Honestly, I’ve pretty much stopped buying patterns. I know my body and can knit basic sweaters that fit it. I’ve wasted so much money on patterns that would take more effort to rewrite to fit me/be something I can follow that I hate throwing good money after bad. - ThreadSky

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maximummary.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Honestly, I’ve pretty much stopped buying patterns. I know my body and can knit basic sweaters that fit it. I’ve wasted so much money on patterns that would take more effort to rewrite to fit me/be something I can follow that I hate throwing good money after
bad.

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jacqhammer.bsky.social•37 days ago

I love a great pattern and will buy great patterns all day every day for... Everything because I'm not interested in self-drafting. But it is why I tend to stick to limited designers. I'm challenging myself to branch out this year.

maximummary.bsky.social•37 days ago

I start with the Ann Budd Handy Books. I know my adjustments from there. I’m plus size and got serious about knitting back when the largest size was usually 40 or 42, so I’ve always been self drafting.

I’m a knitter and I don’t like this idea of shopping as a creative act.

maximummary.bsky.social•37 days ago

That said, I did just buy Petiteknit’s Sophie Scarf. It’s basic, but looking at the pictures, the ends of the scarf are neat. The sloppy ends of so many scarves annoy me so I paid the money.

maximummary.bsky.social•37 days ago

I was enrolled in the RISD hand knitting design program before they killed it. I did the math and realized that there was no way the money made sense. And that was over a decade ago. The woman who ran it admitted almost no one was a full time knitwear designer. Always a side gig. Small market.

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