Knitzengiggles

Knitting vs. Crochet- it’s on like Donkey Kong!

15 Aug 2009 6 Comments

by knitzengiggles in Uncategorized Tags: amigurumi, crochet, knitting, needles, technique

It seems like it is time for Purl Girl to lay down a rebuttal!

1 and 2) It’s much more portable!  …  No worries about getting to your destination to find 28 stitchess have fallen off the needles…  And need I mention jabbing yourself, your seat mate or small animals with those luscious Addi Turbo lace lancets-er needles?…You can stop and start much easier with crochet!  Doorbell?  Telephone?  No problem – just yank up a good sized loop, drop the whole thing and go do…whatevah!  When you come back, barring interference from catnip crazed felines, (do not ask me how I know this) your project is good to go!

Two words.  Point protectors.  I took my knitting on a cross-continent plane flight with a layover and had no troubles- when I needed to stop, I yanked the knitting down to the cable on my circulars, popped on the point protectors, and was good to go.  I also think that crochet’s more likely to unravel- I’ve seen no hook protectors and even big loops magically unravel themselves, cats or no.

3) Thread! Yes, you *can* knit with thread but oh, the psychosis inducing fun of getting it started and then keeping the stitches on the fecking needles…  Bedspreads, tablecloths, even bridal gowns are possible in thread crochet.  Heirloom lace with a minimum of fuss!

This is true.  you win this one, crochet!

4) Amigurumi!  Again – you *can* knit tiny little critters, BUT it requires you  to “pet the procupine”, i.e. wrangle 4 or 5 double pointed needles with sometimes as few as 1 or 2 stitches on each one.  Not MY idea of fun – give me a crochet hook and some yarn and I’m off to octopus land or even, dare I mention,Cthulhu! Besides, I think amigurumi just plain old *looks* better in crochet [bold added for emphasis]

I disagree here.  As for the porcupine petting, that may be necessary for very tiny critters, but 12″ Addi Turbos are very useful for small-circumference knitting.  As for aesthetics, let’s compare octopi.

To be fair, I picked the worst example of a crocheted octopus to make my argument look better.  Here’s a decent crocheted octopus:

Decent Crochet Octopus

There are also beautiful things you can do with knitting, such as cables, fair isle, etc.  There is also the stockinette stitch, a beautiful canvas that can not be attained with crochet.  I’d like to see someone crochet this!

Minimissimi Coat- Click to purchase pattern

Knitting FTW!!

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