Check your privilege

[John Doe]

I'm not saying dumb people don't exist. I live in Appalachia.

HIYOOO!

 

[toubab]

For example, I'm smart enough to spell my own name when it's right in front of me.

I call you Candy because you're so sweet, genius.

 

[CandiCame]

I'm not high right now but yeah, I knit perfectly fine high. But I don't tend to work from patterns unless it's a fair isle/inarsia (I never spell that right). That meditative click click click is awesome. It's kinda brainless.

Edit: Having said that, I was high for like 18 years strait so there's very little I can't do high. It's a huge adjustment to go through rehab and have to learn how to do shit in reality. Reality is horrible.

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[CandiCame]

Oh, I never answered the question. I'm working on a terrible, Cosby-esque, candy-themed Christmas sweater.

 

[Kitty]

...http://blog.redheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Group1.jpg

Who're those guys?

 

[CandiCame]

Who're those guys?

They're from Knitting Behind Bars.

 

[Kitty]

They're from Knitting Behind Bars.

Lmao I thought the link was fake. SO I began to laugh like, aw he made a fake link. And then I clicked and saw it's real. I don't know which to laugh at now.

 

[CandiCame]

Lmao I thought the link was fake. SO I began to laugh like, aw he made a fake link. And then I clicked and saw it's real. I don't know which to laugh at now.

It's notsomuch supposed to be funny, which is weird to me, because I knew about this and was very happy about it prior to watching Demolition Man and I was like, "Why is that funny? Why doesn't he want to knit?"

https://tsanda.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/demman101.jpg

That motherfucker makes a whole sweater, with fucking CABLES in one night. That's where that goddamn upper body strength comes from. Lie in a tube for a couple decades fucks you up, and then you pull that shit like the fucking flash?

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[Kitty]

Never seench it. ^^

 

[CandiCame]

Never seench it. ^^

Then you also don't know how to work the goddamn motherfucking cocksucking three seashells.

 

[Kitty]

Then you also don't know how to work the goddamn motherfucking cocksucking three seashells.

seashells? *blinks in bewilderment*

 

[prdigy666]

seashells? *blinks in bewilderment*

*Snickers* She doesn't know how to use the three seashells haha

 

[Kitty]

*Snickers* She doesn't know how to use the three seashells haha

I...don't understand lol what?

 

[CandiCame]

seashells? *blinks in bewilderment*

The three seashells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco

 

[Kitty]

The three seashells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco

Oh. Now I see lol. That movie is as old as I am. Benjamin Bratt!

 

[CandiCame]

Oh. Now I see lol. That movie is as old as I am. Benjamin Bratt!

I love movies about our old future.

Also, they use the three seashells in Deus Ex

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[Jennifer]

Oh, I never answered the question. I'm working on a terrible, Cosby-esque, candy-themed Christmas sweater.

Your knitting skills surpass mine. My hardest project was a pair of socks. Knitting in the round on # 6 needles. I also knit continental but I'm right handed. I hate throwing the yarn over.

 

[NYC_Man]

I...don't understand lol what?

i too learned soemthing new lol

 

[CandiCame]

Your knitting skills surpass mine. My hardest project was a pair of socks. Knitting in the round on # 6 needles. I also knit continental but I'm right handed. I hate throwing the yarn over.

That's not saying much because fuck socks. Fucking double pointed bullshit. Takes forever to do nothing.

 

[Jennifer]

That's not saying much because fuck socks. Fucking double pointed bullshit. Takes forever to do nothing.

The worst part is finishing the toes withe Kitchener stitch. What a pain in the ass.

 

[Laurel]

This whole concept seems to be nothing more than a way to insult people or to tear them down.

No, not at all - nor is it meant for whiny people to try to medal in the Oppressed-Olympics. It's merely to remind people that we are not all born onto a level playing field - that things about which we have no control over like gender, race, the income and status of your family, weight, and your relative attractiveness all create or remove obstacles in our lives. Some people are born with more access to success than others. It's not an excuse or a complaint, it's an objective fact.

It would be impossible to level the playing field completely (Harrison Bergeron, anyone?). But it's important to understand that your reality is not everyone else's reality, that other people have actually have it harder than you, that saying, "why can't they just get their shit together?" is ignorance. Growing up poor is different from growing up rich - not just in the having-nice-things department, but also in your perception of what you view as possible.

So, no one is asking you to feel guilty or to use your lower status as an excuse. Feeling guilty doesn't help anybody. Just be aware and appreciative of the opportunities you have that others don't. Give other people who are born with less opportunities the benefit of the doubt. And do the best with what you got.

Except werekittens, of course. Fuck those guys.

 

[CandiCame]

The worst part is finishing the toes withe Kitchener stitch. What a pain in the ass.

Why the fuck would you start with socks? Socks are the worst all around! Who the fuck wants to juggle 4 or 5 dpns? Fucking Doc Oc?

Edit: Also, I rarely work with actual yarn, I always either make mine from scratch or deconstruct because of unfair yarn industry bullshit with the way they treat both lifestock and employees, so I've never knitted a pair of socks that breath like the socks one would buy. So if I knit socks they're generally just to be pretty, and not super practical for everyday wear. Every now and then I'll find something that's actually absorbent but it's rare. I'm thinking I might do deconstructed t-shirts and see how that works.

 

[Jennifer]

Why the fuck would you start with socks? Socks are the worst all around! Who the fuck wants to juggle 4 or 5 dpns? Fucking Doc Oc?

I did a bunch of scarves and wanted some socks. What's a better beginner-intermediate project?

 

[CandiCame]

I did a bunch of scarves and wanted some socks. What's a better beginner-intermediate project?

Fucking ANYTHING. SOCKS ARE THE DEVIL. Actually, if I was gonna step up from scarves I'd do a square bag. If you're gonna put your computer in it make sure you line it, because that shit can cause static electricty and fuck with computers. But it's just 2 squares sewn together. I sell them at cons sometimes, that's how easy they are. I make patterns and then just do the other side blank. Most of mine are video game related, because I am a nerd, but you can find them in just about anything.

Here's a super old bag I did a million years ago when I first started knitting: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c280/takocos/my_art/works%20in%20progress/DSCI0006.jpg

Generally if you're going to do a picture you gotta do at least one side in stockinette. And LINE YOUR FUCKING STRAP! If you don't it'll stretch and you'll have to tye it and it'll have a big knot at the top shoulder.

 

[CandiCame]

Pillows are easy too. Just knit & stuff.