knit or crochet?

[militarywife]

Does anyone knit or crochet for sale?
Im looking into afghans for Christmas gifts.

[lendtay]

I recently learned how to knit, but am not good enough yet to sell my work.

You might try ebay to find some hand-knitted or hand-crocheted items.

[flybaby]

I learned how to crochet last week and am making my first blanket, but like lindtay, my work is also not good enough to sell.

[militarywife]

LOL. Thanks ladies. I want to learn also. I was able to find a woman to help me out.
:)

[Oregongrown]

I learned how to crochet last week and am making my first blanket, but like lindtay, my work is also not good enough to sell.

I just learned too!! I made a pillow cover. I don't see as well as I used to so I realized crocheting with light colors works best for me:) It sure is fun but very time consuming. Worth it though. As far as finding things to purchase, I second that motion to try ebay. Lots of handmade items there:)

God bless, denise:)

[Elouise]

I do both I tend to knit and use crochet to make lace and trimmings that would not be possible with knitting. Irish crochet is hard work as I now struggle to see the fine thread and hooks.
Crochet can be quicker than knitting as knitting takes greater skill.

Ravellery is a good knitting social network and it links into charities needing knitted/crochet items too.

[SethElijah]

I learned to knit about 4 years ago and I taught myself to crochet 3 years ago. I have sold a few baby afghans, I am working on two right now for a woman I met in the ER the other night. I love to crochet, it is very relaxing. I am also working on a filet crochet of a portrait of Jesus for my sister. They have tutorials online, that is how I learned. Of course, for every finished project I have there is a half finished or set aside project:blush:

[Ta-An]

I also do both, learned as a young girls by my grand mother how to do these things :D

I prefer to crochet, but the last couple of gifts I made was knitting..... scarves that is.... I crochet myself one for winter .... different textiles and colours :idea:

I am busy with a blanket, but I don't know when I'll ever finish it, it takes a whole hour for one row :rolleyes:

[Elouise]

I am currently working on.

2-ply [I think its known as finger weight in USA] baby gowns and i/v clothes for the regional NNICU.
Some more wool jumpers made with fair trade wool.I choose to knit in aran patterns for warmth. I save the lace for the summer.
Pair of fine silk gloves for hubby.
Tiny cotton crochet flowers and lace to dress the christening bonnets for hospital use by a hospital chaplain I know well.

And thanks to the summer sales I have a huge stash.:crazy:
That should keep even me busy over the winter as I tend to knit whilst I pray otherwise I find it hard to sit down and focus.

[Ta-An]

... I tend to knit whilst I pray otherwise I find it hard to sit down and focus. My mom used to say she knits a prayer for the person whom was to wear the jersey :).... every stitch a prayer

[Elouise]

Yep.

I use prayer beads and knots as a memory aid, but when I knit I can not only spend time with God I can also end up with something beautiful that will help someone else in need.



I also find knitting useful when I am thinking on deeper theological concepts. It can produce some strange patterns as I use free form knitting for that. Last year I did not stop to think and doodled concepts all over the college walls, other students work and began folding paper to represent concepts and ended up being sent to see the Ed Pysch's after the theo lecturer prised his white-markers from my fingers.:rofl:

It can be even worse if I try to do housework or even at church whilst working on an idea. My poor husband does not dare move anything that might have been used to physically construct a spatial concept.

Knitting does not cause quit the same havoc.

[Ta-An]

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I also find knitting useful when I am thinking on deeper theological concepts. It can produce some strange patterns as I use free form knitting for that. . free form knitting...... sounds like a holy pattern :saint:

[Elouise]

More like human chaos out of which something of beauty can be bought.

This is not my web page; this is the work fo Myra
http://www.myrawood.com/pages/fibers.html

It is a good way to utilise all those little test pieces and scraps that would otherwise be thrown away and create something wonderous. I have not tried using this to form church banners yet [I have only used freeform embroidery because I will happily paint with threads just as much as I do watercolours] but somehow her crochet scumbles make me want to use the scraps I have to work on the theme of God the creator.

They can be made from the simplist oif stitiches and use scumbles made by members of a family or church in a shared project and incorperate the work of beginner with those who are skilled. I think I just had an idea for church worship......:idea:

[SethElijah]

Those are gorgeous!!! I have not ventured into free form knit or crochet yet, I still go by pattern only or make granny squares and connect them.

[militarywife]

My mom used to say she knits a prayer for the person whom was to wear the jersey :).... every stitch a prayer
That just totally blessed my heart. Wow, in a way that some will never understand.
WHAT A GIFT.:hug:

[paidforinfull]

Hi - I crochet, but as it has taken me almost a year and a half to complete a 1/4 of the afghan I'm busy with now, I think I should pass on trying to crochet things to sell (I'l staaaaarve :eek:). God bless you all.

[Ta-An]

:hmm:
What is a knitted/crochet afghan :hmm:

[paidforinfull]

:hmm:
What is a knitted/crochet afghan :hmm:
It's a bedspread/blanket - usually made from crochet squares sewn together (gehekelde lappies-kombers). God bless.

[threestones28]

I would rather not knit to much to poke myself with.:D

[lendtay]

Does anyone knit or crochet for sale?
Im looking into afghans for Christmas gifts.

If there is a Joann's Fabric store in your area, some of them offer classes in knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc. They usually cost around $20 to $30 per class. That's where I learned to knit.

[Elouise]

Having found all the oddments of wool and having woken to a colder dark morning here I think I will use some of the baby soft acrylic for the regional NNICU and the wool mixes to make hats for the asylum seekers my church works with who will find this weather very cold.

Those of you who like knitting practice squares for new yarns or to test pattern tensions could donate them to charities who can use them.

[Ta-An]

It's a bedspread/blanket - usually made from crochet squares sewn together (gehekelde lappies-kombers). God bless.Baie Dankie ..... .

[nebula_omega]

I would rather not knit to much to poke myself with.:D

Aren't knitting needles really dull? Speaking as a fellow klutz cause I was thinking about learning how to knit, but not if it gives me more potential weapons!

I learned how to crochet at my local arts store, but I don't do it. Takes too long to make things. I prefer cross-stitch.

[Elouise]

Knitting needles dull?

If your concerned about turning yourself into a human kebab you could try circular needles instead of straight.

Have you seen or tried, bamboo, rosewood, surina, brittany birch, or even DPN * they all make crochet hooks too.

Yes I am a knitting geek.:D

[lilybetweenthorns]

I do both! I learned as a young girl, made my first blanket when I was 7. I much prefer to crochet though

[lendtay]

By the way, I have a knitting question if anyone on this thread knows the answer.

If the yarn says to use a certain size needle, can you go up a size on the needle, or do you have to use the exact size that it specifies.

[SethElijah]

Depending on the project I will go up or down a size on the needle or hook. My sister always uses a size smaller needle when she is knitting afghans so the knit will be tighter.

[Elouise]

The needle guage recommended for a particular yarn gives the correct tension for the avaerge knitter.
This matters when your trying to calculate how much yarn you need for a project or if you are knitting a fitted garment.


Some people knit to a looser tension, if they drop down a size in needle this should correct the tension, if they knit to a tight tension if they go up a size this normally solves the problem for 4ply and DK.
1ply, 2 ply and 3 ply [fingering weight] yarmns may need a couple of size corrections to get the desired tension.

[Saved7]

Does anyone knit or crochet for sale?
Im looking into afghans for Christmas gifts.


I'm knitting again, but I still have yet to finish my first blanket that I started several years ago.:lol:
If I can actually keep it up I might even be able to start selling this stuff, at least that's my intention...sorry that I can't be of help to you at this point in time.:(