Crafters suck

Well, those who make patterns anyway.

I mean sure I make beaded bracelets and crochet hats and wristlets, but hey, I'm not crazy. I don't spend days on creating one little thing.

Today in fact I wanted to make spats, because my boots needed some new soles and the weather (in August!!) is rather chilly. (Try 12°C.)

So what did I do? I went on the trusty net, looking for sewing patterns.
I wanted an easy pattern, where I didn't have to cut the materials into square inches and sew it back together, because I just wanted some easy spats to keep my ankles warm.

Instead I find a shitload of "check out my awesome pattern!!" calls where you have to cut, cut and cut, then sew, cut, sew, and sew. Jesus!

Not one, I repeat, not one frikkin simple pattern, just crazy stuff where you have to dissect the whole fucking fabric into its atoms and put it all back together.

And this is why crafters suck. They do not know the meaning of simple. Yeah, I get it, they are bored out of their skulls as housewives all are, but I didn't think there did not exist one sensible being on the net who still understood what simple meant.

So, I'm starting the name calling.

First off, Burda. Not only is it ugly as hell, it's also useless, unless you have two sticks for legs, not to mention that making such a small thing takes lots of space and many many hours. Hell no, no thanks! Feats your eyes on this abomination here.

Then... "thank you for not being perky", even the name scares me. This only requires you to cut the few inches of fabric you'll need into 3 pieces (per ankle), same goes for the lining. Were I in need of useless fashion accessories that take way too much time and snipping and sewing to create, maybe I would make these. But only if my tastes ran in that direction... which they do not.

And last but not least, the crap that pops up everywhere! It's ugly, completely useless, as it warms the poor freezing shoe, not the ankles it should, and seriously... yuck. And about every third site shows me this crap. Good heavens.

So what am I gonna do? Make my own. Silly me, I thought I might find something useful made by crafters. I guess I stand by what I said: crafters do not know the meaning of simple. never did. I prefer simple patterns instead of... for example the Burda ugliness and the ruffled horror.

I just hope my sewing machine can take 10 minutes of sewing before it dies. (The reason I wanted a simple pattern crafters think is too easy and simple...)