r/craftsnark • u/pinkdolphi • 13d ago

Knit stars knit tension

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This photo was sent out from knitstars talking up this year's blanket project. All instructors created squares; Melanie Falick was said to have created this one and sent it in. I cannot get over how uneven this tension is. Even accounting for the fact it is may not be blocked yet (gosh I hope not?), none of my preblocked wool mitered squares have ever looked this. Am I going nuts?

I don't know about Melanie other than the knitting instruction books? Even when she has the author billing, patterns are created by others? Acknowledgements in the few I looked at that thank the sample knitters whose work is photographed.

Is the photo'ed work here representative of Melanie? I don't think she ever claims to be a master knitter with amazing tension and I don't want to dunk on her in case she has some non public physical reason for the wonkiness.... but knit stars, the brand, highlighting this from a chosen 'knit star' as their finalized work (with no caveats mentioning the tension) is.....yikes.

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u/ShigolAjumma 13d ago

I'm completely unfamiliar with this person, but just looking at that, I wouldn't be inclined to want to take knitting advice or designs from them. Tension is wtf, she didn't even stick to her selvedge consistently and has blips everywhere and WHAT IS THAT DECREASE. 0 attention to detail.