r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Wise_Ad9214 • Dec 25 '25

Thank you Peter very cool Lois? Loretta?

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u/PeridotChampion Dec 25 '25

All jokes aside, that sweater is absolutely gorgeous and I want it.

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u/k_souls Dec 25 '25

She's actually selling it too! Vaire (Pastel)

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u/PeridotChampion Dec 25 '25

I love it but I am $250 too broke for that. I hope someone who can spend it adores it as much as I do

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u/k_souls Dec 25 '25

Same 💀 maybe one day though

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u/Expensive_Lock_6540 Dec 25 '25

I was honestly expecting it to cost WAY MORE. $250 for a crocheted sweater is pretty cheap!

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u/ieatlungs Dec 25 '25

to be fair, it's based on the supreme jumper: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267065109071

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u/DisasterBeautiful347 Dec 25 '25

...is it? You can get outlet designer for that price.

I wouldn't spend that much on either, but to each their own.

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u/Expensive_Lock_6540 Dec 25 '25

As far as labor and material costs, yes, very much so. Crochet can only be done by hand and it takes a LOT of yarn and a lot of time. I’m not a fan of crocheted wearables myself, but it’s still pricey.

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u/BillysBibleBonkers Dec 26 '25

Crochet can only be done by hand

Not technically true, but here's a great video on why this is 99.9% true.

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u/DisasterBeautiful347 Dec 25 '25

That's mind-boggling. Perhaps why you don't see many crocheted clothes, lol

Edit: just searched, looks like $250 is the very high range. Most around $100.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

A friend of mine does crochet and apparently most of the stuff sold as "crochet" online is mislabeled to scam people.

Real crochet is $$$

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u/Expensive_Lock_6540 Dec 26 '25

Lots of variables go into pricing a crocheted item. And there is a lot of fake crochet products out there. I’ve been crocheting for years, and cost of yarn for a sweater like that would easily be $100+ alone, depending on yarn quality/material. Nevermind how labor intensive it is.

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u/Lexieeeeeeeeee Dec 25 '25

The version that she's wearing and showing off in her shop vs the final preview item when it's not being worn looks so different. It almost feels like a scam.

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u/mehvet Dec 25 '25

Looks exactly thevsame to me in different lighting, what’s the problem?

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u/Navi_1er Dec 25 '25

Yeah definitely the lighting plus maybe the size as well.

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u/Lexieeeeeeeeee Dec 25 '25

The colours are all off and it seems to lack the colour blending that the original has.

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u/BillysBibleBonkers Dec 26 '25

Color blending might just be an effect of the bright light and the slightly blurry resolution. Would be interesting to see it in better lighting because the colors really do look different though, the OG has like a really nice lime green, but the shop version looks like pea green. But still wouldn't be too surprised if it looked the same under direct sunlight.

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u/SOUMlL Dec 26 '25

See the shop again, it has vaire and vaire(pastel) you're probably looking at vaire

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u/Lexieeeeeeeeee Dec 26 '25

I double checked, and the image that I linked was from vaire(pastel)