💬 Are you a follower or a freestyler?
When it comes to patterns, I mean
This came up a while ago in a craft group I was part of and I was fascinated by the range of views and opinions on this.
Hands up - I am firmly in the ‘guideline’ camp here and it’s not uncommon for me to completely go off at a tangent when following a pattern. I am also equally ‘challenged’ when it comes to reading the instructions for any given domestic appliance - and then I get cross and wonder why the thing isn’t working properly🤣
When it comes to knitting patterns (or crafting instructions in general) are you someone who follows the pattern to the letter or do you see it as more of a guideline?
Do let me know in the comments - I’m always fascinated by people’s different approaches to this.
Depends, I make socks up as I go stealing bits and pieces from different patterns that I have accumulated...a lace panel from one, a twisted stitch from another...
I’m new to knitting so I follow the pattern to the T.
The only modification I have made is by adding or subtracting rows in sleeves or body to get the lengths I like.