Crochet Confessions

Crochet Confessions: Knitting

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I’m a crocheter through and through, but, sometimes, I pretend I can knit.

I love knit products. They make a solid, lightweight fabric that is hard to achieve in crochet.

So, once in a while, I pretend I can knit. (I did actually teach myself to knit before learning to crochet, but I can’t fix my mistakes, which is a problem.) I find beautiful yarn, I buy some shiny new needles, and I sit down to work. This time, I actually managed to knit my stitch markers into the fabric. Not cool.

I picked up a kit for a baby blanket from my local yarn shop. The pattern was a simple mitered square with just two different instructions (knit and decrease). It definitely falls in my level of knitting ability.

So, with my knitting mother sitting by my side, I cast on my stitches and started. I managed a few rows and it didn’t look all that bad. Then, a few weeks went by. I couldn’t find the pattern and it took soooo long.

So, I made the only decision I could with such beautiful yarn. I found a similar crochet pattern and started again.

A few hours of knitting vs a few hours of crochet.

The pattern is Mitered Modern Granny Square by Jeanne
Steinhilber available for free on Ravelry. It is one big mitered square.

I was worried I would not have enough yarn to complete the pattern, but I had just enough.

The pattern worked up easily and quickly. The way it’s made keeps the square very square. Using the instructions, I added a few more row at the end to make it a rectangle. Two rounds of single crochet completed the border.

I’ve never worked with 100% cotton yarn before. It is not super soft, but is supposed to soften upon washing, which I have yet to do. The weight is wonderful. The stitches are very even.

I used 8 balls of this yarn. I love it. I would totally do it again.

Below is proof that I have managed to complete a knit project once or twice in my life. I cringe to think that I gave this baby blanket away with a hole (dropped stitch) that I could not figure out how to fix. I’ve never seen it used, so I’m hoping it didn’t disintegrate.

So, what’s the moral of the story? I think for me it’s that I don’t have to be good at everything. Knitting is awesome, but I’m great at crochet. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, right?