u/RabbitInAFoxMask

I'm talking about stuff I see on Epepsi, PiqueTwist, Intarsiagram, Farcebook, and even Reckit. For example, someone will knit a sweater for a bear, which is perfectly fine. But then they'll use the bulkiest yarn or a stitch like stockinette, which completely conceals the bears gorgeous fur. Or they'll pair together colours like beige and ecru, in my head I wonder do they believe this looks good? Or are they just trying to offend the old gods? Or they'll try "colourwork" which I know can look good but then other times it's like too colourful - like how is your prey animal supposed to hide from predators in that Karen jfc. 🌈🤮

I would feel bad for shitting on others self expression in art but isn't that what this sub exists for?

I personally have knitted human sweaters, cardigans, and shirts so you can't call me an anti-knit anti human bigot but I absolutely hate how those pieces look so I'm going to frog them and reuse the yarn for something actually useful like tiny hats for my chickens.

Maybe all these people are just inexperienced but still want to post their work, which I GUESS is ok. And maybe they haven't personally found their soul-bound animal muse yet so they have to practise with people clothes. I just feel like all this stuff gives knitting a bad name, because this is what people think of now when they think of knit clothing.

Knit clothing CAN look good imo, you just have to use the stitches that I personally approve of and colours that I personally enjoy. And for goodness sake consider the animal you're knitting for - Deer 👏 Can't 👏 Wear 👏 Wool 👏 everybody knows they're allergic, duh. Otherwise you're gross and making the rest of us look bad.

This is just my opinion so don't come for me!!!!

xoXoO

Any other chicken-peeps here?

🐥🐤🐓

Why are people so nice?

Seriously, I've noticed this all over the place. People will say nice things about work that is the quality of a toddlers sculpture made in the medium of their own excrement.

Truly "not great" pieces receive compliments - people will contort themselves into French knots to find something positive to say.

Whatever happened to telling people outright - your work is literal shit, and you should feel bad about yourself? This is participation trophy syndrome at its worst.

It's gotten so that I can't even tell beginner embroiderers that their satin stitch is a fugly mess without some overzealous mod deleting my comment. Ugh.