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Comment on my first review Venting to fellow larger size people . . .
HarrietHomeowner   Intermediate Member since 1/13/10 Posts: 661	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/12/10 4:50 PM I just posted my first review of a pattern this weekend. Someone commented that if I make it again, I should consider making a larger size. What the heck does that mean? That it looks too small in the picture I posted? Actually, it was a bit big, and I had to take it in so it wouldn't fall off of me. Is this kind of thing common around here? Not very encouraging to continue to post pictures of myself, I must say.
Sickofitcindy Intermediate NY USA Member since 5/1/08 Posts: 416	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/12/10 4:59 PM I read your review, and I don't think she was saying anything negative. I think she was just mentioning that you might want to make the next size up for a woven because it behaves differently than a knit.
misschris AUSTRALIA Member since 2/3/06 Posts: 1328	Login to reply to this post In reply to HarrietHomeowner Like this post Date: 4/12/10 5:05 PM I think they were respnding to your comment that you might make it again in a woven. Just giving you a heads up that a woven has less stretch and you may need a larger size to compensate. I didn't read it as a comment about your size. It could have, perhaps, been worded a little differently. One of the problems of this type of communication - people quite often come across as brusque, sometimes even rude when you don't have facial expressions and tone of voice as indicators of meaning. Please don't take it to heart, your top looks lovely and your review was very informative. ------ chris Melbourne
mkhpaintsew   Intermediate IN USA Member since 4/5/06 Posts: 164	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/12/10 5:06 PM I looked at your review and your top looked very nice. I believe the person making the comment just meant that if you decide to make a knit top pattern in a cotton or other kind of fabric (as you said in your review) you'll need to remember to make it bigger. Most knit patterns have little to no ease. It wasn't meant to say the original top looks bad. So, I would just post away with pictures of yourself. Nice first review.
HarrietHomeowner   Intermediate Member since 1/13/10 Posts: 661	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/12/10 5:16 PM Okay -- guess I'm oversensitive. (I hate looking at pictures of myself!)
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 7/26/07 Posts: 3761 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post In reply to HarrietHomeowner Like this post Date: 4/12/10 5:24 PM Yup, me too... I do agree with what the others said though. ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
Riesie   Advanced VA USA Member since 1/23/08 Posts: 465	Login to reply to this post In reply to HarrietHomeowner Like this post Date: 4/12/10 9:35 PM I agree with the others - I think the poster was just trying to be helpful regarding knits vs. wovens. Your top is lovely and very flattering. Can't wait to see what you make next. ------ Marie visit my blog: www.madewithintent.blogspot.com/ or my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/Riesie Thanks!
Vonnevo   Advanced AUSTRALIA Member since 10/25/04 Posts: 5655	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/12/10 11:00 PM Yep, I agree with the other comments too. I don't think the comment was a negative at all. Sometimes when we are trying to write briefly, our sentence structure and wording doesn't always convey the content as we intended. I would view the message as a big positive and keep on writing your reviews, as that is one lovely top and we want to see more of your fabulous sewing Vonne ------ Vonne šOš Brisbane Australia --------------------------------- Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age and dreams are forever. We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Cathy Loves Fabric   Intermediate USA Member since 4/16/04 Posts: 1819	Login to reply to this post In reply to HarrietHomeowner Like this post Date: 4/13/10 12:28 PM Harriet, I am at least twice your size and there has NEVER been a unkind comment about my size on a review or a picture I posted in a thread. Everyone has been very encouraging and supportive. I hope you feel better about he comment. BTW, I love your top! -- Edited on 4/13/10 12:29 PM -- ------ My hope is to sew to the very end. They'll find my head slumped over my precious Kenmore 19606 and have to pry the seam ripper from my cold, dead hands.
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9253	Login to reply to this post In reply to HarrietHomeowner Like this post Date: 4/13/10 1:11 PM I agree with all the others -- the comment could have been explained a bit better, but it did say "if you decide to make it in a woven" or something like that. And by the way, you look great -- many of us here would be tickled completely and totally pink to look that great in a sleeveless top! ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/

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