knitting and crocheting

I’ve crocheted some dollies in the past, I didn’t like it particularly (I crocheted mostly with very fine thread/yarn). Recently I’ve ordered a Holz & Stein crochet hook (I like very much their knitting needles and expected they make the same difference to crochet hook). I’m disappointed. There is no difference from the cheap metal crochet hook. Maybe I should just conclude that I don’t like crocheting.

However I very much like the drape and texture of single crocheted fabric, it holds structure without feeling stiff. It would make beautiful body of a coat.  It would be a torture for me to make such a big piece. I didn’t even finish a piece of swatch (I got bored after finishing about 3cmx8cm…). Instead I like very much making stockinette stitch with knitting, it’s just pleasurable. With knitting I don’t see to watch often what I’m doing. I can feel it. With crochet I’ll need to cross my eyes, especially that I like mostly black yarn for clothes.

knitting blog

It’s really difficult for me to find an interesting knitting blog. There are literally thousands and thousands of them, but till to now I’ve actually only found one that is interesting (but I found it by pure chance). By interesting I do not mean that it should contain plenty of useful information (which can be found easily in books or by google). The writer of the blog should have some kind of appeal to me (not necessarily a kind of admiration), get me interested in what she’s doing.

My first moebius scarf

Today I started a new project after reading about the moebius ring. The only yarns that can be used in my stash is a red cotton yarns that I’ve bought years ago when I rediscovered crochet. My stash is a really small collection as I’ve just started knitting from about 2 weeks ago. Yet I’ve already created a UFO (a halfy finished crochet camisole that is completely out of gauge and in an unflattering color combinations). I’ll post some pictures when I finish it.