Knit vs. Crochet, the world cup final

[firecat]

Last night, my sweetie kyubi and I were discussing making fabric using yarn and sticks, including the fact that a lot of people either knit or crochet but don't do both.

Therefore, I want to ask a bunch of questions. Answer as many or as few as you like, or whatever else you feel like talking about.

Do you knit and/or crochet?

If you do both, do you prefer one or the other?
Why?

Is one harder than the other for you?

What was it like learning knitting and/or crochet?

If you do one but not the other, have you tried to learn the other?
Why or why not?

Do you feel like one or the other (or the products thereof) is "cooler"/more hip/more fashionable? Why or why not? (This isn't about what you think rationally but what you feel.)

Have you encountered people who do one looking down on people who do the other? What's that about?

I'll give my answers in a separate post.

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Re: Knit vs. Crochet, the world cup final

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

Do you knit and/or crochet? yes, both.

If you do both, do you prefer one or the other? Why? overall i probably prefer knitting, slightly -- it's more versatile, and allows for a wider range of soft, flowing fabrics. for certain things i prefer crochet -- when playing around freeform, it's much easier for me to experiment; frogging back something that didn't work in crochet is much easier.

Is one harder than the other for you? knitting is slightly more of a bother for me; i am faster crocheting, and doing so without actually looking at the fabric much. but neither feel "hard", both are in my personal "easy" category when it comes to crafts.

What was it like learning knitting and/or crochet? i don't remember much, since i learned most as a young child. i do remember fighting with 5 needles when learning to kit norwegian patterns for mittens.

Do you feel like one or the other (or the products thereof) is "cooler"/more hip/more fashionable? Why or why not? (This isn't about what you think rationally but what you feel.) i personally don't feel either is cooler, but knitting is still considerably more fashionable out there in the real world, though crochet is now making something of a come-back, and there are finally books out on "hip" crochet.

Have you encountered people who do one looking down on people who do the other? What's that about? oh yeah. some knitters looks down on crocheters. that's in part about the horrid crap that's been produced in the crochet world -- too damn much kitsch, and some truly ugly things, in horrible colour combinations, from cheap, scratchy acrylics.