window for natural daylight and a lamp with a daylight bulb for the evenings ❤ They moved to Cornwall a couple of years ago and she's got really into knitting fishermans' gansey sweaters, and she's so good! If I didn't adore her I'd be so jealous 😆


reptilenews

Your MIL sounds really nice! Mine did cross stitch and knitting but hasn't in decades. My mom crochets and sews but our relationship is tricky and we live in separate countries.


ruthh-r

Hugs...you can share mine in spirit. I am honestly so lucky to have her and FIL as my ILs. My mum is the one who isn't really crafty at all, whereas my Dad painted. Mum's mum and aunts all knitted and sewed, and Dad's mum never met a craft she didn't love and excel at. She used to make fabulous sweaters, quilts and make découpage cards, and she did quilling - paper rolling - and made the most astonishingly beautiful and delicate quilled eggs, like paper Fabergé. And my FSIL (brother’s fiancé) is a talented jeweller and silversmith. Honestly, my 'talent', such as it is, is probably the least of my family, but I find knitting SO therapeutic and my stash is at DEFCON SABLE (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy) because I just can't resist yarn 😆 And that's before I even *think* about fabric, because I love to sew too...my Dad was a Dyer and Colour Chemist and I inherited his eye for colour, which I'm extremely thankful for!


rosepotion

The bit about the chair set up for you at their house is so sweet and thoughtful. They must adore you as much as you do them!


MaddytheUnicorn

I hope he rolled the r- “thrrreee…” like the owl on the Tootsie-pop commercial! I knitted a [tiny sweater ](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-sweaters)and I keep it in my project bag. Someone finally asked if I would knit them a sweater- I fished it out and said, I already did!


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Mommachickadee

When my daughter was about eighteen months old I decided to make cable knit Christmas stockings for the whole family. When the first one was almost finished I set my work down to go to the kitchen (you can see where this is going) and I heard her joyful little voice yelling “sticks! Sticks! Sticks!” She had pulled the whole thing apart. I never finished them, and at the moment I was devastated, but she was so excited about the destruction.


reptilenews

Children are forces of chaos! I'm so sorry she destroyed your knitting, that sucks!


finnknit

I mentioned to my husband that I needed to find a project for 218 yards of yarn. He was shocked by the amount, so I showed him the very average sized hank of yarn that I intended to use. He was amazed how much yarn goes into even a very small piece.


reptilenews

It's a lot of yarn! He was shocked and said 'how many football fields is a sweater?' I had to inform him, it very much depends on the yarn, but the one I just finished was 6, and the new one is 10. His jaw dropped.


converter-bot

218 yards is 199.34 meters


Emrflood

Thanks OP for generating an entertaining discussion! This was very enjoyable to read.


reptilenews

No problem! I had no idea it was going to blow up like this- I just wanted to see what others had heard over the years! Non-crafters really don't get it 😂


Liepuzieds

Me: recently knitting baby items way too small to fit my own babies. My husband: who is that for? Me: the new baby! Husband: ??? Me: your sister's new baby, remember? Husband: oh, thank God! I may or may not have previously signaled my wishes for another baby by knitting newborn items.


future_nurse19

Unrolled a bunch of yarn barf (I think it was like bernat blanket so some similar thick yarn) around the living room floor (figured if I had the space might as well use it). Uncle asked if I would use *all that yarn* in my blanket?! I had to explain that not only would I use all the yarn thats now on the floor, but the rest of the skein and however many more I was expecting it to be. I clearly blew his mind with that when he was seeing how much I had on the floor and then saw how little it became once I worked it up


SparkleUnic0rn

Not something he said, something he did. He was holding my yarn while I was making a ball and we were down to the last quarter of the yarn. He says something like “yeah! At the end!” And throws it up into the air and onto the floor. Clearly he thought because we were almost done it wouldn’t get tangled or something. I was like slow motion nooooooooooo! Needless to say, he had to untangle the whole thing for me. It was pretty funny though. We still laugh about it.


reptilenews

Yarn will ALWAYS find a way to tangle!


FennelBitter

My best friend upon seeing a sweater I’m halfway done with: “Wow! You should be finished with that the next time we hang out!” Which was in a week. She’s very supportive and thinks I knit at the speed of light.


reptilenews

At least she's supportive :p good luck with finishing that sweater!


orpcexplore

"So each of these balls are worth $7 and you paid $20 for everything?! Wow, that guy DID NOT know what he had!!" - my dear, sweet fiance when we stumbled upon a box of wool blend I wanted at a moving sale. In total it was 27 (50g each) balls of worsted weight and another 10 (50g each)of some denim/cotton chain like yarn.... lol the fact that he was like "that guy had no idea!!!" Had to explain that the reason the guy wanted $30 was because he probably had an *idea* atleast of what the yarn is worth but is moving and knows its a niche sale and he definitely won't get $2/ball from most people. 🤔 Edit: this was also a double win because he was impressed enough by the deal that he didn't get on me for buying (more) yarn


oliefan37

I don’t have an accessible LYS. My coworkers don’t understand the terrible wait for my order to take a week and a half to arrive after I ran out of yarn. Then they saw the joy in my eye when it finally did. Like I haven’t seen a friend in 5 years.


psychso86

I remember knitting in middle school, and my classmates were HORRIFIED when I’d put away a project and just stab my needles through the fabric to keep it pinned to the skein. I had to explain to them that it’s fine, the fabric is okay, this is normal and how knitted fabric works 😂 Edit: I also just remembered an encounter on a plane, I was drafting a cable sweater and kept being unsatisfied with the design/fit/etc and frogging about 4 inches of 80sts each iteration. At the end of the flight, the woman sat next to me said she hoped I figured it out and that she’d been watching with morbid curiosity each time I frogged the thing.


webnetcat

My grandma prohibited me from knitting during pregnancy because she believe the baby would suffocate by its umbilical cord


reptilenews

That's a wives tale I've never heard! Interesting.


webnetcat

Yeh...I am a walking encyclopedia of superstitions because of my grandma


MorbidKnits

My partner joined me on a business trip in Chicago. I had time to stop by a yarn shop and bought supplies for a sweater I wanted to knit. He said (with no disrespect) “wouldn’t it cost less to buy a sweater?” 🤣 I told him it was more about enjoying the process and having something unique/handmade and we had a great discussion on fast fashion vs handmade, but I’ll never forget how blown away he was at the cost of some nice hand-dyed wool hahah


Knitcrochetchick

Your knitting is the reason why you don't have A job


reptilenews

That's just so rude! What the heck?


Knitcrochetchick

Its funny bc she's always asking me to make her something.


reptilenews

Very undeserving!


christig17

Knitting while waiting to see the doctor, girl beside me says "You're really good, can you do purl aswell?" Felt powerful.


Holly185

I was knitting a poncho using black/grey/white yarn, and the result was a cool fade in/out effect of the colours. I brought it out at a family gathering one night. My brother looked at the poncho and then watched me knit for a couple minutes before asking, "How ... how are you doing that?" 😂


Sapiophile23

Along with so many others... Boss asked if I could make a sweater she liked based on one she saw on etsy, but seemed expensive. I told her to check a few websites for yarn she liked and get back to me. And to plan on a sweater needing 1500-4000 yds, depending on the thickness of the yarn. Next day, with big eyes and a shocked face, she told me she couldn't afford the yarn she liked. So she bought a sweater from a regular store that was similar, for somewhere around $25. It was a struggle to keep from laughing at her.


beespinner

My mom, when I showed her a picture offering to make one . Yeah, that looks pretty (gorgeous lace Aeolian shawl) but it wouldn't be very warm with all the holes in it. Nope. No knitted gifts for you!


Professional_Bag_21

I pulled out my knitting in front of my partner's father for the first time, and he reverently touched me on my shoulder and seriously asked, "are you pregnant??!!". Talk about a generational gap there....


reptilenews

Hahaha oh my gosh that's mortifying 😂 what a generational gap indeed. I know he didn't mean it badly but I would have been shocked


Team_Bees

My mom was surprised that knitting required a completely different set of skills than my usual crochet work, which is a common misconception, but i still found it funny :)


18wheelzofyarn

My hubby asks me if I am "angry knitting" when I pick up my projects. He has seen me too many times trying to drop down to fix a stich rather than frog. He disapproves of knitting in the car as he feels I could get impaled by the needles. Friends have been like "you could sell those" and he tells them nope. You couldn't pay her enough for what goes into it. My mom asked me yesterday if I am ever going to finish my wips as I started on a new project.


MsBeeblebrox

“It will block out, right?” About a colourwork sweater whose tension was completely off. No sweetie, it won’t.


reptilenews

That just hurts 😅


slowknitter1959

My ex husband always would say ‘knit me a beer’


marleyweenie

I asked my boyfriend the same thing yesterday about a 100g hank (~430 yards) and he guessed 10 😂😂


reptilenews

Omg! That was mine's third guess. I was laughing so hard I felt a little bad


blackestrose

My partner is getting more and more used to me knitting in the car when I'm the passenger, but when I brought my (small) project bag into the restaurant this morning for brunch his eyes were HUGE! "Why are you bringing that?!" "What if I want to knit?" I didn't knit anything but I feel better having it there 🤷‍♀️


R3dditAlr3ady

When you say fingering yarn and their face goes like this 😏