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 Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:13 pm
I've been knitting for a little over a year now, and for some reason crochet always eluded me. I've attempted to learn, but just dropped it for my knitting. This weekend I finally sat down and made myself learn it. It's so much quicker! Sure it takes more yarn, but SO QUICK! Plus I really like that only 1 stitch is "active" at a time. I feel there is less pressure on me so I relax more. I finished a dishcloth in a couple days then I started a dress for my baby girl, and I did the whole back bodice panel in like 2-3 days without devoting a TON of time to it (my breaks at work plus a couple hours at home). Whooo!
And I always preferred the look of knitting to crochet, but now that I'm doing it myself, I think it looks downright cute. Which is exactly what you want for doing baby stuff.
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:11 pm
I crochet much faster than I can knit, but then I'm just a beginning knitter. I love the fact that only one stitch is active at a time so there's not much chance of dropping a stitch.
I like the look of knitting for some things, but others look better crocheted, it's all in your perceptions.
Welcome to the joys of crochet, just don't forget the knitting.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:41 am
i learned how to crochet when i was really young and i learned how to do the basics, and never really advanced from that, but i really liked it
then i learned how to knit in january and i discovered craftster while trying to look up knitting projects
as of now, i like crocheting better than knitting, but I keep changing my mind.
I'm pretty fast in both ( i learned how to knit continental and I've been doing the basic stitches in crocheting for forever!)
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:06 am
I CROCHET AND I'M STUMPED AT HOW TO PUT TOGETHER GRANNY SQUARES WITHOUT HAVING A RIAISED RIDGE BETWEEN THE SQUARES .IF THEIR IS ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME ....PLEASE
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:37 am
I've been crocheting for almost a year now...and I don't really care to learn how to knit. I'd rather learn how to do the really crazy stuff with crochet (like making those impossible to figure out sweaters) than be some-what good at crochet and knit. It's also easier for me to just stick to one anyway. But I have no doubt that they're both just as fun and relaxing to do 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:22 pm
I started crocheting when I was 5, I started knitting when I was 23.
Now I love crochet because it was the first needlecraft I ever leaned (That and I'm really good at it - much better than knitting) but it does have some limitations. I don;t like making many wearables out of crochet unless it's very thin yarn and a lace pattern. I love however making afghans out of crochet because I can go a mile a minute.
I do alot of knitting now. I think because it still hold the "new" appeal to me, and there are still so many thingsto learn. It's been ages since I found something in a crochet pattern that has made me go "huh... I have never done that befoe."
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:54 pm
I prefer to crochet over knit as well. I'm just slow with knitting, despite practice.
It's also cumbersome handling those needles sometimes! *G*
My favorite type of crochet is the Tunisian crochet, you get the look of knit with the simplicity of crochet. Sadly it takes MORE yarn than even regular crochet but it's a very durable piece of work.
Taligator
... for Gaia Online
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:37 am
Hmmm- while I like both knitting and crochet, I think I prefer knitting, if for a kind of dumb reason.
I've never worked out how to hold yarn for crochet in a way that will both keep the tension evern, and not have my left index finger cocked for hours on end.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:42 pm
I've been crocheting forever and really enjoyed doing it. Recently I'm slowly trying to teach myself how to knit. I like the look of knitted wearables over than crocheted wearables. I've learned how to do the basic knit and purl stitches...but I just don't have time to sit myself down and learn more.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:17 pm
hyper_azn_girl i learned how to crochet when i was really young and i learned how to do the basics, and never really advanced from that, but i really liked it then i learned how to knit in january and i discovered craftster while trying to look up knitting projects as of now, i like crocheting better than knitting, but I keep changing my mind. I'm pretty fast in both ( i learned how to knit continental and I've been doing the basic stitches in crocheting for forever!) When I started knitting, I was learning in continental because that's what the mean lady at the craft store swore was the only way I SHOULD learn it (she was a little old fashioned), but then I found that english was wayyy easier for me, so I switched. I wish I would have stuck it out with continental. It does look much faster. And yay for craftster! xd
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:36 am
It sounds like many of us were exposed to at least one yarn craft at a young age.
I learned to crochet at about 8. Didn't do a whole lot with it for a long time, fell back in love with it a year ago and now am learning to knit.
I love crocheting- its so much faster than knitting. But there some things one can do in knitting that I love the look of that can't be replicated in crochet. Hence, the learning to knit.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:02 am
AuroraGoryAlice hyper_azn_girl i learned how to crochet when i was really young and i learned how to do the basics, and never really advanced from that, but i really liked it then i learned how to knit in january and i discovered craftster while trying to look up knitting projects as of now, i like crocheting better than knitting, but I keep changing my mind. I'm pretty fast in both ( i learned how to knit continental and I've been doing the basic stitches in crocheting for forever!) When I started knitting, I was learning in continental because that's what the mean lady at the craft store swore was the only way I SHOULD learn it (she was a little old fashioned), but then I found that english was wayyy easier for me, so I switched. I wish I would have stuck it out with continental. It does look much faster. And yay for craftster! xd haha! that's exactly why i learned! i took classes at the craft store and she said that i should learn to knit continental. I'm glad i did in the end. knitting was pretty easy for me to learn. I had been casting on FOREVER and i kept trying and trying and trying to teach myself to knit. I finally took the knitting class. Turns out i was sticking my needle in wrong xD
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:33 am
I started out with cross-stitching, actually. Taught to me by my babysitter. Then later, my mom tried to teach my sister crocheting but none of it stuck really, and she showed me how to make slip-knots. So for the longest time, I'd just walk around holding a ball of yarn making slip-knot chains and then ripping them out.
Keep in mind, please, that I was about seven at the time. sweatdrop
Anyways, I later taught myself crochet out of the book because I couldn't find anyone to teach me.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:42 pm
I like crochet and knitting both but I prefer knitting for the look of the stitches.
I only crochet when I want to make something new, quick - like a new hat for the oncoming Autumn! (wish I had a pic to show). Crochet is good as a canvas for embroidery as well!
But I drool over the insane knitted cable works of Norah Gaughan and knitting once again takes over me. mmmm...must knit!
ps. and knitted socks are much better than crocheted ones......... pirate
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