Ranty McRant Rant.
I picked up the new Vogue Knitting on Saturday to look for ideas for what to do with the free yarn (a sweater's worth!) that Artichaut is giving me.The sweater I want to make is bulky weight, while I'm getting worsted, but I figure I'll just make 2 or 3 sizes larger than my actual size but on smaller needles. I have to do a swatch check, but this should work.
But then, I saw this. And I thought, hey, that's kinda cute, let me check out the pattern requirements.
I stopped when I saw there was only one size. 47" around.
WHAT?!?!
First, I'm a big girl, and that's 5" of ease on me. I don't like more than 2". Second, 47"?!?! On that skinny itty bitty, turn sideways and I disappear model?!
Good lord, how many pins did they need to perfect that look!
Frankly, I think offering only one size in a published book of patterns is just plain annoying and inconsiderate for those of us who are trying to get an idea about how to do the math so we can design our own, and for those of us who are too large or too small to fit into the design you've come up with. This is a Big Deal (tm) in the knitting world. I said it when knitty offered the teeny tiny skirt and I'll say it now.
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