Unpopular Knitting Opinions - My Partner Guesses My Hot Takes - Sip n Knit Podcast Episode 14
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Welcome to another video! Thank you to Katt of @kattweaver for the photo shown in the thumbnail!
An important shout out to Bee of @makerbee4888 for the HOT HOT take re: fiber artist as a term that is kinda trash! Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
This week is a little different. I asked my partner to join me to chat "unpopular" knitting opinions. I did my best to avoid specific business or people's names. However, there were a few that were mentioned in order for the topic to be discussed. We did our best to remain fair in our discussion and avoided sensational or exaggerated language. I ask that we keep comments in the same vein.
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Hey hey! Popping in here real quick to add on to the last opinion we discussed re: art v craft.
This take comes from conversations with Maker Bee (on IG and UA-cam), and Bee wanted to add something they think is important nuance.
"Artist" has an individualistic connotation, and as we become and have became more individualistic as a Western society, we tend to put emphasis on individual successes. This is when we see the rise of the term "fiber artist". This is at odds with the community that is exemplified in craft!
I think this is well illustrated by the number of social media accounts dedicated to our fiber crafts. We seek community in our crafts with other folks all the time! I really loved this take and this addition makes it even better.
Thanks for watching and reading! See you all soon.
How wonderful that your partner understands your craft enough to be able to participate in a video like this. My partner wouldn’t have a clue.
Such an interesting episode! First off, I have to say that Monica may be the most knitting-knowledgeable, non-knitter I've ever seen! Clearly she pays attention when you talk about your passion for knitting 😊 Thanks for sharing both of your opinions and perspectives on a range of topics, both light and heavy 🤗
She really impressed me with her knowledge! I knew she had picked up some stuff but wow!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 💖
OMG for a non-knitter she knows so much!! A testament to her attention to detail in your craft, ❤❤ can I say this was adorable?!?!?!?!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! 🥰
Awesome episode! First timer here and the last one was fascinating. My take on it is - what makes an artist an "artist"? If I tried to wrap hundreds of yards of bright colored fabric around a building in downtown (fill in random big city), I would be stopped and told to desist. I could hem and haw all day long that I am an "artist" but no one would care or believe me. Now, if I had wealthy backers promoting me, paying for my supplies, getting the proper permits, and telling the world that I am an "artist", then I could wrap that building with hundreds of yards of bright colored fabric and it would be celebrated as an achievement. I guess what I am getting at is that money and prestige make a huge difference between a "crafter" and an "artist", whether fair or not.
More Monica please! This was so fun ❤️
Yes to the alligator thing- UK
Hehe that’s so good to know! The alligator thing cracked us up. I’ll let her know she is wanted back 💖
The chemistry you two have is adorable. Lovely video, I enjoyed watching!
Thank you!
Y'all are the cutest. Serious accolades to Monica for paying so much attention to knitting info along the way. Fun video.
Thanks for watching! I am glad you enjoyed it. Her knitting knowledge for a non-knitter is so cool. I was so proud while filming this.
I am SO happy that this video came up on my UA-cam recommended list - time to go watch everything else 😅 Your discussion about fiber artist vs craft was so interesting to me, especially because I have a background in the art world, specifically museum studies (and museums as inherently colonial institutions). I worked as education/security staff in a contemporary art museum for a while and one of the exhibitions they had was fiber arts. And guess what? Mostly men. Almost all white.
I think a big issue with the term "fiber arts" is that it's almost like wanting to be part of what's counted as "high brow" art, rather than being like 'no, this distinction between what's seen as low brow and high brow art is arbitrary and rooted in colonialism, white supremacy, and sexism and trying to become part of the "high brow" group is just upholding that distinction.' It's like the kind of feminism that bashes anything associated with femininity instead of questioning why we assign value to things based on what gender they've typically been associated with and why we associated things with certain genders to begin with.
Ah I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!!
I will warn that I haven’t uploaded since December of last year, however I do have every intention of coming back to UA-cam 😅
I love what you shared about art and colonialism. It is definitely a weird thing to want to define knitting or spinning or any fiber craft as an “art” as if that makes it inherently “better”. That comes from somewhere and spoilers that somewhere is almost always white supremacy whether we realize it or not 🥲
@@sarahkarineknits I've been really enjoying your previous videos!! I really love that you shout out so many designers that aren't as well known - I feel like I've already found soooo many patterns that I've added to my favourites which is always exciting!! UA-cam is a LOT of work though so very understandable to not have uploaded in a while!
Yes exactly!! Having an umbrella term to be able to refer to knitting or crochet or spinning or other crafts is definitely useful but I hope that fibers arts doesn't become the most used term 😕 also just based on this and how you talk about knitting and consumerism on your channel, I highly recommend checking out the Crimson Stitchery, if you don't already follow her! She was one of the first knitting podcasts I found that wasn't so based around buying new things all the time and included conversations about bigger topics as well.
One of my issues with PK is that I find the pattern writing lazy and lacking especially when there are multiple of their patterns with the same silhouette with very little construction differences. Perhaps that speaks more to my skill set and mod abilities though.
Maybe, right! I think there is a market for PK (obviously lol) and I am just not in it 😅
“Heathens. We hate purling in this household” 😂 I’m kind of neutral on purling personally but this made me cackle 😂
Hahaha! I think it was a bit exaggerated for flair but yeah purling tends to put me off a bit 😂
First time watcher. I loved the take on the unpopular opinion format with the addition of the non-knitting partner. It's quite clear that she really pays attention to you and your craft. ❤
Awh thanks for watching! I agree, I’m lucky she “gets it” when I chat knitting 🥰
Just came across your video and found it very enjoyable. I tend to resist popular designs and try to seek out others. The one opinion I have is some yarn dyers who take preorders and then complains about how stressed they are. I only have a few that I would preorder from.
Purling chat - should we conquer steeking together so that we can knit ALL the cardigans in the round?
Wait BRILLIANT yes please
This was the best! I agree with almost all of your take on unpopular knitting opinions. So glad I’m not alone. Also the conversation around the term fibre artist was fascinating.
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching! Really thought provoking stuff I thought re: artist v craft
i leaarned how to knit backwards to avoid purling!!
Brilliant!
born and raised florida gal here, we absolutely also learned the alligator more than/less than thing 😂
AMAZING! My theory has been proven 😂
US here. In the California school system when someone used the alligator example for greater than/less then. Use it to this day.
SMART!!!
I learned the alligator method here in the US. And I just taught it to my kids last year ☺️
I’m so glad it’s still a thing!
This was a fun episode! We learned < and > as Pac Man. I'm glad you said that about the 1x1 tubular cast off on 2x2 rib, I knit a sweater with that earlier this year and kept thinking it just didn't look right! The statement on the term fiber arts/artist" is definitely thought provoking. I can definitely see that perspective, but I feel like without it we lack a good term to collectively talk about knitting, crochet, weaving, spinning, etc.
I think fiber crafts works and it’s what I’ll intend to use going forward!
And thank you!!! The change in ribbing is just so odd.
You’re the second person to say Pac-Man! Also a good option lol
@@sarahkarineknits yeah, "fiber crafts" definitely works and that is an easy swap going forward
love you two. more, more, more.... Amen to the watching podcasts and seeing things - including what they knit almost exclusively - that make me never watch them again. I LOVE scrap projects - it's how I get almost ALL of my yarn. Nutiden...I don't get it, but more power to the folks who are in that cult (yes, I said it). I love fingering weight projects, and have been really into knitting sweaters these days. That said, I did knit 4 plutloppi sweaters immediately after returning from Iceland two summers ago. (Super bulky for the win). Yes, I jump into everything without "knowing" how to do it. And have never taken a class, because my budget goes toward essential items - yarn pretty much is it, and even that comes mostly from a local textile center garage sale.
I’m so glad you enjoyed! Thanks for commenting 🥰
I have some plotulopi I’d really like to use this year. It’s so lofty and fun! I’m ready for a break from fingering weight this winter 😌
@@sarahkarineknits So many vlogmas videos to watch, but I'll be sneaking in all of your backlog along the way.
Monica won! Ari was so excited to see you both on the screen!
I also avoid purling when possible. Though I am definitely a buy the pattern and then think about it for potentially years before buying yarn or starting to knit 🤦🏼♀️
More storytime with Sarah and Monica please.
Also Bristol 2024?!? Can I gatecrash?
Bristol 2024 invite extended! Hi Ari!!!!
I tried to count while I was editing and I think she got closer to 15 right. I was really impressed haha.
Enjoyed this one. They teach the alligator in Oklahoma. The fiber artist comment was particularly interesting. There are several well known designers I don't purchase patterns from. I actually like the simple basic lines but the size unclusivity is not there.
I love a good simple basic pattern, but it better be well graded or else I ain’t buyin! 👀🙅♀️
Good to know about the alligator thing! So far Oklahoma and the UK teach it the same way 😂
This video is so adorable and enjoyable! This makes me so curious as to how my partner would do at this lol! Monica has serious knitting knowledge :)
Her knowledge of knitting makes me so proud! I always knew she listened but this is some pretty solid evidence that I have the most supportive of partners :)
Thanks for watching!!!
Monica, we will have you! This was really fun to watch. The last opinion was neat to hear and now a deep dive is going to happen for me. I think the reclaiming of names/titles is also a great take. I find I haven't truly heard any SPICY opinions in a while. Is it bad that I'm sort of waiting for the type of spicy where my initial reaction is a deep inhale/exhale?
Haha those spicy takes are sometimes really exhilarating!
I’m glad you enjoyed this one. I think that last opinion was my fave to chat about. So many layers.
Omg I'm dying, you two are so cute together. Also I would like to know who keeps doing the 2x2 -> 1x1 bind off, please - I so often ignore recommended bindoffs/castons XD
(Will be edited to add more comments as I'm watching, because live tweeting a knitting podcast is weird. Apparently)
I love how well Monica knows you - "Heathens!"
(Forgot to add this earlier - I also super agree with you re: The MFT and PK opinions, and only knitting big designers. Also I love the glass that Monica's using - very cool)
Also I will agree with you re: scrappy blankets and scrappy sweaters, but I love that Monica can draw the line between what she likes and you like. No one's going to catch me creating patchwork without buffer though - I personally find those ugly as sin.
Ooh I hadn't thought about that spin on "Fibre Artist" - I consider myself a crafter and not an artist when it comes to knitting and crochet, because oftentimes my energy and focus and interest is on the mechanics and the tecniques, not the end result or how everything goes together. I do think some knitters, dyers and designers are artists, I just don't consider myself one, nor do I think there's any virtue claim either way, but I hadn't thought about how calling it artistry harkens back to colonialism and erasing the poor past. Shall continue to have a think on it (Also continue to consider myself a crafter).
LOL IT WAS AM. Also I cracked up when Monica shoved her arm in front of you. I love my 3/4 sleeve though
Also re: swatching - I feel this "I wish I was a better swatcher" deeply. Although, one of my nieces has apparently generated an obsession with American Girl dolls, so I have been seriously considering knitting AM dolls sweaters as swatches.
(Also yes to the munching thing for greater than or less than- but I learned it as pacman because my classes was a bunch of *nerds*)
P.S. Monica - you're adorable and you sound lovely (I promise I'm not trying to hit on you in front of your partner)
LOL I like that you give me updates as you watch. I mention the offending 2x2 to 1x1 designer at the end 👀
“Ugly as sin” always cracks me up. I always knit exactly what someone means when they use that.
The glass I think is just an ikea one if I’m honest! But from many years past.
Glad you agree with some of the things here ie boring popular patterns and designers. Monica really does know a lot about my knitting preferences and she knows the “good list” designers from the not so great lol
Hehehe yes you figured it out. It totally was AM. Love her just not that bind off.
I’ll let her know she is a hit! The sleeve thing took me out. How dare she out my knitting like that?! 😭😅😂
Also YES TO JOINT OPINIONS VIDEO!
Fun video! Look fowrad to another one in the future.
Thanks, Michelle!!
My partner loves old fashioned with 🍒 as well 💖. Which cast on and bind offs would you definitely recommend learning? On nutiden I can't be bothered with annnnything (products, restaurants, clubs, events etc.) that's set up to be that exclusive. Also totally agree on putting a little effort into finding alternatives to PK, everyone's knitting the Sophie scarf but I am very excited to start my Pippen scarf sets for Christmas gift knits by the knit purl girl.
The Sophie scarf is a great exactly if the hype that’s for sure!
Ironically dispute my complaining, the tubular cast ok and bind off is really lovely. You can learn a sewn Italian bind off. It looks like tubular without the set up row. I’d also suggest learning German twisted to take place of long tail for stretch especially in cuff down socks!
Thanks for watching :)
Yup I hate purling . Won’t even do the texture on the simple Barley sweater sleeves , yet I love cabling and purling goes along with that.
Swatching? What is this swatching you speak of .
I feel you! For me I think with purling comes knitting flat and when you have a whole garment before a sleeve split that you have to purl 😖 no thank you!
@@sarahkarineknits i’m eyeing a couple of slipover patterns and the Home sweater ,they have that kind of construction ,yuk . Maybe ?
Loved this so much! More Monica!!! Would love to hear her thoughts about all of our ridiculous initialisms. K2tog, PSSO, SSK, etc! 😅 Multiple choice test for stitch patterns?! Lol!
LOL this is a great idea. I should put together a “so you think you know knitting” style quiz 😂
Glad you liked it! I hope to have her back again in the future 🥰
lmao my wife paints minis and has also absorbed an inordinate amount of knowledge about knitting despite having zero interest in it herself. *walks up to a couple* So which one of you is the knitting youtube queer and which is the mini painting queer?
Omg!!! 😂 I love this so much! New queer partner types just dropped!
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Oh my god!! An lgbt knitting channel that doesn’t feature 50 year old men? 🥹 don’t mind me as I follow you on everything and watch every video. As a queer woman I’m trying to only subscribe to channels that align with my beliefs and aren’t actively trying to strip my rights away…and avoid, as you said, the true mean girls. sorry for the rant but finding this is a breath of fresh air. :)
Maybe I’ll learn this from watching more videos, but you said you watch a lot of podcasts and I would love to know your favorites! I agreed with most of your opinions in this video, and I feel like I would enjoy the same content.
Oh my goodness WELCOME! This comment made my week 🥹
I am also on a hunt for channels that align with my values at all times. It’s hard out here 😅
Shameless plug for my knitting besties Katt of Heather and Hops and Meri of Meridittle Makes!
I also watch Edible.Thoughts.Makes pretty routinely!
I absolutely love Katt’s channel:) I will check out the other two channels! Thank you so much!