Hurtful things on the forums
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Haha, hey everyone I hope y'all are doing well.
I thought I would post something shitty that happened to me a couple days ago. As many of you know, I swear a wee bit in a few of my patterns (and everywhere else for that matter) in this case I'm talking about [The Lonely Tree] (pattern) in particular.
A couple days ago I was linked to a thread though where folks were talking about the use of swearing in my patterns. I was never linked directly in this conversation and I don't think my pattern is named. But it is quoted, and The Lonely Tree shawl is so popular that I was notified once one of my online buddies recognized the quote.
NOW. I'm posting this here because by the time I got around to reading the thread they had locked it down so no one else could comment. And I wanted the ability to respond.
Here's the link to the archived thread:
http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/patterns/2884928/1-25
And here's my response:
Two things.
First: my feelings were hurt here. People are putting my intelligence and pattern writing ability (and quality) in to question because I used the word "Shit". I don't agree with them but the whole event of it sucked and I walked around feeling bummed out all day after I read it.
Second: I feel the need to defend the shit out of myself here. I have been bullied before and it sucks, I don't like that it's happening to anyone. Myself included. Even though I'm a big girl and I don't need approval from everyone.
Third (the last minute defensive point): I wanted to say that I have developed my writing style and personal voice completely intentionally. My use of cursing is totally on purpose and it is meant to convey a particular tone and mood to my patterns. I have been told over and over and over again that my personal writing voice is accessible and funny and I'm going to stick with that chunk of information while I lick my wounds here.
Now is the time for the slight tangent: Not everything needs to be in a polite highly-edited "neutral" tone. That shit is boring and oppressive. My patterns are me, and I'm not going to stop writing them like that.
Okay, there, I feel like I was able to get my points across there (I really do like the word shit, I've used it quite a bit here)
Want to follow the discussion on ravelry? I posted this originally on my ravelry group.
It's free now!
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Hey everyone,
Long time no blog. Nice to see you all.
I have always been a bit disappointed at the reception of The First Few Fallen Leaves. A pattern with a long name, which was published right before the fall happened, I feel it didn't get as much attention as it deserved for maybe one or both of those reasons.
BUT. I've decided: I'M MAKING IT FREE FOR A BIT. So that all you lovely shawl knitters out there on a budget will hopefully have a look at it and love it as much as I do.
It's such a pretty finished piece. Knit it! Post photos of it! Wheee!
