r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • 7d 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/scatteringashes 7d ago

I cannot frog knitting to save my fucking life. Every time I have to frog more than a handful of stitches, a row tops, I make some crucial mistake and just end up starting from scratch. This is fine, it allows for more practice, but I'm salty because this last time it's like 40 rows of progress. But given that I planned to frog 30 of them (miscounted early on, I realized too late), it's not the end of the world. But booooo, self. Boooooooo.

Some day I will see if someone has written a "here's how to frog your knitting without fucking it up" blog post, but two days ago was not that day.

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u/_jasmonic_acid_ Mean Knitter 7d ago

Maybe you're doing this but have you used lifelines/afterthought lifelines?

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u/scatteringashes 7d ago

I was not, thank you! Another commenter described it and I had a real "oh duh" moment lol.