# I hate tinking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040 "2010-08-30T20:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/1 "2010-08-30T20:40:08Z")
That’s knit, backwards…the process you have to do when you un-knit something. Yesterday I finally had an hour to sit and work on a sock I’m knitting…basic 4x4 rib, really mindless and relaxing…except somehow I started at the wrong needle junction after a potty break and didn’t notice until I had done a complete round that there was a carry-over length of yarn from where I should have started to where I did start. I was going to just rip it back, but this yarn has a lot of elastic in it and the stitches don’t just sit there waiting to be stuck back on a needle, they spring back out of their loops and disappear. So…tink. Stitch by stitch, for 64 stitches. And then when I was ready to knit again, I discovered each and every stitch was twisted on the needle, so before each stitch I had to lift it off and turn it the right way…sigh. Took all the fun out of my hour of mindless pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/2 "2010-08-31T02:41:57Z")
You have my sympathy. Otherwise I’m afraid I can’t help you. Kilmore don’t knit. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/3 "2010-08-31T02:45:03Z")
You need someone who gives a tinker’s damn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/4 "2010-08-31T03:55:51Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You need someone who gives a tinker’s damn. 😃 Believe me, there are whole herds of “damn!” involved when you have to tink something, especially if it’s for more than one row… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/5 "2010-08-31T21:13:43Z")
From the title I thought you were having your piano tuned. 😛 I don’t knit, but unraveling crochet work is pretty fun. Except for the part where you have to re-do everything with kinky yarn. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/6 "2010-09-01T01:20:48Z")
Oh, frogging things is fun, especially when you don’t have to try to put it back on the needles! I just love the bumpy little feeling you get when you unravel knitting! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/7 "2010-09-01T01:46:16Z")
Send it to me, and we’ll take care of it. Celtling loves nothing more than ripping stitches out of my crocheting. I seem to remember how that felt when I was a kid too, the sensual pleasure of each little tug as the knot slipped free. . . Yeah, you just need to embrace your inner toddler. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/8 "2010-09-01T01:50:24Z")
I thought this was going to a Jamaican rant thread… ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tinking/552040/9 "2010-09-01T20:37:00Z")
> [@labtrash](#): > > I thought this was going to a Jamaican rant thread… I hate tinking mon! 😃