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  1. #1
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    Nov 2007
    Off with the fairies.
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    Thanks for replying.

    I'm into crocheting. I'm currently in the middle of a couple of projects and have finished a few. I'm only a newbie to crochet though but I'm lovin' it. I'm so proud of what I've made. Hehe. I haven't really gotten into any patterns or anything so I just make it up as I go. It seems to be working out okay that way so far with the things I've made for DS2.

    I tried to learn knitting the other week too but I just felt it was too slow for me or something. So now knitting is on the back burner until I get over my crocheting craze.

  2. #2
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    Sep 2008
    South West Sydney, NSW
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    I prefer crocheting... knitting just does my head in because my tension is too tight even when I try to knit loosely. My crochet tension is pretty spot on so I prefer that - purely because patterns turn out how they should lol.

  3. #3
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    Nov 2007
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    I also found my tension was super tight when I knitted too, Tk1999.
    It's like I had to fight to get the needle in each and every time. So annoying. I couldn't help but do it tight either, so I don't know.

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    Sep 2008
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    Tennykins, yep I really struggled to get the needle into the stich - I started with plastic needles because I didn't like that the metal needles went cold but after breaking quite a few plastic ones I went to the metal and then got frustrated at the scrapping noise it would make as I struggled to knit because it was so tight... glad to know I am not the only one out there that struggles with their knitting tension

    Crocheting for me is much better!

  5. #5
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    Dec 2007
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    Either! Yeah I'm a tight knitter too. I recently knit a patchwork rug but will never knit anything again without a pattern - like I'm not THAT good LOL

    But previous to that I enjoyed crocheting some doilies.

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    Mar 2008
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    I'm a crochet girl. I sort of know how to knit (my grandma and aunts did teach me once as a child). But I find that crocheting is easier for me; it grows quicker (the stitches are taller), and I can stop in the middle of the row if I need to (and it's actually easier to stop there than at the end of the row in some patterns for me).

    I have far too many patterns , darn internet. I used to surf just for patterns that looked good and that I *might* make one day. And I had subscribed to a crochet list so I was constantly hearing about all these cool patterns. I currently have 6 lever arch folders full of patterns that I've downloaded and 1 lever arch of mags that I have bought over the years. I have made maybe up to 20 of them at most. I have had to make myself stop looking unless I have a specific item in mind to make.