Fashion

[ALRATIBA]

I'm nit-picking ... but they mislead others and annoy me when this happens.

Yesterday, Gary referred to this as a ribbon yarn (at 2:32 on video) and then later called it a crochet weave done on a knitting machine. (2:41)

Granted, I'm looking at a picture of the yarn and not the yarn itself, but it looks like a chainette yarn, not a ribbon yarn.

And, perhaps in manufacturing circles they call it crochet done on a knitting machine .... but it looks like an ordinary knitting pattern of knits and yarn overs. 

Host also mentioned "crochet" several times.

[Group 5 minus 1]

As I said before many people do not the diff between knit and crochet.

[Still Raining]

Really?

Got to get me some ribbon yarn crocheted on a knitting machine.  Not!

[Peaches McPhee]

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@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:

As I said before many people do not the diff between knit and crochet.

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True, but I expect Gary, the "designer" to know the difference. 

[Sooner]

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

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@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:

As I said before many people do not the diff between knit and crochet.

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True, but I expect Gary, the "designer" to know the difference. 

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Then there are us who don't know, don't care.  

[jonbon]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

I'm nit-picking ... but they mislead others and annoy me when this happens.

Yesterday, Gary referred to this as a ribbon yarn (at 2:32 on video) and then later called it a crochet weave done on a knitting machine. (2:41)

Granted, I'm looking at a picture of the yarn and not the yarn itself, but it looks like a chainette yarn, not a ribbon yarn.

And, perhaps in manufacturing circles they call it crochet done on a knitting machine .... but it looks like an ordinary knitting pattern of knits and yarn overs. 

Host also mentioned "crochet" several times.

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It does say "Fabrication: speckled tape yarn" on the site. Ribbon yarn/tape yarn ... pretty close. I think he was talking about the look of the stitching when he referred to crochet. You are correct, though -- it just looks like knitting done in a lacy pattern. (But honestly, I don't think it much matters.)

[ALRATIBA]

@jonbon 

You're right - it probably doesn't matter much to most viewers. 

But - for those of us to whom it does matter .... it reflects on Gary's credibility.

Tape yarn and ribbon yarn are similar flat yarns, but there is a difference.  Chainette is entirely different.  No way someone who knows about yarn would confuse chainette with either tape or ribbon.

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@jonbon wrote:

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

I'm nit-picking ... but they mislead others and annoy me when this happens.

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It does say "Fabrication: speckled tape yarn" on the site. Ribbon yarn/tape yarn ... pretty close. I think he was talking about the look of the stitching when he referred to crochet. You are correct, though -- it just looks like knitting done in a lacy pattern. (But honestly, I don't think it much matters.)

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