My craft room faces the morning sun. I have the blinds you see on the left there but I despise them. I want to make myself some nice curtains, just to help diffuse the light, you know? So it’s not blinding me. But I’m undecided as to which craft to use.

Crochet is faster but it’s thick and kind of heavy. Knitting is drapier but how long would it take? (Probably like 5 million years, approximately)

I’m thinking of something lacey but not too airy if that makes sense.

Any suggestions for which craft or any pattern recs? Not necessarily a curtain pattern per se but more like a good stitch to use. Probably using worsted or dk weight yarn.

of course this is just a bit of silly fun. I do really enjoy the fabric that knit produces though! I’m really glad I decided to become a dual citizen haha

Obviously I knit and crochet, hence why I’m here, but I also hand spin yarn with a drop spindle and I am this close 🤏 to setting up some diy bobbins for bobbin lace.

I literally have so many wips from each craft. Of course the one thing I DONT want to work on is the cardigan commission for my coworker 😒 in my defense it’s stranded colorwork worked flat and it’s a pain in the ass and I’m not having fun. But I’m also like halfway through a sweater that I started a few days ago (super bulky) but all I can think about is spinning the fiber I got for my birthday 😭

Y’all I cannot afford this many hobbies in money or TIME. Why can’t I do all of them at once 🫠

Hi all, I picked up crochet a couple years ago and I’d say I’m an intermediate crocheter, but I love the look and weight of knit for wearables so I want to add knitting to my arsenal. From preliminary research, it seems like continental-style knitting will let me use my yarn tensioning skills from crochet. Does that make sense? Does anyone have a favorite tutorial channel for knitting?

Also, straight knitting needles look really long to me, do you think it will mess me up to start with cabled needles? Does anyone have favorites?

Pumpkins and vine - knitting. Leaves and curls - crochet.

Just found out about this sub.

I’m often torn when I see wearables for sale it’s because I have a few conflicting thoughts.

On the one hand “oh that is so cute! I love it!” Also, in some cases, “I should support a fellow fiber artist! I would totally wear this all the time too.”

But on the other hand…”this looks so fun to make! Why would I buy it? I could totally make this myself and I could even use that fancy yarn I’ve had my eye on…” and “if I wear this everyone and their mom will ask me if I made it and saying no feels really awkward because no one knows where to take the conversation next and I don’t want to lie but I also don’t want to constantly explain that yes I knit/crochet, but no I didn’t make it.”

I think the biggest thing is that for me part of the fun of wearables is when you get to tell people you made it and they get to be all like “oh wow you’re so talented!” I’m not really a vain person but it always makes my day when I hear stuff like that. So when I wear things I didn’t make and I get that question I feel like I missed out on a dopamine hit and then I wonder if they think I bought it and didn’t make it because I’m not talented enough to do it (hello insecurities 🙃)

I think it would be different if a friend made me something themselves. I think then I could be like “I didn’t make it but my most amazing and wonderful friend did!” But if I bought it from a store, hand crafted or otherwise, im like “oh…no I didn’t make this one…”

Is this just a me problem? Am I being relatable right now or am I totally off base here 🫠

Anyone else get irrationally bothered by the defensiveness around knitting vs crochet? I notice it more in the knitting community but god forbid someone (often new to the craft) ask a question or share a picture from the wrong craft. You will get absolutely railroaded if you accidentally ask the knitting community about a crochet piece you saw. Why? Why not just be excited about the cool picture that was shared and direct them to the subreddit that will know more? I don't get it. Crafting is fun. Let it be fun and educational.

So I’m posting here because I am hoping for tips from both sides.

I’d like to start designing patterns but I have no idea where to begin. I have a vague idea, but I guess I’m just not sure of how to make something into a pdf, how to tweak designs, if I’m supposed to make a mock up of every single idea or frog and reuse the yarn. How do I set a gauge for people to follow?

Is there a YouTube out there that teaches people all the ins and out of designing a pattern? Maybe a class on skill share or something?

I have so many ideas but I’m really just kind of overwhelmed and unsure of where to start…

I made a David Vest for my sister a few years ago, but it got too small and she was never able to wear it. I wanted to redo the body through a knitting machine that I bought (hasn't arrived yet) but I wanted to keep the crocheted graphgan(?)/art behind it since it was very labor intensive.

1. Does it look good if the graphgan art is crocheted and not knit while the body is knit? (I used single crochets and will use halfdouble crochets for the men sweaters I'm making after this)
2. Can I use two different stitches for crochet and knit?
3. Has anyone tried it?

Cause I'm planning on doing this David Vest three more times for loved ones and since they're both men, it'll be even bigger than my sister's-- and I currently don't have the luxury of time to crochet as much as I want anymore :((

Just additional info since I love this pattern so much: It's this! (pic from the original creator) I made it into a vest instead of a bag hehehe

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I knit a real thing! I love it so much, imperfections and all! Thanks for all the advice and encouragement you folks gave!

Currently obsessed with mixing granny squares and knitting.

So I have decided to make 8 beanies for Christmas this year. I figure if I can average one beanie/month I’ll be nice and ahead of schedule.

I currently have 3 wips for friends, all crochet, with no time limit.

I have one sweater that I think I’m actually going to put down until fall. It was supposed to be done by thanksgiving so I could wear it for the holidays but I couldn’t manage to get it done.

I have 1 colorwork sweater that was really just meant to be practice as it’s my first top down, but the sweater I was practicing for is bottom up so…not sure I’ll continue it just now. But I did start the other sweater. All 3 sweaters are knit.

I have a knit scarf that’s half done that was supposed to be my dad’s present, but I started way too late in the year and couldn’t make it happen. I promised to finish it soon.

I’ve started one beanie. I wanted to get it done before starting another but…it’s kind of frustrating me. It’s Tunisian smock stitch and I m struggling with tension and can’t decide if I need to frog and start over (again).

So total active wips is:

3 crochet

2 knit

1 Tunisian crochet

I’m really craving that fresh project feeling and I’m really excited about some of the other beanies. I’m trying to work on my dad’s scarf a little every day. It’s become very tedious as it’s heavily cabled. I don’t want to overwhelm myself with wips, but part of me wants to start all the beanies 🤦🏻‍♀️

I definitely think 8 beanies at once is too many, but would 2 or 3 be excessive? 4 will be crochet and 4 will be knit.

Or maybe I just do the Tunisian one last and swap it for another one 🤔

There’s just so much I want to do this year! I just love knitting and crochet and want to do all the projects all the time, but I need someone to keep me in check 😭

Finished these just in time for Christmas! Granny squares and knitting are so good together.

So I love to crochet and knit and am looking to combine them. Everytime I knit 1x1 ribbing its never as neat looking as crochet ribbing. I was wondering how I could do crochet ribbons on sweater cuffs/gems? Tips?

When it comes to crochet, I will only use Clover’s ergonomic hooks. I can tolerate a cheap metal or plastic hook if I have to, but I absolutely despise wood hooks. I want to love them because they’re so lightweight and pretty, but I’ve bought the best of the best and I don’t like how they glide and catch on the yarn.

For knitting, I will only use wooden needles and I can’t stand using metal or plastic. Right now my favorite needles are my interchangeables from KnitPicks, but the Clover Takumis are good too.

I find knitting much more relaxing than crochet. Crochet becomes mentally exhausting for me because of the constant counting. I do a lot of amigurumi and projects that use multiple stitches so I feel like I always have to be paying attention to what I am doing. With knitting I don’t tend to do anything too complicated and I can always see whether or not I should be doing a knit or a purl based off the previous row. Despite all of this, I am still way faster at crochet than knitting.

This one is going to be controversial: I don’t bother crocheting with expensive, natural fiber yarn. Why? Because crocheting uses so much more yarn. I also think hand dyed yarn mostly looks like choppy shit when it’s crocheted unless you’re doing the pain in the ass waistcoat stitch, or in some cases, the linen stitch. I abandon knitting for long periods of time in favor of crochet just because I’m so much faster and better at it, but every time I get into knitting again I’m always completely flabbergasted by how little yarn is required to complete a big project like a sweater.

I tend to knit way more in the fall and winter because I like knitting warm wearables, but in the spring and summer I almost exclusively crochet amigurumi and some random projects like mandala blankets, hexagon cardigans, and other fun, bright things that catch my eye.

That is all. 😬

ID: A three row double crochet navy blue square is attached to 4 wooden double-pointed needles. Behind the square is a gray half-finished knit dog sweater. A bit of the blue yarn skein is visible below, with a blue crochet hook resting on the gray yarn.

I used two strands together: plush polyester yarn (neon) and an acrylic (pink).

Has anyone here ever tried something like this? I have never mastered DPNs, mostly because I’m lazy, but also I don’t own any that are for fingering weight yarn. I want to knit some color work socks on my small circulars and it just seems like it would be so easy to crochet the heel, and even the toe as well. I know a lot of people would immediately discourage this because most people who can knit would never say a crochet sock anything is a good idea. I don’t mind my crochet socks , however, I think it’s because I have narrow feet so they still fit well in my shoes.

I’m planning a sweater that combines granny stitch in crochet with a stockinette yoke.

My plan is to start knitting a top down stockinette raglan pattern with fingering weight yarn held double, and bind off a little below the armpits. Then I want to pick up stitches in crochet with just one strand of the yarn, and work the rest of the body in granny stitch.

I’ve made a gauge swatch to test this transition, but my problem is that stockinette has a tendency to curl and when I attach the crochet section to it the crochet wants to flip upwards. I’m worried that it won’t hang flat on the finished piece and will look wonky. I’ve tried two different transitions and ran into this problem both times (the first time I just crocheted each 3 stitches for the clusters into a single bound off knit stitch, and the second time I did a single row of sc before starting the granny clusters). Does anyone know a way to go from knitting to crochet here that doesn’t have this extreme flip? Or will it work itself out anyway with the weight of the crochet section?