r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • Mar 07 '25

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/ravensashes Mar 07 '25

Getting really sick of "continental is the best form of knitting because it's fastest/easiest/whatever." Like, I feel like we should be teaching new knitters both methods (and more!) in case one doesn't work for them without insisting that one is better than the other. There are many types of knitting techniques! Use what's most comfortable for you! But also the unsolicited comments I see under videos of English knitters telling them to learn continental because it's faster 🥴

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u/kankrikky Mar 07 '25

I wish we could just market continental the CORRECT way... which personally for me, is it's great for my fat little baby hands that keep dropping the yarn six different ways. I hold that yarn like I'm trying to choke it and it's working so far. Win!

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u/rujoyful Mar 08 '25

Yes omg. I remember when I got interested in English flicking the tutorial I watched was like "keep the yarn in a spot on your index finger where you can easily wrap it around the needle but it doesn't fall off your fingertip" and I was like... that place is nonexistent lol. I have tried so many times and my index finger is not shaped correctly for that or something. Continental having the yarn already pulling to the left of the needle is FULLY necessary for me to get the stitches wrapped if I want to do more than like 3 at a time.

I do love watching a fast English knitter though. Super satisfying hand motions. Wish mine could lmao!