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

[Ta-An]

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

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

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

[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.
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.

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

[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......

[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.