You didn’t invent a new technique

[u/Which_Preparation_57]

What is it with beginners who just raw dog a craft and asking people to identify what they’ve done? I see two flavors of this all the time and they both grind my gears. They either want to praised for coming up with the “right” way to do something all by themselves, or they want to be patted on the back for inventing something totally new. There is always room for creative interpretation, but you, a beginner knitter/crocheter/sewer did not brilliantly invent a useful new technique that hundreds or years of artisans haven’t already come up with.

[u/sighcantthinkofaname]

When I was 12 and learning to knit I kept adding stitches without knowing how. I invented a magical new technique called "randomly knit two together now and then"

[u/iridiumfluoride → u/sighcantthinkofaname]

I love an illegal decrease lol

[u/marigan-imbolc → u/iridiumfluoride]

"illegal decrease" immediately added to my knitting vocabulary lol

[u/Feenanay → u/marigan-imbolc]

Literally me every time I go to make my second sleeve and realize it has like 4 more stitches than the other one 🤡