tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post6679397816866662822..comments2023-12-18T02:12:34.362-05:00Comments on Kate Atherley Knits. A Lot. Mainly Socks.: THIS IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU FROM ;-)Marilla Wexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410631303206026127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-58111459222024210682014-12-12T10:24:38.882-05:002014-12-12T10:24:38.882-05:00Thought of you and your book yesterday while helpi...Thought of you and your book yesterday while helping someone through knitting on a collar. The pattern said "Pick up and knit 73 stitches. Work back and forth, being sure to knit the button placket in st st. Bind off". Seriously. For real. No mention as to how many rows to knit and in which stitch. Good grief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-33922819983302777332014-12-08T21:51:24.434-05:002014-12-08T21:51:24.434-05:00for the love of all knitters who could possibly kn...for the love of all knitters who could possibly knit that hat pattern that they are CHARGING for, please, please! contact them. In a nice way. Express your concerns with the clarity of the pattern in terms of un-creating new knitters :( Offer up a shop copy of your awesome new book, or maybe just a wee discount so they can create quality patterns for ALL knitters! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-43242827943944235312014-12-08T19:58:03.735-05:002014-12-08T19:58:03.735-05:00Ah ah ah ah ah! LOL! ROFLMAO... I could hear you ...Ah ah ah ah ah! LOL! ROFLMAO... I could hear you typing/saying this in my head. And I can remember ME so many years ago, in one of your classes, saying "I'm never going to rib again" because of my frustration with poorly written patterns. One thing I learned however from someone else is that sometimes patterns are translated from another language and publishers often (read, Vogue Knitting for example) require the absolute minimum of instructions but even they provide a summary of abbreviations. Well done.Sylvie Gagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856009061779665705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-50573289785269638642014-12-08T12:09:40.997-05:002014-12-08T12:09:40.997-05:00I'm late to the party, but yes, you should con...I'm late to the party, but yes, you should contact them. It reflects badly on them and that's the last thing a new shop wants to deal with. Renee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513788818111774118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-28476029444203316282014-12-07T22:56:52.498-05:002014-12-07T22:56:52.498-05:00Yes, let them know. A new knitter is a potential l...Yes, let them know. A new knitter is a potential lifelong customer but if they aren't helped at the initial stages they can stop knitting. Personally, I think most patterns should be written with the lowest common denominator in mind. Even more advanced patterns should probably assume that there will be a number of knitters new to the technique who need some instruction. Perhaps, the instruction should tell the knitter to seek out out a tutorial. That kind of info tells the knitter that they need more help and should read a bit more before proceeding. If you don't have the right information you don't even know what question to ask. <br />It'll be tricky to phrase this diplomatically but I think you should share this story.MJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-63912232203533599982014-12-07T20:01:41.149-05:002014-12-07T20:01:41.149-05:00I agree with Thea, I think you need to contact the...I agree with Thea, I think you need to contact them. You can only educate the uneducated one at a time. While maybe not appreciated, in good conscience can you really ignore it either?? They don't know what they don't know and so hopefully once they know better, they will do better.<br />~MarilynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-30380393016114204492014-12-07T17:09:07.005-05:002014-12-07T17:09:07.005-05:00Yes, contact them. Explain the problems. Mention, ...Yes, contact them. Explain the problems. Mention, kindly, that this is the kind of customer relations "incident" that can, repeated often enough, put a shop out of business. Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14869640658178426100noreply@blogger.com