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Does it matter which way I pull the yarn through for the purl stitches? It feels more natural for me to yarn under with them

It’s my first time trying knooking. I’m an advanced level crocheter but looking at knitting patterns is an entirely new “language”. I have created a knooking playlist on YouTube, which has limited options of video tutorials but I appreciate every single video that folks post on that site. I purchased knooking books, ordered 3 different books and they were copyright infringed (all 3 books were the same content with different author names). So I’m turning to this great group for advice.

1. For my raglan increases on this photo, I just kind of made up a method because the yarn over increase looked sloppy to me. These increases are more aesthetically the look that I was wanting but they are kind of tight. Do you think that it will pull too much in the corners when I make more rounds?

2. Do you have any recommendations for videos showing a variety of increase stitches? When looking at knitting videos, I can’t seem to adapt the technique because the “legs” of the stitches are different. I tried to look at Tunisian crochet increases but there are not as many options of places to insert your hook with knooking.

Perhaps this would be easier if I had working knowledge of knitting? Do any of you wonderful folks have recommendations for how to read knitting patterns so that my brain can convert them to knooking?

Thank you in advance!

TLDR; does anyone have experience converting knit sweater patterns to knooking? If using the same yarn as the pattern suggests, do you use the same knook mm size (assuming your tension with knitting and knooking is the same)? What are other aspects of knitting vs. knooking I should keep in mind?

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I know similar questions have been asked, but I’m curious specifically about the ‘halibut’ sweater by Caitlin hunter: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/halibut

I actually learned knitting first many years ago but never went back when I discovered crochet and now I’m trying to get back into knitting and it’s painful. I’m practicing with the Sophie hood (https://www.petiteknit.com/en/products/sophie-hood) and honestly not enjoying myself much. I then came upon the notion of knooking and I’m very intrigued!

Based on the Sophie hood pattern it seems like that’s pretty simple to convert to knooking and I’m waiting on my hooks to arrive to test (unfortunately taping yarn to my existing crochet hooks was not working).

I’m hoping to knook the halibut sweater if all goes well with the Sophie hood, but wondering if others have experience converting sweater patterns to knook? Is it pretty straightforward? What are some things I should keep in mind: hook size changes, certain knitting stitches that really can’t be converted easily, etc?

Thanks!

You know you've reached peak knooking when you're just as confused about whether you're knitting or crocheting as when you started. It's like you’ve invented a new language, but forgot the dictionary. “Knitting with a crochet hook,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said. Meanwhile, the yarn is looking at you like, “Really? Again?”

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!

2 comments from y’all in this sub and I’m already better! Not only is my tension a bit better (I think) but my square is actually square shaped since I was looser with my cast off. I love this swatch so much ❤️ Thank you all so much

If you are interested in some really nice eastern style knooking tutorials, check out cedric_knit on tiktok. Most things can be understood without speaking any french, but for some tutorials, speaking french is definitely an advantage.

Does anyone have a link or image of a full conversion chart?

Hello everyone,

I am a huge crochet fan, and I’m pretty good at it. I really dislike knitting. I’ve never been able to make anything decent with two needles. Really. A nightmare.

Recently, I came across the book Harry Potter Crochet Wizardry, which I absolutely loved. But I’ve found something even better: Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book and Knitting Magic: More Patterns From Hogwarts & Beyond.

I’ve converted a few knitting projects to crochet, but for others, I can’t find an alternative. For example, for this pattern: scarf. Or this pattern: pull. Which I really like. My question is: Is it possible to do this type of stitch/pattern "easily" with knooking? Is everything really doable? Or I give up on the idea, never mind, it's not like there’s a lack of ideas!

Thank you so much for your help.

EDIT : With a lot of blood and tears, I can confidently say it works! However, you need to hang on! A big thank you to everyone who replied and helped : what an amazing community :)

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!

Does anyone have advice for how to do stranded color work with knooking? Thanks for any links.

Hi everyone, I'm interested in knooking as an alternative to knitting a two-color cowl, since the crochet waistcoat stitch is such a pain in the butt, and I'm not a fan of true knitting. I just have a few questions.

When choosing a hook size, do you go by what you would use to crochet, or to knit?

Since I will be working in the round in stockinette stitch, would reading the knitting color graph be read as normal?

Thank you in advance!!

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!

Hi, I’m making knitted cacti and it says to use 4mm needles, but with a 4mm hook it has big gaps in it? I wondered if anyone else has found they need to size down a hook size or if I’m doing something wrong 😂

Hiya! Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've missed knitting like crazy. I haven't been able to do it in almost a year :( My issues are in the left ulnar nerve, from overdoing it and also tensioning the yarn in a way that bit me in the butt (or rather, my pinky finger). Has anyone recovered from anything like knitter's elbow while knooking? Thanks for any insights!

First try with knooking...it took me one hour lol but i will practice more! Purl stitches are my enemies because the stitches are Always tight idk why :( btw i use japanese style because being a crocheter i feel more comfortable!

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!

I'm a crocheter but i wanted to start knooking because i like how knit stitches look like. So i bought a set of tunisian hooks with cables of differenti sizes. The first time i used cottone yarn with 3.5 hook but when i casted on the loops were too tight that i couln't insert the hook. So i tried using a bigger hook (4.5 or 5) for the cast on and then i switched to the 3.5. the situation was slightly better for the first loops but It became all top tight that i couln't finish the line...i don't what i'm doing wrong Because It never happend with crochet. Is It the yarn? The wrong size of the hook? The wrong set of hooks?

Hi!! Very new to the community and VERY new to knooking, but I tried it and I was able to make this cat hat! Still have to weave in the ends tho lol :D

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!

Hello and welcome to the r/knooking monthly chat! This is the place to ask questions, give and get tips or advice, and just chat with fellow knookers! (You’re of course always welcome to make a standalone post if you’d prefer)

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Feel free to tell us about your current WIPs, about the clever way you made your knooks, or about all the fun techniques you‘re dying to try!