Jun 23, 2018
Yarn Snob. For some it's worn as a badge of honour and for others, it's the worst thing in the world, but what exactly is a yarn snob?
There was (unsurprisingly) no dictionary definition for yarn
snob, so I looked up both words individually to arrive at the
following:
Yarn Snob noun - A person who believes that their
tastes in spun thread used for knitting, weaving or sewing are
superior to those of other people.
I looked far and wide to come up with 6, gusting 7 different types
of yarn snob, and I'm looking for your help to get that up to a
solid ten types.
In no particular order...
1) Acrylic Yarn Snob. Would rather be found face down in a pool of
their own urine than knit with acrylic.
2) Novelty Yarn Snob. May or may not embrace the acrylic but would
definitely not se seen working with eyelash yarn, tinsel yarn, fun
fur, pom pom yarn or any other novelty type yarn.
(These people are missing out on a major joy of life - tinsel yarn.
Ed.)
3) Indie/Hand Dyed Snob. If a real person they know hasn't sweated
on or broken their back over it, they don't want to know. Machine
dyed yarn is the work of satan himself.
4) Luxury Fibre Snob. They won't even knit with a 75/25
Merino/Nylon if it is hand dyed - it's cashmere, alpaca, baby camel
and silk all the way here.
5) The Trendy Name Snob. This is the artist formerly known as
Wollmeise circa 2012, when people would full up brawl to get their
hands on it. Back then, it was the yarn to have (current
comparable: La Bien Aimee). They won't use anything that has had
its jour.
6) Price Snob. Don't care what it's made from as long as it's
stupidly expensive.
7)* The Confused Yarn Snob/ Yarn Swinger. Likes your luxury and
hand dyed but also vocal about love for tinsel yarn. Swings all
ways when it comes to yarn; doesn't like to save the love for one
subset.
Do you identify with any of these? Any more you'd like to offer to
get us to ten?
Full show notes for this episode are at www.shinybees.com/114