Comments on: What do you think?

By: 1656dogs

1656dogs — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:31:14 +0000

now look younger

By: Hissy Stitch

Hissy Stitch — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:03:45 +0000

I like the new style, but I agree — knitters don’t hold their needles like that. Try it yourself if you’re a knitter. There’s a dainty, lady-like style where ONE needle is held pencil-like, but the other needle is held with the hand over it, palm down. Most knitters hold their needles with both hands palm down, needles under the hands. I do wish that illustrators, graphic artists, textile designers, cartoonists, and everyone else who depicts knitters in one art form or another would look at actual knitters instead of showing the same stereotyped and totally incorrect needle position that they see other artists depict. This IS the Knit Princess, after all. It’s a knitting cartoon.

By: Selina

Selina — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:00:47 +0000

I love this artist. It is so perfect. Its in my top for favorite style so far.

By: Vita

Vita — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:27:10 +0000

I’ve seen this artist’s work from some of her very first days, watching her in class scribbling, painting, blending with pastels, wearing erasers to nubs. While we weren’t close friends, she wasn’t shy in sharing her sketch books FULL of Anime I didn’t understand, but thought was incredibly pretty. I’m so glad, and so proud, Gilly, to see your dreams of being a professional artist starting to come true.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:37:06 +0000

I know the history…just could never even try to knit that way without major hand cramps. My fingers are locking up just thinking about it.

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:18:22 +0000

As an earlier commenter pointed out during one of the last changes of artists, this knitting style reflects- at least in my limited, cursory research- a Victorian-era style of needle holding. It made it way more difficult, but was considered at the time to be more “dainty”. C’mon, knitters, know your history, and be proud!

By: Angel.N

Angel.N — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:31:05 +0000

Beautiful! Love it! I hold my knitting like that sometimes… Usually it’s after I’ve gotten very excited and before I drop my WIP on the floor sans needles… Oops! I think KP is just excited about her new look!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:25:45 +0000

I agree Livvyrat…I love the artistic style.

By: mouse

mouse — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:11:53 +0000

I’m glad to see the feelings of the cat are shown some consideration, but yeah, the knitting has to look right. She looks like she’s holding her needles like drumsticks – great for drumming, not so much for knitting.

By: Livvyrat

Livvyrat — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:54:12 +0000

Looking at it again, I think this is my favorite style yet!