The argument broke out when an innocent bystander made a passing comment about knitting and crochet, without distinguishing between the two skills.

This rookie error led to a colourful dispute between a passionate knitter and long-time crocheter, about which yarncraft was superior and thus most deserving of the more highly esteemed reputation.

EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT

One eye-witness, who stated that the argument didn’t come as a surprise, managed to capture some of the conflict.

After the bystander commented on knitting what was - unbeknown to her - a crochet pattern, a furious exchange of craft-based profanities took place.

“You hooker!” shouted the knitter.

Surprisingly, the accused lady was not ashamed at being called a hooker but looked proud, even stating that she was the daughter of one and that her own child was the son of a hooker.

The crocheter then retorted, “Don’t make me bring out my 6mm! At least I only need one tool, not that I’m afraid to use it.”

“Well, I guess SOME people can’t do two things at once,” the knitter spluttered. “Remind me, how do you crochet socks?”

“I think you’ll find all of my efforts are spent making gorgeous shawls and granny squares,” quipped the crocheter. “Anyway, my crochet group are here. We’re doing a CAL – that’s a crochet-along FYI.”

The knitter quickly called her knitting group for back-up and a slanging match soon broke out between the two groups, hurling techniques at eachother.

“..... AMIGURUMI!”
“FAIR ISLE….”
“.... LACEWORK …”
“..INTARSIA….”

The exchange continued until security guards were eventually able to separate the ladies.

THE FINAL STRAW

The women were sternly told off by the security team before they were allowed to return to the craft fayre to peruse the products.

The conflict came to a head, however, when the two ladies bumped into each other again on the stand of yarn retailer LoveKnitting and LoveCrochet, and found their hands reaching for the last ball of yarn – a yummy ball of MillaMia aran.

An onlooker retold the events:

“NOT YOU AGAIN!” the crocheter screamed. “Keep your hands off the ball, it’s mine!”

“YOUR BALL? Let’s face it – my craft would make it stretch further!” yelled the knitter.

“Well, we are on the stand for LoveCrochet!” she said, pointing at the sign. “That must mean it’s mine!”

“I think you’ll find it’s LoveKnitting, dearie.” the knitter leered. “And they were around first.”

The two women looked expectantly at two cautious saleswomen, who’d witnessed the heated debate, urging them to comment.

There was only one thing for it, the saleswomen decided. After all of this tomfoolery, the ladies were to swap tools and learn each other’s craft. Only then could they decide which one was truly better – or agree to disagree!

“You could really see the tension was high between the knitters and crocheters at first, the arguing seemed to go on for an infi-knit-ty but by the end, the knitters were knitting one and crocheting too!”
LoveKnitting saleswoman

“Ewe just wouldn’t believe the scene! We were so happy when it was all (yarn)over. We really admire our crocheters for giving it a go, knitting does take balls after all!”
LoveCrochet saleswoman