Tumblr Thread: The Yarn Community Is Filled With Fiery Drama

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mattstaff
Aug 7, 2021 9:00 PM EDT

You probably wouldn't go ahead and draw the assumption that the yarn community is filled to the brim with fascinating controversies. For instance, the whole faking deaths theme runs prominent within the community. On top of that, there's even a bit about setting babies on fire. Um, like what? Hold up. For some more gold from the ever interesting world of Tumblr check out this Tumblr thread about a contortionist who went for a burrito mission to 7-Eleven and ended up traumatizing a cashier.

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    Font - lavenderprose Today I found out that yarners think crocheting socks is subversive and controversial and I not, I guess just.on one hand, why the fi yarners are allowed to have their controversies, but on the other, how much time do you have in your F IN DAY?? lazulisong My main concern is how they would feel but Maggie u know yarn fandom gotta think about something while knitting five miles of stockingnette for a sweater arinrowan Look, you can't just leave it at that, why is it subversiv
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    Bicycle - naturally to socks. You're (usually) going to end up with something either stiff and bulky, or full of holes that will Not Feel Good to walk on. Whereas knitted socks will just...BE elastic and comfortable. Sure you CAN do it. And there are people and patterns that do it well! But MOST crochet socks are a bit like calling this a bicycle I mean. Okay? But people are going to Talk. But this is BABY controversy, this is nothing. You haven't even touched on the good shit like RHSS or that
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    Font - Also I know very little about the yarn fandom except for that bit where a woman had to fake her death and had a nervous breakdown over selling homespun/dyed yarn so like, I already have big expectations. kaitoukitty Was that the one that "died" of leukemia or the one that "died" of lupus, or the one that overdosed? arinrowan From what I know of the narrative as it was described to me, I want to say the one that overdosed, but I am intrigued and vaguely concerned that there are multiple di
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    Font - thieving a holes who shouldn't be running businesses and need to give all the money back. the olympics commitee: ravelry, well-known knitting (fiber arts in general) site, held a contest they called the 'ravelympics' to drum up olympic support then get a cease-and-desist letter for copyright infringement, and the letter said that calling it that 'denigrates the true nature of the Olympic Games' and was 'disrespectful to our country's finest athletes' except, you know, ravelry had like 2 m
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    Font - crocheted socks: exactly what kaitoukitty said. people who crochet socks tend to either be new crocheters who are not aware crochet is not the best medium for socks or experienced crocheters who are pushing the boundaries of the medium. babies on fire: i can't believe we're talking about yarncraft controversies and no one mentioned babies on fire. that's my favorite controversy. so when deciding what material to make baby blankets out of, in addition to considerations like softness, ease
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    Rectangle - kimbergoat wow I didn't expect such a detailed response. thank you! gallusrostromegalus Fiber Arts Just Be F ing Like That.
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