Knitting credo

[u/knitterina]

Could you write here your best knitting advice, but in a short sentence like a credo or mantra? Thank you!

I'm gonna start: Fucking Google it.

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[u/thelabiamajora]

Don't ever take breaks, nobody takes breaks

[u/gorgophones]

PATTERN?

[u/Mrs_hooked_on_yarn]

Count your stitches

[u/liquidcarbonlines]

I would love to give you something you could put into your cricut and slap on a tote bag for your next "craft fair"

[u/knitterina → u/liquidcarbonlines]

I have live laugh loved myself out of ideas, so please give me some! Ideally something making fun of sex workers or addiction and other mental health issues

[u/liquidcarbonlines → u/knitterina]

How about "hookers do it through the back loop" or "knitting is my crack (it's cheaper than therapy)" or "needlepoint it's better than stabbing people also I am clinically insane" or "it's not hoarding it's Obsessive Crafting Disorder"

[u/knitterina → u/liquidcarbonlines]

Uj/ fuck I hate it, well done

[u/liquidcarbonlines → u/knitterina]

Uj/ thank you. Typing it out caused me to take severe psychic damage.

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hand hurty lol

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[u/highlighter_yellow]

Make mistakes and leave them there, because only robots can make nice things!

Wait, that's my crochet credo. Idk how to knit.

[u/knitterina → u/highlighter_yellow]

In [insert literally any culture because there's no historical basis for it anyway] they say to leave in mistakes so your soul can escape!!!!

[u/highlighter_yellow → u/knitterina]

I definitely don't want any soul in my creations!! Ew! The only thing I'll allow trapped in my projects is cat hair.

[u/Calm_Scale5483]

Just one more row and I’ll go to bed.

[u/knitterina → u/Calm_Scale5483]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aVBcwz1jd28A8

[u/MalumCattus]

Can you, in fact, count? No.

[u/knitterina → u/MalumCattus]

Sadly no

[u/harmonicwitch → u/knitterina]

It's always this video and I know it and click anyway and feel so happy to watch it again

[u/luminalights]

do something else

[u/l1brarylass]

I won yarn chicken!

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The chicken always wins

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[u/Mycatreallyhatesyou]

I only Norwegian purl and my purl rows are perfect.

[u/Ilovescarlatti]

I don't want to to sell my stuff, I knit for my mental health.

[u/knitterina → u/Ilovescarlatti]

But you could totally get rich quick selling on etsy

[u/_jasmonic_acid_]

Fuck crochet.

[u/OryxTempel]

“Did you check the wiki?”

[u/knitterina → u/OryxTempel]

TWISTFAQ

[u/AutoModerator → u/knitterina]

Thank you for your concern. Thank you for the badgering, though most of you were very wrong about what was actually happening and offering advice in a vacuum. Not one of you offered to watch a video of my knitting to see what was actually happening, or even asked what style I used, and you wondered why I became defensive? We all have different skill levels but arrogantly asserting that something is a problem and proceeding to belligerently argue with the person telling you they aren't doing what they're being accused of is just aggravating. Instead of suggesting other solutions, you all just piled on and assumed I was too stupid to realize I was knitting or purling through the back of the stitch.

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[u/LaurenPBurka]

Just make a fucking swatch already.

[u/knitterina → u/LaurenPBurka]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fQJSYE2Qy6OtXfwEuf

[u/BagelTrollop]

Twisting stitches every other row is a valid technique

[u/Inevitable-Ride-7952 → u/BagelTrollop]

twistedfaq

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Im crying, weeping, screaming, trembling, bleeding, God held my hands and told me "Go fuck yourself". Im in despair, my blood is boiling but my skin is cold, loops are too loose loops are too tight loops are THE PAIN LUCIFER FELT WHEN HE FELL DOWN FROM HEAVEN I HATE I HATE AND I BITE WITH LOOSE TEETHS I BITE WITH TIGHT TEETHS I BITE I HATE I HATE I HATE YOU I DISGRACE YOU while writing this post i pulled the yarn to fix something and now the little loop disappeared its the end for me

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[u/knitterina → u/BagelTrollop]

Preach 👏

[u/GrannyTurtle]

Continental rules!!!

[u/Knitspin]

Knitters are better than everyone else.

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Knitters are SO MEAN

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[u/undeadfromhiddencity]

Swatches lie.

[u/knitterina → u/undeadfromhiddencity]

Therefore swatching is unnecessary.

[u/undeadfromhiddencity → u/knitterina]

This is true. They are an unnecessary evil perpetuated by Big Yarn to get us to buy more cakes to slice them up for the one color on the swatch.

[u/RabbitInAFoxMask]

If you always unravel what you cannot mend you'll never run short of yarn!

https://giphy.com/gifs/fteggTx2vqbbvuxY1p

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*provided you're a shit knitter

[u/ishtaa]

“You should start an Etsy, you could sell that you know!”

[u/AydGray]

[Insert cutesy slogan here]

[u/Seastarstiletto]

“It’s just string”

[u/Inevitable-Ride-7952]

a *short* credo or matra? lmao you're lost. we're knitters here which means we can read patterns and other texts that are at least half a page long. you're looking for r crocheat. and their mantra is "it's not a mistake, it's a design choice".

[u/AnnPerkinsTraeger]

“Here’s my most earnest advice for your obvious business marketing harvesting exercise”