For example, I was following a pattern that said sc in the ch spaces. And what I was making was NOT what was in the photos. Turns out the creator was using the term ch space liberally and did not mean ONLY the actual ch spaces.
The same pattern was also referencing rows 1-2 when we were on row 4 & 5, and stitches from two rows prior. Which was HELLA confusing for me. I ended up giving up on that pattern after losing HOURS trying to decipher and figure it out. (a non-ribber pattern).
So I’m curious if anyone else gets confused by these things too.
I feel like they need more people like us testing. I’ve been testing on Ribblr and the number of times I’ve seen plenty of people finish without saying anything before I get to it and be like “uhhhh what the bleep did you mean here??” Like is everyone else just intuiting what they’re supposed to do with no concern for what the pattern actually said?
unrelated to actual topic, replying to @craftyferret
this is kind of unrelated to the actual topic (sorry about that), but yea… unfortunately many people take advantage of the testing feature on ribblr. in theory, it’s a fair exchange between pattern designer and tester - testers give feedback, and in exchange they get the pattern early + free. however… many people just use that to get the pattern for free (and early), but don’t actually give (useful) feedback (in all honesty i don’t understand how they manage to make the whole pattern and ignore all the mistakes lmao)… unfortunately. anyway, i’m like you and try to give feedback on as many things as possible i’m sometimes a grammatical nitpick :p and there definitely should be more honest testers. (btw there’s a topic abt this somewhere from a while ago debating about testing and ppl taking advantage of it, etc. including ghosting)
on another note (replying to this actual topic), i also take patterns very literally… i really dislike when patterns aren’t written well ;-; i tend to fumble my way through it or end up improvising/freehanding half the pattern when i get confused. that’s why i like testing, tbh… seeing errors bothers me (js my personality) and i feel the need to fix them (and testing makes that possible). anyway, i went off on a tangent, but to sum it up… i relate :]
Yes! I feel the same way. I almost feel bad because I am the only one giving suggestions about the pattern or asking for clarification.
I have been crocheting for over a decade and I feel like I should be intuiting the stuff. I don’t know what the other people are doing. They are incredible and the patterns just makes sense to their brain, but my brain has questions.
I feel this so much!!! I find testing satisfying for that same reason. And also because I hope that my feedback, if incorporated, will help future makers with similar brains.
Haha I feel so much! I worry that creators whose patterns I’m testing get annoyed of all my questions and feedback!
Yeah I wonder the same thing too - like how do people just get it? Or maybe they don’t and fumble through it without asking questions or figure out what the pattern is another way?
