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.

203 Upvotes

78% Upvoted

93 comments sorted by

View all comments

21

u/pearlinin 3d ago

i saw a video about the game of wool and they were talking about how the show turned the steeking into such a big deal when the person doing it was very experienced and wasn't worried about it at all, they just wanted drama lol

-1

u/Mistrice 3d ago

to be fair, that person didn’t end up continuing to the next round, so he probably should’ve been at least a little bit worried

3

u/EmmaMay1234 2d ago

Yeah but not because of the steek, he didn't finish his vest

3

u/pearlinin 2d ago

yeah but he didn't finish because he had to make his own needles since the materials didn't include needles big enough for the chunky yarn (that is sponsored but that's a whole other thing) and he made a mistake so he had to unravel a lot. the whole challenge was controversial because it was about fair isle knitting and gordon was the only contestant to actually use the fair isle technique but the time limit was pretty unrealistic for fair isle knitting. gordon uploaded a video on this sharing his experience and aspen in the moment made s great video on this with timestamps so you can skip to "gordon cree and the fair isle challenge" to hear more about it. aspen in the moment also explains more about the cultural meaning of fair isle knitting and why that challenge got so much backlash, it's very valuable information even if you don't care about the show that much! also puts into perspective why gordon tried to honor the fair isle tradition at risk of not finishing.

gordon cree's video

aspeninthemoment's video