My queendom for an AI-free online creative space

So many FB groups are. just riddled with AI. Mods won’t take a stance.

I just got into it with a mod of a spinning group (may her stash suffer a moth infestation) who scolded me for calling out AI on someone’s AI-generated post (she’s 70 and now her feelings are hurt, and 70 year-old feelings matter more than anyone else’s!)

It’s not going to get better. Locally, event coordinators are using AI to make posters and flyers. Newcomers and 70 year-olds can’t recognize the signs.

Etsy is a wasteland.

I dunno what else to say or do. That’s my complaint: AI can suck it.

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u/craftmangler — 1 day ago

hoping to confirm a Polish crochet term -- can you help?

Hello, hello! I plan to start working from a charted pattern by a Polish designer. There are only a few written instructions, and google translate has been adequate for most. However, there is one spot I'm not sure about where the designer advises how to finish the pattern -- either with a row of HDC or, I think, to "bind off in crab stitch".

The Polish is screencapped below. Did I get it right?

https://preview.redd.it/2z0x9zcnbt6h1.png?width=643&format=png&auto=webp&s=6bbccf3fa2100889822a7a710c379489a32b96bf

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u/craftmangler — 24 days ago
▲ 18 r/crochet

Sewing is not my favorite part! But I do feel like the more I have to sew onto amigurumi, the better I get at it (slooooowly…)

I still have his wings, feet, tail feathers, and coffee to do 🙃

I will name him Steven 🤭

u/craftmangler — 2 months ago