shderz@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTime to gosh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down19
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minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t know shit about knitting, and even I can tell the needles are upside-down just for starters.
minus-squaredexa_scantron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere was a bizarre movement in the Victorian era to get people to knit with their needles held with tips pointed down because it’s “more ladylike” but it’s also very difficult and irritating to knit that way so it didn’t catch on.
minus-squaredexa_scantron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMore info: https://creatingruth.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/do-you-knit-like-miss-marple/
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAn “optics first” mindset. Sadly, it’s probably even worse in 2024.
I don’t know shit about knitting, and even I can tell the needles are upside-down just for starters.
There was a bizarre movement in the Victorian era to get people to knit with their needles held with tips pointed down because it’s “more ladylike” but it’s also very difficult and irritating to knit that way so it didn’t catch on.
More info: https://creatingruth.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/do-you-knit-like-miss-marple/
An “optics first” mindset. Sadly, it’s probably even worse in 2024.