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Sweater curse (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 months ago by CrayonMaster@midwest.social to c/knitting@lemmy.world
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Is this actually a widespread thing? I'd never heard of it (sorry if this doesn'tfit the sub)

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[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

Half of the fun is in making things, and you can only have so many sweaters before you have to start giving them away anyways.

I’ll knit something for anyone, so this is exactly how I feel too. But for others (non-knitters) there seems to be this feeling that knit/crochet/quilted things should be treated as precious family heirlooms. Maybe because not as many people do these hobbies now? And/Or it’s still seen as something grandmas do, and things from your grandma should be treasured?