Monday, January 14, 2008

Odd question

Just a odd question out of the blue...

When you find a pattern you like but turn out to be crochet and you don't crochet at all, it is "portable" to a knitting one easily? Is it even feasible? Or do I have to learn to crochet?

4 comments:

Eunice said...

it depends on the pattern -- shape/texture matters.

i find crochet not that hard in principle. in reality, a bit of a pain (esp. in figuring out tension -- very different from knitting!).

melanie girouard said...

I think that it'll be quite complex...

FIrst, the pattern is in Japanese. Second, I have never crochetted. If I can stick with knitting, I prefer. :)

I am talking about this pattern: http://mycrochetstuff.googlepages.com/crochetbags,hats,andotheraccessories-aja

and it looks like this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/434951797_880d2dd36b_m.jpg

Eunice said...

maybe you can do something similar with a knitted version...found a few using 'knitting pattern newboy cap" in google search:
http://www.pieknits.com/blog/2005/06/snbn_newsboy_cap.html
http://magknits.com/Dec07/patterns/reasonablyhip.htm
http://www.berroco.com/238/238_cap_norah_pv.html
http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/kap/kap.html

i haven't looked in ravelry but maybe you can find a couple there as well. :)

Unknown said...

Crochet is not very hard. I could certainly teach you the basics. But I'm not so sure about following a Japanese crochet pattern. I suspect you could find a newsboy cap pattern in knitting or at least in English. :)