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| Miriam McDonald Simply Knitting's Production Editor |
Okay, of the people mentioned, I'm the one who's most likely to take flak for my tastes, fun fur being universally derided, but you do see a lot of negativity about other people's knits all over the place, online and off. Some people hate toys, some people hate acrylic, some people find lace knitting a horrible faff to produce something they'd never wear... but other people love all these things. What gives person A the right to make person B feel miserable about their knitting? Nothing. Many knitters are limited by finances, too; not everyone can afford to knit a jumper from £5-a-ball yarn, so sneering at people's yarn choices could also, unwittingly, be sneering at someone simply because they earn less, which is a pretty horrible thing to do. We are all doing this for fun, after all. All the negative comments do is remove a chunk of the joy from something that should be joyful for all of us.
Let's spread the knitting love. Let's all tell other people what we like about their knitting. (And if you can't possibly say anything nice about the fun fur, might I suggest the weather as an alternative topic?)
