Hand knitters versus machine knitters — ever had to defend yourself?
If you've told a hand knitter you use a machine, you may have got The Look. The slight pause. The 'oh, so it does it for you?' comment. Machine knitting has an image problem in some circles and most of us have a story about navigating that assumption. The irony being that machine knitting has its own enormous skill curve that takes years to master.
Tell us your best 'defending the machine' story — and what you said that ended the conversation.