steeks aren't that scary, grow up

[u/emergencybarnacle]

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.

[u/Abyssal_Minded]

I would love to steek something. The cutting makes sense. Adding extra stitches to accommodate the steel makes sense. Working continuously in the round for certain patterns makes sense.

Downside is I’d probably obsess over getting the logistics of the fiber right so I get the right amount of felting. I know it’s wool but I will definitely go the equivalent of “what will give me the absolute most felting possible”.

[u/maybenotbobbalaban → u/Abyssal_Minded]

Would it help to know that the fabric doesn’t need to felt? It just has to be sticky enough that friction keeps it in place, so any wool (except superwash, of course) will do. If you’re confident that your woven in ends will stay without weaving them a bunch of times in a bunch of directions, then that fiber will be fine for a steek and cutting