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Pad Patter 12/23 - Knit/Crochet?

I've always wanted to learn to knit (or crochet), so I've set a goal to learn how in 2014. :)
 
Peppermint said:
I think Continental style is more like crochet, which I learned how to do first. So trying to knit the other way, the "normal" English way, handling the yarn in my right hand? Totally awkward. I just gave up.

So I wonder of it's easier for people who learn to crochet first to knit continental style? It just made immediate sense to me after watching a few minutes of a video. I think I could have eventually figured out the other way... but persevering through frustration is not one of my stronger skills.
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OMG. I am so researching this, because NOW I want to learn how to knit, but don't tell my sister!
 
mollyc said:
i can knit....I used to be a huge knitter before having kids, but once i had my first I really didn't want sharp pointy sticks and yarn all around a baby, so I put it away. I did make a few hats here and there, but nothing compared to what I used to do; I've made several sweaters, socks. a huge felted insarsia bag...I even designed a capelet that I still get compliments on.

Now at the end of the day my brain is usually too fried and just wants to shut down. Since my DD is active in swim now, I've been trying to work on small/portable projects while she is in the water. I made one pair of fingerless gloves this fall and am working on a second set for a friend (you know who you are). Once I had my kids I found I discovered photography, and even later scrapbooking, so that is where most of my creative energy goes now.

I would love to know how to crochet but I have the hardest time counting crochet stitches. I can make any given individual stitch (while reading a crochet book, I don't have them memorized) but I just can't seem to figure out how to count them.
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The trick is to start with SOLID color (and not too light or not too dark) yarn, you can see them better that way.
 
Update: got my project out and I do english style. And I learned crochet first.
 
I can knit but it's deemed old fashioned her in the uk not a trend so I don't do it now but if love to be able to learn to crochet just so I could do gabbi a hat
 
I've known how to knit since I was a young girl. I wanted so badly to learn how to crochet a few years ago that I went for it and had the hardest time with it. Even went and took a class to get some one on one on how to do it. After MANY, MANY attempts, I finally got it. Knitting is definitely way more easier than knitting IMO! But now that I can crochet, I switched my English style knitting to Continental, which goes a lot more faster and is great if you DO Crochet.
 
Peppermint has blown my mind with there being another type of knitting. I've been trying to teach myself over the past couple of years. Need to pick it back up again. I used to know how to crochet when I was in middle school, but it kind of fell by the wayside. I just love the possibilities for projects that knitting and crocheting offers, that's why I really want to learn and get proficient. I'm going to check out the videos mentioned above. Hopefully they will provide something that sticks.
 
I used to know how to knit-ish. I made a lot of scarves in my day! LOL. Problem was, when I was in paralegal school I lived with my parents - I was in my early 30's -- and I had my mom's help. She was a complete genius when it came to knitting! She had yarn stores and taught classes when I was a kid. When we moved to California after her shop closed she still taught classes and she was always a favorite at the yarn stores she worked at. Everyone came in asking her for help and the owners wanted her to design sweaters, which she was amazing at. Her sweaters sold for quite a bit. The last knitting job she had before she passed away was actually partly to 'fix' and finish peoples' projects that they were stuck on or had messed up, or just gave up on. She also was still designing and selling her own sweaters and making samples for the store. Her needles went so fast, she didn't even have to look at them most of the time and she took her knitting everywhere. But I digress --
Anyway -- I realized when I moved out, I didn't know how to cast on or bind off. Mom had always shown me! Neither of my sisters knew how to knit at the time. One of them crochets and the other one now knits. They are both amazing at it! I stick to digi and paper crafting. For now. :D
 
No. I can't do it. I never did it, I'm totally talent-free when it comes to needle-work. Really.
 
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