No matter how badly you knit, I bet it's better than this dude.

[havocthecat]

Knitting 101 by Dan, and linked to by Shadow Manor blog and The AntiCraft. (Link is to a blog with an embedded YouTube video.)

"It's okay to pull real hard, because it's yarn, and yarn can't feel pain."

ETA: I had thought the video was by someone affiliated with The AntiCraft; I think now that they just linked to him. I've changed the post to reflect this.

Comments

[lullabymoon]

I think my only coherent response at the moment is: What??

[anatsuno]

thank you for this! :D

[havocthecat]

I'm not sure whether that means you're entirely confused at the concept of a fake knitting 101 video or if you mean something else. I mean, it's a guy on the internet who films himself making things ineptly and amusingly. He did a video on knitting. I thought it was amusing enough to share.

(Though I do see now he's not affiliated with AntiCraft; they just linked to the YT vid.)

[havocthecat]

You're welcome!

[lullabymoon]

Sorry, no I meant it as a 'am laughing but almost can't quite believe what I'm seeing' what . (if that makes sense, the brain to page process is not very sparkly today.)

[copracat]

Does everyone want a knitting blog called 'People With Sticks Making Knots in String' now? I do!

[jenna_thorn]

I have visual aids for that blog. My early attempts at knitting were...well, I don't know what they were, but they sure weren't knitting.

[havocthecat]

Oh, thank goodness! I was worried that posting it had somehow, idk, offended you or something. Paranoia struck, you know?

[havocthecat]

That is, in fact, the perfect name for a knitting blog.

[liseuse]

*crying with laughter*

[lullabymoon]

Ugh, paranoia. Yes, I know exactly. :D

[pensnest]

I found myself watching his 'cast on' and wondering if, well, that could work... Now I'm going to have to try it and see what happens! Gah!

[pinesandmaples]

Yes.

[smeddley]

Thank you for that, I needed a giggle today! That was awesome. And I learned something! I never would have thought of using a stapler, but what a brilliant idea!

[jackandahat]

The one PinesAndMaples linked isn't actually the same as what he does in the video - the wrap cast on linked does work perfectly well (I used it for years because no-one taught me any better until I started looking online!), but it involves a twist, what he does is literally just wrapping it around.

However, that's not to say you couldn't make it work, just that it's different to what's being linked.