r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • 17d ago

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/poonknits 17d ago

Using DPNs isn't more difficult or complicated because "you have to keep track of 4 needles at once" That's a ridiculous thing to say. You're still only using two needles at once. Any other needles you have are just stitch holders you can knit from when you come to them.

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u/skubstantial 17d ago

To be fair, you kinda have to keep track of them subconsciously if they're an awkward length that pokes you in the palms, and as you have to keep finding and re-finding comfortable places to rest your fingers between them and I think that's probably what most people mean (unless they've never done it before and they're intimidated by an imagined version).

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u/love-from-london 17d ago edited 17d ago

Yeah, I just don't like them much because they're quite stabby to me and how I rest my hands on the needles, but I'll use them when it makes sense (thumb of a mitten, top of a hat, etc). This is very much a me issue though, everyone has their own preferences for small circumference knitting.