http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Glen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:25 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-616 I have exactly the same reaction (only opposite)I am a knitter( I minor in crochet) I work as a flight attendant and it always seems, the most common response is are you doing crochet? I usually smile and say no just knitting. I really want to scream two needles idiot not a hook, but I like my job and don't want to loose it!( over loosing it) I guess people are just dumbfounded when they see a man doing needle work. I look at it as though we are educating one idiot at a time. hey thanks for sharing your soap box! I have exactly the same reaction (only opposite)I am a knitter( I minor in crochet) I work as a flight attendant and it always seems, the most common response is are you doing crochet? I usually smile and say no just knitting. I really want to scream two needles idiot not a hook, but I like my job and don’t want to loose it!( over loosing it)
I guess people are just dumbfounded when they see a man doing needle work. I look at it as though we are educating one idiot at a time.
hey thanks for sharing your soap box!

]]> http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Lee Sun, 31 May 2009 23:11:21 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-383 People, can't we all just get along? The poor people who don't do fiber crafts just don't know diddly. I have had people call my knitting "crochet" and my crochet "knitting." They don't mean anything by it. Think of it as an opportunity to make a convert. People, can’t we all just get along? The poor people who don’t do fiber crafts just don’t know diddly. I have had people call my knitting “crochet” and my crochet “knitting.” They don’t mean anything by it. Think of it as an opportunity to make a convert.

]]> http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-378 susanna eve Sat, 30 May 2009 15:20:36 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-378 funny enough I think that crochet is all the rage now and knitting is passe. I am a knitter, I cannot crochet:) I too hate that people don't bother to differentiate, crochet patterns are now included in many knitting magazines, don't know if the opposite is true. Neither is better and some people do both but a lot of people do one or the other. Really people out there, it is NOT that hard to tell the difference when you see a person working with yarn. By the way, I read an account on a blog of a knitter who was knitting on the subway and overheard a woman telling her kid that the person over there was crocheting. The best part is when the knitter spoke up and corrected the onlooker, the woman huffily told her that she knew crochet when she saw it. The knitter was left flabbergasted. funny enough I think that crochet is all the rage now and knitting is passe. I am a knitter, I cannot crochet:) I too hate that people don’t bother to differentiate, crochet patterns are now included in many knitting magazines, don’t know if the opposite is true.
Neither is better and some people do both but a lot of people do one or the other. Really people out there, it is NOT that hard to tell the difference when you see a person working with yarn.
By the way, I read an account on a blog of a knitter who was knitting on the subway and overheard a woman telling her kid that the person over there was crocheting. The best part is when the knitter spoke up and corrected the onlooker, the woman huffily told her that she knew crochet when she saw it. The knitter was left flabbergasted.

]]> http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Big Treble Fri, 29 May 2009 18:31:51 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-377 OMG that is too funny! I love it. OMG that is too funny! I love it.

]]> http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Sarah B. Fri, 29 May 2009 18:02:45 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-376 After nearly 10 years together, my hubby still doesn't know the difference (or he's just baiting me). I keep telling him, one hook = crochet. Two needles = Knitting. (I love both) Then he caught me using five double pointed needles and got really screwed up! After nearly 10 years together, my hubby still doesn’t know the difference (or he’s just baiting me). I keep telling him, one hook = crochet. Two needles = Knitting. (I love both) Then he caught me using five double pointed needles and got really screwed up!

]]> http://doubletreble.net/welcome-to-my-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Chris Fri, 29 May 2009 14:58:54 +0000 http://doubletreble.net/?p=886#comment-375 word. word.

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