2026-07-29 20:22 UTC
@akamran@indieweb.social @gannet@sunny.garden @FanCityKnits@troet.cafe
After reading it, as a knitter with very little experience, I feel like I can assess some of those, but only the more tangential ones. My takeaway is that if the images are overly perfect and the creator has very little online presence, I'm gonna take the listing to friends at the local fiber arts circle, and hope someone there has enough expertise to check some of the more concrete "this cannot work as described" problems.
I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have friends who are more experienced than me, though. It's reinforcing the importance of having direct connections to people.
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@mjg@mstdn.social 2026-07-30 01:53
@jsw@tech.lgbt @akamran@indieweb.social @gannet@sunny.garden @FanCityKnits@troet.cafe couple more tips, check the copyright date on the pattern (if it’s visible). Old (pre-2020s) generally means human made. Also, search the pattern name online and see if other people have posted WIPs/FOs. I feel really terrible for new crafters these days having to separate the slop from the real.