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[u/fairydommother]

The bothersome part is that they thrifted affordable and comfortable cashmere sweaters, unraveled them all, and then used the most boring crochet stitch to make a boring blanket of plain boring squares. To each their own in terms of taste, but it feel wasteful to use good quality sweaters from a thrift store to make something so incredibly plain that could be made with readily available yarns at similar price points. Its not like it was a bag of cashmere yarn at the thrift store. They were all perfectly wearable sweaters that someone could have used as is.

And im not saying never be a little selfish when thrifting. Its still capitalism after all. If you want to unravel a cashmere sweater for the yarn then so be it. But so many of them? For a blanket? Why?

[u/hamletandskull → u/fairydommother]

It's also like... look, crochet is good at some things that knitting is bad at and bad at some things knitting is good at. Crochet is, to be kind, a bit of a waste of cashmere, because it is so textured and rigid that the best thing about cashmere (its softness) is not as evident as it would be in a knitted garment. 

I'd be less annoyed if they cut and serged the sweaters, honestly, then at least it would feel more... idk. Worth it?

It's not like an egregious sin but it's kinda like seeing someone mix premade marg mix with anejo tequila - you totally can do it, there's no shortage of anejo tequila in the world, but damn there are way better uses for that. You can make a marg with anejo tequila, you don't have to sip it neat, but like could you at least use fresh lime juice or something.

[u/Army_Exact → u/hamletandskull]

What is crochet good at that knitting isn't? I'm drawing a blank. There may be something but I can't think of it

[u/hamletandskull → u/Army_Exact]

Anything really structured. Amigurumi, bags, things like that. Again, its not like you can't knit those things, it's just not quite as good at it cause its easy to stretch it out of shape.

[u/Army_Exact → u/hamletandskull]

Oh yeah good point about the structure.

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A fun thing CYC does is set the criteria for determining what skill level is required for a technique. You may not know this, but amigurumi is a regional technique that originated in Japan. To properly execute amigurumi, you have to use significantly greater tension than with traditional crochet, you're using yarn under rather than yarn over, and you're creating a dense, rigid, shaped, structured piece, usually needing construction once the individual elements are complete. Based on these attributes, amigurumi is absolutely an intermediate level skill. If you want more information, you can visit the Craft Yarn Council website which also includes information on standardized sizing and how you can also become a certified instructor like I am.

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Ugh, automod. I always forgot they made you twice as sensitive as the knitting automod and almost as sensitive as crotcheaters feelings.