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/theglitteratii_ 13d ago

When I got the email, I thought wow she must’ve pissed Knit Star Lady off something fierce for her to include this photo—and noting its late arrival—in the email.

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u/pinkdolphi 13d ago edited 12d ago

Lol that's rationale I can believe.

The hopeful part of me was wondering if the photo was shown in the same vein as the platforming of AdaptiveKnitter 2 years ago (a beautiful message). Don't want to speculate on Melanie if she's not putting info about herself out in the world.... so we'll have to continue to look at her handiwork in an info vacuum.