Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Thieving knitters?
Most of you know that I sell my wares on ebay. I used to check out the competition but when I found someone selling an item that was incredibly similar to mine, I stopped looking, but not just because it was similar to mine. The user name seemed familiar. Yup, they bought the item from me and then started to make the same item and sell them on ebay and undercut me. (*edit* the 2 items in question were a hat and a top that I made a lot of last year).They are still there and I’m sure they’ve been joined by others. It happens with the pottery too, although not as much it seems. My husbeast still checks on my auctions and my competition. Yesterday he asked me if knitter’s just copy each others stuff thinking its ok because we are always so freely giving each other ideas and patterns, and all around supporting each other. I guess there have been many copies coming out lately being produced by other knitters. This brings up Lily Chin and that Vegan Fox thing or Annie Modesit and the Coonskin cap. The internet opens up the avenue for more copying and more idea swapping so more items are similar and sometimes copied. I haven’t been knit blogging for long but it doesn’t seem like it happens all that often. It seems like knitters are such a great bunch of people on or off the net that when an idea is used or traded its with the permission of the creator. I know I could copy certain items from a picture or if I purchased it, but why do that? Its much nicer to talk to the creater and trade ideas. One more reason to be proud to be called a knitter.
Anyway, I do have knitting and spinning. I'm working on a llama polpay blend from an ebay vendor Fiberwurks. Its gorgeous. Llama is so soft and the fiber is fabulous. I can't wait to knit something out of it. My fingers are itching as I work on the spinnng. I keep hearing the little devil sheep on my left shoulder say "break it now and ply it, lets start to knit with it. Just a swatch and then we could sleep with it, do it, do it."
And then I've gotten more done on Rosedale. 
I've done very little on the bags because they are boring and my sweater is fabulous. What is it about Noro anyway? The fiber isn't extremely soft, its nothing special to work with. The colors are fab. What is it that makes me want to wrap myself in it even before its done. I'm amazed at how well it sells when handpaints are just as pretty sometimes. The little devil sheep whispers "we must have more Noro Kureyon, you must buy more, you need it...." As I fight to keep from pressing that buy it button. Evil evil little red devil sheep. Wait a minute, its red. A red little sheepie. Already dyed. *goes running after the devil sheepie to turn it into yarn* that should teach him.