I can knit and have done so since my teen years but I find crochet difficult. It isn't that I don't understand as I do and it is simple. The problem lies in how I have to hold my hands to crochet; it causes problems for them and did so long before I developed arthritis in my hands and wrists. I think it is keeping the fingers close together as you hold hook in one hand and work in the other. Making buttonhole edges on knitting with a crochet hook is much easier as there is a whole lot of work to hold on to.
That is the nearest I can manage to explain why this knitter doesn't crochet, too. Patricia in Wales I'm constantly astounded by the number of knitters who can't grasp crochet, and vice-versa, when to me they are nearly identical. A stick goes through a loop of string, picks up another loop of string, and pulls it through. But for whatever reason, it doesn't work that way for everyone. Chris - who has met very few fiber crafts she doesn't like, but is self taught in just about all of them. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
