Thin women, no harm intended. Skinny is just as normal and wonderful as all kinds of body shapes. But it isn’t the only one out there, and shouldn’t be promoted as such.
With this in mind, please enjoy this review of Wenlan Chia’s new book.
Thin women, no harm intended. Skinny is just as normal and wonderful as all kinds of body shapes. But it isn’t the only one out there, and shouldn’t be promoted as such.
With this in mind, please enjoy this review of Wenlan Chia’s new book.
Disco Knitter 
darn it has profanity and i canna read it!
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Crikey, and people say that I’m outspoken and critical! I don’t agree with this opinion of the book. The designs are for thin women. They wouldnt’ look good on big women – especailly as they are knitted in horribly thick yarn and huge needles. There are lots of other designs that do suit us ‘normal’ women. Everything doesn’t have to be for everyone.
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Quite right M-H, but the largest size in the book being a 29″ for some designs is extremely small. I would never look good in something that chunky, but maybe someone with a 35″ bust might?
I must admit, it was never a book I considered buying!
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Good grief! That designer can’t have had a book published – the only possible reason would be that it’s for the Asian market (or anorexics anonymous). But with a Western model? I’d love to know the sales figures. It puts me in mind of the business with ?David Jones a while ago when they took exception to someone saying that they had sexualised the models in the children’s catalogue – I don’t know what the outcome of that was, but if it went to court, I can’t see how anyone could have disagreed with the proposition, unless they had a less than healthy interest in children.
I’m against censorship in broad terms, but we do have the power of community protest and boycott and we should use that power with great vigour. I’ll write to the publisher concerned when I find out who it is.
Cheers
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Hm. Maybe if I knitted two of them and put them together.
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Hmm, I have the opposite problem. No ‘man’ has a chest size of smaller than … (er, I’ll get back to you with a number when I have measuring tape handy) … inches. What’s also annoying is that men’s sizes seem to go from S to XXL so they knowingly cater for the very large, and purposely ignore the small – but perhaps the sizes are so named just to make men feel bigger (It’s a macho thing).
My original plan for knitting was so that I can get clothes that actually fit me – unfortunately many patterns don’t, and I’m not that good at designing my own (π).
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Having read M-H’s comment, I am having second thoughts – I always complain that there aren’t enough stylish MODERN things around for larger women – but I know that small sizes can be as problematic as large. So, I don’t have a problem with there being knitting books specifically for smaller sizes – but unless “Twinkle” has a significance that I’m unaware of, the book title is misleading. So I guess I won’t write a letter in this case! However, I agree that the sizes are VERY small. Although the photos of knitters’ versions of the designs on Wenlan Chia’s site, suggest that somewhat larger women are knitting them too.
Cheers
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Wow! that is one review that veers into body image issues. The model comes into a bit of flak that perhaps detracts from the book review itself. I’m not into any of these design myself so I wouldn’t buy them – there are plenty of other suitable patterns out there.
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*sigh* More female loathing and self-loathing. More people telling us how we should be. I was listening to a craft podcast recently that concentrated not on the guest’s work but on her “success” with bariatric surgery. The host stated that women who say they are too busy to loose weight should stop doing some of the things that make them so busy. I did. I unsubscribed from her podcast. Now pass the red wine, I’m going back to knitting for a 16″ chest belonging to a friend’s baby.
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