I started knitting specifically with this project in mind and was so happy once I was able to make it.
Pattern is: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/owls-9
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Highly inappropriate comment in a knitting post.
Way to tell them they’re being inappropriate… With a racial slur. Smh
Thanks for letting me know. I thought it was equivalent to “Neanderthal” but just looked it up. I won’t use it again.
Hell yeah. If it makes you feel better your not the only one to have incorrectly thought that.
What on earth was the word?
Detectives assemble! Something that could be confused as similar to Neanderthal, but isn’t. I’m guessing mongoloid?
You guessed correctly. It is not always a slur, more a description in an anachronistic method of defining human ‘races’, but is apparently a slur used against autistic people and therefore has been deleted from my mental vocabulary.
I think it’s a slur against people with Down’s syndrome. It was originally used to refer to people from East Asia (mongoloid from either Mongols or Mongolia, not sure which), then later applied to people with Down’s syndrome due to similarities between some East Asian facial features and the facial features common among those living with the syndrome.
Looks like it was most commonly used in the 50s and 60s. Not sure if it wasn’t considered offensive then or if people just didn’t care as much.
Edit: also, props to you for using this as a chance to learn rather than getting defensive.
And I was about to comment I felt relieved to no langer have horny redditors around lmao
Some of us are horny, but don’t write unnecessary horny comments.
The latter remark was very unnecessary, too.
Thank goodness we’re actually deleting this filth instead of with the other site that would be spammed full of “lol horni upvote
On topic, as a passerby from all, that is really fuckin impressive
Stay on Reddit you perv.
Hey look! It really is reddit. We have horny dumbasses making insulting comments here too!
So disheartening that even on a smaller community with a supposedly mature userbase there are still people that think it’s normal to leave comments like this. The number of upvotes you received does not inspire confidence in the fediverse community to be any better than Reddit.
Nothing stops bad actors from joining a lemmy, his total votes is still negative which is a good tell it’s not being tolerated.
Could be a female. Your making an assumption it is a dude.
Humans are gonna human, unfortunately. It’s our downfall.
Hi. I am not familiar with knitting at all. May I ask why you feel it’s not perfect? Just trying to understand if it’s a personal opinion or actual fault somewhere (that I don’t see).
I’m probably my own worst critic, but I guess some spots don’t look as “polished” or “neat” to me as I’d like. Some of the ribbing on the neck collar looks a little uneven. It’s just small things that are probably more noticeable to me than anyone else. Also, it was only the 2nd sweater I ever knit, so I’m self-conscious about how good my work looks to anyone else.
I’m probably my own worst critic
Said every creative ever.
I haven’t zoomed in or anything but I couldn’t notice anything wrong or particularly un-neat. It just looks handmade to me. Nice work!
Don’t be so harsh on yourself, it’s awesome! The imperfections are the perfect level that will make another knitter go “Oh wow that’s selfmade. So cool!” while other people won’t notice them at all. Really nice work!
There’s always little things we notice in our own projects that are basically invisible to the non-knitter. It’s our curse!
It took me awhile to see that they’re owls, but damn I’d kill for that during winter right now.
Absolutely love this. The buttons at the top also make for a nice detailing contrast.
Awesome! The owl pattern around the top looks really cool.
It was amazing before I noticed the owls. The owls made it perfect. Pure art.
That’s so beautiful! Perfect yarn colour too.
considering she said it’s her 2nd ever jumper, she did a really good job. I’m not even a knitter, but it looks really good!
Took me a while to see it. There are little owls around the neck. Nice pattern and we’ll done.
WoW. This will sell like crazy. I want one and I showed it to my coworker and even she needs one.
Are you talking about sweeping the pattern or the sweater itself? Because the number of hours in a sweater like that would require a massive price tag just to break even at minimum wage.
Unless you have machine-like efficiency, sweaters are the sort of thing you only make for yourself and a select few.
Still waiting on my wife to knit me that sweater she said she would fifteen years ago …
My wife knocked out at least two full cowl sweaters between the completion of right sock and left sock. A lot of winters with one nice sock though.
Fucking doooope! More crafts to Lemmy!!! Hazaaah
Love it! I saw the owls straight away!
You had me to go back and find them, really nice!
This makes me want to knit so I can make that for my wife.
Congratulations on your project! I’m just starting my knitting journey as well, with a pullover as the end goal. How long was it before you felt comfortable tackling the project? The color is lovely! (Also, your hair is stunning, if you don’t mind could you dm me your hair routine?!)
I’d made at least 10-15 smaller projects before I started on this, including a more basic knit “test” sweater with shorter sleeves. It still felt daunting starting this, but I just read through the pattern ahead of time and tried to understand when/why I’d have to do certain steps.
Thanks for the hair compliment! I could definitely dm you and share whatever you want to know, unfortunately the color I’ve been using has been discontinued so I’m about to try a new one soon 🤞
Gorgeous sweater, op! You did a beautiful job, and you should be very proud of your work! It’s lovely!
Super cute, love the detail around the neck!
