I know it's a learning curve, but learning to crochet after being pretty good at knitting is frustrating because my brain is going "It's wool, you're meant to be good at this!". I am producing some hat. A little at a time.
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(I'm not good at guesstimating yarn with knitting, crochet is a whole new ballgame.)
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
I’m so much worse at crochet that knitting. I learned it after knitting so I guess that’s why. To me it never looks neat and the guides online are way more opaque than with knitting imo.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
The problem I have with crochet as opposed to knitting is that in knitting, I know where the stitches are. Occasionally you'll get a "Make 1" that requires you to pick up the bar but mostly, the stitches live on your needles. Crochet? They could be anywhere!
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Replying to @OiShinyThings @AdmiralHip
So I'm learning slowly, doing a lot of squinting at Youtube (and trying to find captioned videos), and I'll get there in the end. Right now I'm doing simple beanie hats. I have a dozen washcloths from practicing flat.
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
Yeah that’s one of my issues. Also, where the last stitch goes on a row, and turning the work: there seems to be NO RULES. It’s different in every pattern it feels like (unless one is working in the round).
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Yes! Every time I think I've got my head around that, I watch another video and it's a different way. And I don't yet have the knowledge/experience to tell what's different-wrong, vs different-personal taste vs different-situational.
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Same here. Also, very different terminology between the UK/Ireland and North America, to the point of serious confusion (double crochet can be two different things).
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