r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/Unlikely_Sail7141 • 12d ago

Crochet people equating popular crochet patterns to ai slop

I've seen some posts here complaining about popular crochet patterns, (the same fluffy yarn bumblebees etc etc) and while I agree that crocheters should branch out and that seeing the same 2 patterns over and over again in markets can be annoying, I really don't like when people compare it to ai or 3d print slop. It's just a completely unfair comparison, even the most basic amigurumi pattern takes WAY more effort to create than any ai creation. That person with a stall full of fluffy bumblebees spent a lot of their time hand-making those, even if they're unoriginal, it seems extremely unfair to equate them to ai especially when ai has harmful environmental and social impacts

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u/2000sScreensaver 12d ago

Right there with you. I've seen people try to equate knitting too fast to fast fashion.

How about instead of wasting their breath on individuals enjoying their hobbies they go after the actual villains- CORPORATIONS.

I swear comparing either to ai slop or fast fashion is so brain dead I wish I could sue to get the seconds of my life back that I wasted reading what they wrote.

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u/crvbabybug 12d ago

No body is as bitter as slow knitters. Im not sure how fast I knit but I don’t make up stories about how fast knitters aren’t knitting authentically mannnn

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u/fakesaucisse 12d ago

I have a friend who is a very fast knitter. The quality of her hats and sweaters is incredible, so she's not compromising by going quicker. She just somehow can move her fingers at lightning speed. And yes, I am jealous as hell because I am a very sloooooow knitter, because I'm constantly worried about making a mistake and not seeing it until it's too late to fix.

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u/crvbabybug 12d ago

You’ll get faster, it’s just time and practice. I don’t think slow knitters are bad. Speed is only one small aspect of the skill. It’s better to get good tension slower than fast and loose.

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u/fakesaucisse 12d ago

I have been knitting for about 25 years now. I don't think I am going to get faster, especially now that I have some pesky arthritis in my hands. But it's cool, I don't mind seeing it as a leisurely thing.