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Thread: Bias Against Crocheters
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06-15-2013, 02:45 PM #71
I did notice that my crocheted chemo hats had holes in them you could see bare skin thru' maybe that was why they don't accept crocheted chemo hats, I also donated scarves to go under the hats for that reason. I like the look of crochet much better and there is so much more variety.
to make something beautiful and useful is the ultimate in a love gift.Bailey
In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength
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06-15-2013, 03:52 PM #72
I think a lot of us start out knitting and then when it gets to crocheting find it difficult to convert to the pattern termiology . I find a lot of people can only do the basic granny squares and won't or don't want to stretch their learning into more detailed work .....so when the general public see these squares they think its old fashioned. Its up to us to put the word out there that there is just as much in beautiful crochet as there is in knitting....and it is far quicker.
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06-15-2013, 05:59 PM #73
Yes, you are right. Another thing I noticed about these yarn shops, they don't have crochet pattern books, hooks, etc.
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06-15-2013, 06:34 PM #74
Yes, at one "knit" shop crocheters are called "hookers!"
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06-15-2013, 09:21 PM #75
Hookers? How rude!
Bailey
In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength
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06-16-2013, 03:54 PM #76
It's not the "granny square"
I live in Michigan and get the same thing everywhere. The problem has nothing to do with the granny square it's that crochet patterns are tired and old fashioned (this from a shop owner). Pick up any knitting mag/book and you will see old patterns that have been up dated with new yarns and reshaped for todays family. I've spent the last two years looking for a mans cardigan sweater pattern and all I could find were old, tired and filled with mistakes. There is nothing more upsetting than spending a lot of money and time on yarn and a project only to find it will not fit together or the size is all wrong. I spent close to $100 for yarn, pattern and finishing items only to find that the mans large from 1978 was more like a mans small now and that the sleeves didn't fit in correctly and were far to short. (yes the gauge was right)
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06-16-2013, 05:54 PM #77
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06-16-2013, 06:00 PM #78
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06-18-2013, 01:15 PM #79
I had to add something else about "bias against crocheters" and only because I was in my local Goodwill store (just opened in January) and lately I have been finding more yarn. Anyway, today I was there again and found yarn for the second day in a row but what made me laugh was I also found two kits with yarn but both were knitting kits. Thought it was funny, knitting is supposed to be more popular than crocheting but now people are donating knitting kits, with yarn, dvd, knitting needles. Never have seen crochet kits being donated. Gee, who is popular now?? LOL.
LI Roe
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06-19-2013, 06:25 AM #80
In the local shops around town, they have the yarn and hooks, but very few patterns. Most of the patterns I get on line or from books. My little group of knitters and crocheters is wonderful. We love our knitters and crocheters. There are 3 of us in the group that crochet. :-D
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