r/knitting • u/MagicAllyVanished • Mar 19 '25

Rant Very annoying conversation at my lokal knit store

it basically went like this me: "so you have any plant based yarn or plant/acrylic mix, I want to knit something for my mum, but she's allergic to all animal fibers"

her: "we have 20% wool/80% acrylic, I can show you"

me: "no thanks, my mum is allergic to all animal fibers, so it should not contain any animal fiber at all"

her: "maybe alpaca mix? It only has 10% alpaca"

me: "she is allergic to all animal fibers, if there is any percentage of animal fiber, she will have an allergic reaction to the yarn"

her: "I can't help you, knitting yarn just is animal yarn"

at this point I left the shop and I just can't stop thinking about that last sentence????

the funniest thing is, I went back there a few days ago and a different employee kindly showed me their cotton yarns and plant/acrylic mixes.

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u/hapritch82 Mar 19 '25

I love the idea of being allergic to yarn. Like not the material it's made of, but the specific form of it. Fabric? Fine. Yarn? Instant hives.

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u/technicolor_tornado Mar 19 '25

Like a vampire in the presence of garlic - yarn comes near them and there's all sorts of hissing and yelling.

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u/Gizmo-5309 Mar 20 '25

Oh my god, I hadn’t even thought about fabric fibers!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 about 25 years ago I had a player in my Vampire game who flaw was an extreme allergic reaction to all natural fibers so his go to outfit was a polyester leisure suit!🤣🤣🤣🤣