Had a knitting get together last night at my friend Peggy’s. She is working on a Elsbeth Lavold tank top – called Gyrd (or something along those lines). Beautiful design & yarn. The directions were quite murky.

My educated guess is that the pattern was translated by a non-knitter. Certain pattern verbs – specifically work = knit? work even? – may not translate verbatim. Collectively, we have 70 years of knitting experience and it took us a good 45 minutes to figure out what the directions meant.

So I had a tirade. The mistakes in knitting patterns are completely unacceptable. Who is at fault here – the designers? editors? publishers? Before I get my blood in a boil again, kindly read Yarn Harlot’s site. She has stated the whole point beautifully.

Had a knitting get together last night at my friend Peggy’s. She is working on a Elsbeth Lavold tank top – called Gyrd (or something along those lines). Beautiful design & yarn. The directions were quite murky.

My educated guess is that the pattern was translated by a non-knitter. Certain pattern verbs – specifically work = knit? work even? – may not translate verbatim. Collectively, we have 70 years of knitting experience and it took us a good 45 minutes to figure out what the directions meant.

So I had a tirade. The mistakes in knitting patterns are completely unacceptable. Who is at fault here – the designers? editors? publishers? Before I get my blood in a boil again, kindly read Yarn Harlot’s site. She has stated the whole point beautifully.

I posted a portrait/cartoon generator a few days ago. It’s a pretty cool thingamagig – with many different options allowing you to closely approximate whomever it is that’s your model. In the comments, our favorite Beancounter mentions that our portraits should get together for coffee.

I showed The Boar my portrait and he said it doesn’t look anything like me. I am sure he thinks my portrait is cuter and younger than the reality he married.

Bastard.

I kept telling him it’s a cartoon but he just insisted it didn’t look like me. When I pointed out that I had even added wrinkles, he said ‘Where?’!

Apparently it is his opinion that I didn’t add enough wrinkles.

Double Bastard.

I was beginning to feel like I was in a f-ing beauty contest and was the second runner up to my damn cartoon!!

ps. do you think he is just being passive/aggressive since I didn’t knit enough ease into his vest? bet that f-ing cartoon can’t knit.

I posted a portrait/cartoon generator a few days ago. It’s a pretty cool thingamagig – with many different options allowing you to closely approximate whomever it is that’s your model. In the comments, our favorite Beancounter mentions that our portraits should get together for coffee.

I showed The Boar my portrait and he said it doesn’t look anything like me. I am sure he thinks my portrait is cuter and younger than the reality he married.

Bastard.

I kept telling him it’s a cartoon but he just insisted it didn’t look like me. When I pointed out that I had even added wrinkles, he said ‘Where?’!

Apparently it is his opinion that I didn’t add enough wrinkles.

Double Bastard.

I was beginning to feel like I was in a f-ing beauty contest and was the second runner up to my damn cartoon!!

ps. do you think he is just being passive/aggressive since I didn’t knit enough ease into his vest? bet that f-ing cartoon can’t knit.