The Yarn Thread - Or "Kiwi Knitting Klub" as proposed by Smiling Honeybadger

[FitBitch]

In a recent article about racism unraveling the SJW knitting community I lamented losing my teacher before I had learned much to knit myself and being intimidated by the surprisingly hostile online community. @Smiling Honeybadger proposed a "Kiwi Knitting Klub" where newbies and veterans alike could share patterns and knowledge. Come one, come all the craft minded people of Kiwi Farms who knit and crochet. Let us teach and learn from each other.

 

[Thomas Paine]

I would honestly love it if there was a subforum strictly for learning new creative arts.
Plus it'd be hilarious if KF actually became a reputable source for creative education.

 

[Black Waltz]

you would probably really like this @Orth

 

[Love Soze]

That would be fun. Crafts are so fucking sjw right now, it's ridiculous.

 

[FitBitch]

That would be fun. Crafts are so fucking sjw right now, it's ridiculous.

I know right? I just want to keep a utilitarian art from dying and everyone's gotta turn it into an identity or some shit like calm down bitch it's just a nice hobby.

 

[Love Soze]

I know right? I just want to keep a utilitarian art from dying and everyone's gotta turn it into an identity or some shit like calm down bitch it's just a nice hobby.

I sew, cross stitch, and knit. I have almost completely left the crafting community, and I used to be really into it. I had an IG, website, even a youtube channel. Deleted all of it early this year. Those bitches are just too crazy to put up with.

 

[Porque no los dos?]

I am in awe of the not crazy knitters/crocheters skills. My knitting skill is "hand knit with the loop yarns" so I'm just a filthy casual.

 

[Vampirella]

I just started learning crocheting this year. I like making little toys and such for family. I kind of just quietly lurk and get patterns online, because from what I've seen some bitches be crazy.

 

[JambledUpWords]

I for one am very excited to be part of the KKK

 

[FitBitch]

I sew, cross stitch, and knit. I have almost completely left the crafting community, and I used to be really into it. I had an IG, website, even a youtube channel. Deleted all of it early this year. Those bitches are just too crazy to put up with.

I'm really bad at learning from videos, I really feel like I need someone to correct my mistakes in real time. Do you have any suggestions for beginners that also show the wrong way to do things and how to fix mistakes?

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

I've been collecting the fur off our cats after brushing, cleaning it, and separate by type; seal-point Siamese, domestic black & white shorthairs, and Nowegian Forest

The Siamese & shorthair are for felting, and the Norwegian for spinning into yarn.

The plan is for a cable-knit & felt-lined hooded cape in time for my daughter's first winter.

At the standard rate of furring, though.... there'll be a definite surplus of cathair yarn.

I learned how to spin my own yarn & knit from a how-to kit & book, free from MWR & Red Cross. It's amazing how much crocheting & knitting stuff is donated to active duty & veteran organizations. Hell, when I first started, I went to a circle with some very hard & very serious guys.

It wasn't until after a few meetings, I noticed all of them had this, or a variation of, somewhere on their arms or vehicles.

I wish I had got pictures of a couple projects they had done & donated back to charity.

 

[FitBitch]

I learned how to spin my own yarn & knit from a how-to kit & book, free from MWR & Red Cross. It's amazing how much crocheting & knitting stuff is donated to active duty & veteran organizations. Hell, when I first started, I went to a circle with some very hard & very serious guys.

It wasn't until after a few meetings, I noticed all of them had this, or a variation of, somewhere on their arms or vehicles.

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I wish I had got pictures of a couple projects they had done & donated back to charity.

That's really badass.

 

[Love Soze]

I'm really bad at learning from videos, I really feel like I need someone to correct my mistakes in real time. Do you have any suggestions for beginners that also show the wrong way to do things and how to fix mistakes?

Honestly, I learned everything from Youtube plus a couple online classes for sewing.

 

[Sushinope]

Youtube videos are pretty great for learning maybe start with a granny square (simple and you can learn multiple techniques), I found a stitch bible with pics that's pretty good too so you can see how to do the more accurately and written instructions on how to do the actual stitch.

Anyone else get like crafting ADHD? Like I start a project then like months later I actually get back to it after starting 3 other ones lol. I have a blanket that I'm planning to sell, a mood blanket I had to take a break from since May and like a rainbow shawl I just started.

 

[CivilianOfTheFandomWars]

I'd be for it. I'm getting better, but I'm still not that good. Just a couple hats and stockinette scarfs and a pair of flat-knit socks. I'm still getting the hang of knitting in the round, but I'll get there eventually.

And knitting and crotchet had these communities spring up around them which are just so saccharine it's painful. It's the kind of people who have those "Live, Laugh, Love" things and aren't old enough to get them from grand kids. I know it's not a high excitement hobby, but the people are enough to turn off newcomers. And if you are like me, you hate that kind of sugary sweet community and want nothing to do with them.

If you do want to learn, I recommend starting on washcloths. Quick, easy, useful, and great for practicing different stitches. Just go to the nearest craft shop and get the clearance yarn, no one's wearing a washcloth and, plus needles, it's like less than $10. Then just go to YouTube and look up a tutorial. Or find a Grandmother to teach you.

I would love a crafts group or thread here. With the types of people on the Farms, we could make some awesome stuff.

 

[Vampirella]

Anyone else get like crafting ADHD? Like I start a project then like months later I actually get back to it after starting 3 other ones lol. I have a blanket that I'm planning to sell, a mood blanket I had to take a break from since May and like a rainbow shawl I just started.

Yes, I have 3 I really need to finish. I keep getting distracted with things.

 

[MAPK phosphatase]

I need to get my mom to teach me some knitting. Every time she sees someone else knit, either in real life or online, she laments the fact that they're using a method slower than what she was taught as a child. In-case she's actually using some secret technique and not just having bad luck with the other knitter's she's met I want to learn it.

 

[CivilianOfTheFandomWars]

I need to get my mom to teach me some knitting. Every time she sees someone else knit, either in real life or online, she laments the fact that they're using a method slower than what she was taught as a child. In-case she's actually using some secret technique and not just having bad luck with the other knitter's she's met I want to learn it.

She might be talking about continental knitting. It's where you hold the yarn in the left hand and scoop up the yarn and knit in one motion. It's typically quicker than European style, which is the most common way of knitting. In America at least.

 

[MAPK phosphatase]

She might be talking about continental knitting. It's where you hold the yarn in the left hand and scoop up the yarn and knit in one motion. It's typically quicker than European style, which is the most common way of knitting. In America at least.

That sounds about right.

 

[BlancoMailo]

Personally, I've always had a great respect for knitting, some of the few things I have left of my grandmother are items she knitted a couple decades ago. For me, the best arts are functional.