So recently on a Zoom call, I, a knitter, was calling crocheting impossible and painful. A crocheter happened to be on the call as well and was saying that, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get the hang of knitting.
Apparently, most of the people she knows who work with yarn can only do one or the other, and meeting someone who both knits and crochets is like meeting an ambidextrous person
So knitters and crocheters, reblog/reply to this with which one you are, if you can do both or not, and/or your thoughts on this “can only do one” phenomenon
I actually do both!
I do both! BUT! I learned crochet first and am much better at crochet, so I can see only being able to do one.
Both, tho more crochet tha knitting.
Both! Learned crochet first though, and picked up knitting years later
I also feel like how you try to learn matters. I could not learn to knit on straights for ANYTHING but circs were perfect.
I can do both and am self taught in both as well. I think my knitting skills are a touch better than crochet, but not by much. I do prefer knitting, but that comes solely from an aesthetics point.
I CAN do both but I prefer knitting. Crochet is too freeform for me; too hard to visualize, probably because I don't spend enough time practicing it. Knitting is more structured because it's basically a giant grid that gets bigger or smaller when you increase or decrease. Also, while crochet typically works up faster, I have to concentrate on it/look at it more, whereas I can knit while watching TV. I also generally like the quality - look and feel - of knitted fabric better than crochet fabric.
I can do both, and they’re about equally easy in different ways, by which I mean I can do simple stuff in both of them without looking.