I'm a big fan of Ravelry. One could say that I'm addicted to it as I'm always on it.
In the last 18 hours I've read three, well make that four if you were to count the project comments, threads regarding the Knit Dicks (penis) pattern on Ravelry. Before I possibly offend your sensibilities the pattern is of a knitted penis on a bear. Amazingly this has caused a bit of an uproar on Ravelry. As of today at 11:40 a.m., this pattern was the number one pattern trending on Ravelry in the "hot right now" section.
Some Ravelry users have used terms such as "poor taste," "disgusting" and "abomination" to describe the pattern. Some are offended and some have gone as far to say the pattern should be removed from Ravelry. I don't think there has been such a kerfuffle about a pattern since the hexipuff/purl-oined debacle, which happened almost a year ago.
According to pattern designer Camie Rigirozzi, she posted the pattern after receiving requests by many Ravelry users to make it available. The pattern is marked as mature content. Also, the bear's little penis has been censored so you can't see it when you read the pattern description. Personally, I'm unsure why people are clutching their pearls so hard about one particular pattern. It's a knitted penis. If you are so upset about a knitted penis then you seriously got some first-world problems to resolve.
As one commentator has said, if you don't like, don't knit it.
As for me, I know what pattern to download if I'm ever in need of penis garland.
The comments on that pattern are hilarious. My favorite can be used whenever knitting goes wrong: "To take life’s precious and short time to create something this despicable is an abomination."
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they will get knitted penises during a swap . . . Just saying. ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should do a KAL and end up doing a yarn bombing with them.
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