Comments on: 52 Tips for a Crocheter Learning to Knit

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:24:51 +0000

I learned to knit (garter stitch) when I was in the 7th grade. In school and we all made a poodle that fit over a wine bottle. Our home room teacher, I think. Even the boys! I have tried over the years, occasionally, to knit, but crochet is my strong suit. I recently have started to try knitting again and made a scarf, hat and horrible-looking sweater. I am working on a baby blanket now that I have pretty much taught myself to follow a pattern. I bet I unraveled that thing at least 50 times and started over because of mistakes. I am very near done with it now and I STILL made some mistakes but they are not that bad and unless I was going to show it or something, I would be devastated. It still looks beautiful and I won’t hesitate to give it as a gift.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:03:00 +0000

Great advise, Thank you!! I am a crocheter that is trying to learn to knit. I wish I had read these tips before I started as I am having a hard time. I can tell you DON”T try to learn by making mittens, it was a complete fail and I almost gave up. Now I will try again this weekend with a simple cowl and watch the You Tube videos on continental knitting first of course.

Thanks again !!!!

By: Chelle

Chelle — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:56:10 +0000

I’ve been crocheting most of my life and am on my second attempt to learn to knit also. My first attempt began as I was approaching 40 and felt like I needed something new in my life. I made a couple of skinny scarves, a pair of mittens and a beanie. Then I put it down for a few years. Now that I picked it up again, I find there are a lot of great places to find help in the internet. Verypink.com is a great place for tutorials. I credit Staci with my newfound interest. I began by making lots and lots of dishcloths from her patterns. Then I moved on to a scarf and a beanie that is knit flat and then seamed up the back (from a yarn skein label). I am also making a Ten Stitch Blanket from Ravelry that is great practice. Staci has a tutorial on that as well. Just knitting ten stitches at a time in a big square spiral whatever size you want. Mine is for my king sized bed, so I will have lots of practice. I have now created my first sock EVER (Staci’s bulky sleep socks) and am almost done with the second. It is so much fun!
To tell the truth, I considered knitters to be snobs looking down on crocheters like the lady’s comment above and I was sort of snobbish for crochet over knitting because of that. Now, after discovering all the knitting podcasters that love crafting so much, they seem to be much more normal. They just want to create things like I do.
I’m so glad I took the leap and I think you will be fantastic at it!
I love your crochet patterns. I have only discovered your site in the last few weeks, but they look amazing! Welcome to the club of knitting crocheters!

By: Christie Bradley

Christie Bradley — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:42:52 +0000

These are all really good. I started crocheting at 2 or 3 and have been trying to learn to knit since I was 13. I’m now 32 and i’m still trying. For a while there I thought I’d finally got the hang of it, only to learn that I was not knitting or purling but making stitches somewhere in between that do not have names! lol So I guess the advice I would add is, make sure you have a way of telling if you’re doing it right or not! Whether it’s a youtube video (boy, I am so grateful for Youtube! Wish they’d had that all these years…sigh) or a really good book with lots of detailed pictures (make sure they haven’t been accidentally flipped! that has caused me worlds of problems), or someone who actually knows how to knit who can help, have a good reference. Without one, sometimes you can be sure you’re doing everything wrong and frog it only to find out that you had it right after all!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:56:18 +0000

In reply to Emma. Thank you! You too!