Not making any friends at the LYS
Yesterday I went to one of my LYS -- I had never been there, and I got a message from my Yahoo! group that they were having a sale, so I thought I would check it out!
Things were going great, I found a wonderful yarn (Cascade Cherub Aran) to make the Placket-Neck Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, and it was 25% off!! Then it happened....
I was standing in line to pay, and the lady behind me had a basket full of yarn. She turned to the employee/teacher she was working with and said, "so if I have any questions about the bobbles, I can ask you, right? I'll make sure to do my homework first." I turned and made a comment to the tune of, "oh, bobbles, THOSE are fun!"
I couldn't help it - I made a blanket for the kidlet that had so many bobbles, and they are truthfully a PITA. Unless there is a way that you can work them without turning your work around 5 times, I stand by my comment.
The employee was NOT happy with me. She kept telling the lady, "they're fine, you'll be fine". I tried to backtrack, since she was glaring at me, but it was hard. I guess next time I'll just keep my mouth shut.
I should have asked her if she knew a way to work them without turning the work.......
Things were going great, I found a wonderful yarn (Cascade Cherub Aran) to make the Placket-Neck Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, and it was 25% off!! Then it happened....
I was standing in line to pay, and the lady behind me had a basket full of yarn. She turned to the employee/teacher she was working with and said, "so if I have any questions about the bobbles, I can ask you, right? I'll make sure to do my homework first." I turned and made a comment to the tune of, "oh, bobbles, THOSE are fun!"
I couldn't help it - I made a blanket for the kidlet that had so many bobbles, and they are truthfully a PITA. Unless there is a way that you can work them without turning your work around 5 times, I stand by my comment.
The employee was NOT happy with me. She kept telling the lady, "they're fine, you'll be fine". I tried to backtrack, since she was glaring at me, but it was hard. I guess next time I'll just keep my mouth shut.
I should have asked her if she knew a way to work them without turning the work.......
posted by Lisa at 7:51 AM
2 Comments:
hey! you started a knitblog!! yay!
i hate work turning - i've never had to do bobbles before, and now that i know it requires tons of work, i'm less stoked about it...
although i did teach myself to knit and purl left to right to do lady eleanor...
i did my first bobbles with the camisole tube and i wasn't as repelled by them as you.
however doing entrelac and row after row after row of turning every 8 stitches? hence the knitting backward.
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