3KCBWDAY7 29th May Crafting Balance
Few nearly there and I will have written a post everyday for a week!
Now for the final day we have to write about how we balance knitting and crochet. The short answer is I don’t! I do whatever the whim takes me and what pattern I fancy doing next. At the moment that tends to be crochet as it lends itself more to the wire jewellery that I am currently doing. However, to be fair I did a comparison table:
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| I can knit without looking at what I am doing. | I usually have to look where I put the hook. |
| You have to cast off. | You just finish the last stitch. |
| You have (or should) finish the row before you stop. | You can put it down whenever you need to.It takes more wool. |
| Needles are quite long and could be used as weapons by children. | It is more portable (hooks are smaller than needles) |
| Needles not allowed on aeroplanes. | Hooks are not as dangerous and so can get past security. |
As you can see the weight seems to be very much in favour of crochet. Having smallish children adds quite a lot to this result as I need to be able to put work down immediately and stash it away from hands!
As I said earlier, there is no even balance between knitting and crocheting in my life – I am just really happy that I can do both. As long I continue to enjoy doing them the, and am able, then I cannot see it changing .
Did I miss anything out from the table? Do let me know if I did – I may well be looking through blinkered eyes!
There, finished. I have blogged everyday for seven days. I have really enjoyed it and would like to thank Eskimimi from Eskimimi makes for organising it all. It has been an excellent experience. I am now going to go and catch up with all the things I neglected. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
knitnrun4sanity 
Its easier to frog crochet 🙂
You forgot that in crochet, it doesn’t end with just the last stitch. There’s weaving of ends and whatnot.
I personally take more after crochet too.
Yes of course! Thanks.
Frog crochet? Doesn’t just end with the last stitch? Now I know why crochet and I didn’t do well together. Although I know crochet is (like knitting has) gained popularity again, so perhaps I need to re-think learning it. Hope you have a good week.
I must try to learn to crochet. Again. I was getting there slowly but surely, and then got distracted by, um, knitting. I need to find a good beginners project challenging enough to keep me interested, but simple enough so I don’t throw it out of the window.
notsogranny has some ideas on her blog 🙂
I have always wanted to learn to knit… It is something I plan on doing fairly soon!
It just adds something different. They are not the same!
Yeah I know, I am hoping to learn from my step mom. It may be a while before I a can get time to even try to learn. *crosses fingers*
So much to do and so little time!