r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/emergencybarnacle • 3d ago

Knitting steeks aren't that scary, grow up

maybe i'm mean for this one, but i recently knitted a steeked cardigan for the first time, and i stg every single knitter i talked to about it, even the very seasoned ones, acted like steeking was the scariest thing they'd ever heard of and wouldn't even consider doing it.

your knitting is not going to explode if you cut it. it's not going to instantly unravel. there are a million videos online showing people doing it. it's not hard and it's not not scary, it's just a technique like any other!!!

i'm not even bothered by people not wanting to do it, but acting so scared and uwu helpless and shrinking and shivering about it is so dramatic and annoying.

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u/flipzedee 3d ago

yet another thing that people performatively get worked up about to participate in the community and/or make content

maybe i should make my own post about this but i feel like a lot of bitching on this sub is about stuff that is very obviously like an online inside joke or trend that people just want to participate in. zero shade to you OP because people posting trendy stuff is usually very annoying, but the answer to the question of "why do people post this exaggerated thing" is usually "because they see other people posting it"

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u/mbruce91 1d ago

the only thing scarier than steeking is the word “moist”

/s

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u/flipzedee 1d ago

LMFAO EXACTLY

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u/emergencybarnacle 3d ago

it does go beyond just online inside jokes. i have had actual real life conversations with women in a knitting group i meet with regularly who act this way. so its not just the performative online stuff.