celticdragonfly

So today there was a post on the

advanced_knit group that included a quote:

The best periods of Knitting have always occurred when yarns have been scarce or expensive, as the desire for better knowledge of the work is stimulated in order that yarn need not be unduly wasted

In a comment someone replied: Hmm, I like that concept. Given how available and inexpensive yarn is these days, the monstrosities in You Knit What?! suddenly make sense ....

So of course I had to go read it. OMGWTF. That just sucked away my brain for half an hour. Wow. Some of these patterns I'd seen online. (Although, okay, I admit I've considered knitting that one belt for Karl. He *likes* that kind of belt. He liked the idea.)

Common phrase - "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

A good quote:

But this shit? Has to go. Obviously done for the "I don't knit on anything smaller than a size 30 needle because I have no ability to delay gratification" crowd. ... This is the kind of thing that make non-knitters ask "did you make that?" But not in a good way.

The site has a LJ feed! Go here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/youknitwhat/

Go, take a look.