It’s Okay. My Best Friend Crochets. No Really!
on December 20, 2011 at 4:43 pmJust so everyone knows, I do not share Camden’s malice towards crocheting. She doesn’t like doing it, so she think’s everyone else should to. Right now, Camden is a little defensive about her craft and maaaybe just a tad self-centered. 
I, on the other hand, am very very jealous of crocheters sometimes, but I love people who can crochet all the more for it. It’s so much easier to crochet a toy than it is to knit one. Google the word amigurumi and a million or so adorable dolls and stuffed animals will pop up. I’ve seen so many gorgeous crocheted toys, nerd-centric hats and scarves, and so many beautiful color-work patterns that make me want to take up crocheting right this instant.
The thing is, I get all excited about trying to crochet, pull out on of the hooks that I usually use for beading or picking up dropped knit stitches, and then….realize why I’m not good at crocheting. With knitting, I can place as many stitch markers as I need to remember a pattern repeat or a increase/decrease spot. It seems a little trickier with crocheting and it seems like you have to be really good at keeping count of how many stitches you have worked in a row and, well….I’m a little too ditsy for that. I tend to end up with something lop-sided or with a gigantic hole in it. Am I’m sure that I’m just not going about it the right way. I know many crocheters who will say the exact same thing about knitting. Who tell me they never quite understood how to knit, but crocheting was just a LOT easier for them to pick up.
So what do you guys prefer to do? Do you knit, crochet, emboider, weave, or spin? What is it that you love about that craft? What has always put you off about trying something else or what patterns have you seen that really inspired you to learn something new?
Leave a comment, let me know what you think, and I’ll see you guys on Wednesday with a new strip!
Rachael
Hey there Rachael! – I am an avid crocheter. I began with knitting and enjoyed it but once I picked up a crochet hook and made a hat within a day of learning how to crochet, I was in love. I’m part of a Knitting/Crocheting group where I live and it’s really great to see the many awesome designs that the knitters make! I’m so glad I found this website!! I can’t wait for the next strip! Thanks!
Thank you so much, Bevin! I’m glad to hear you like the comic and I hope you stick around. Next week I’m actually introducing another crocheting character into the mix.
I saw a link to this comic via Facebook and thought it was amusing. And then, I checked the alt-text and behold! I discovered your character shares the same name as myself! Only I am a man, but nevertheless you have wonderful taste in names.
Aww thank you! lol. I actually thought a long time about the name for the main character before I came up with “Camden”, so that’s great to hear!
Saw this on the Rav in the Harry Potter Knit Crochet House Cup (among the Ravenclaw) and had to come by and say, “WELL DONE!”
Also, I’m poly-craftamous. I love knit, crochet, spin weave, etc. Hope you can explore it all with humour.
That is awesome! I was actually in the HPKCHC last term as a Slytherin 1st year. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I will do my best to do justice to as many fiber-craft topics as I can as this strip goes along. There are several interesting stories in the works, so stay-tuned!
Also, my husband and I both love the word “poly-craftamous”.
Found your comic when my husband forwarded me a tweet from Gail Simone – he knows me very well.
I crochet. I have tried once to learn to knit and I couldn’t keep the stitches even and had trouble manipulating the needles. Crochet is just so simple to me – pulling loops through other loops – and yet so versatile. I’m particularly fond of lacework.
Good luck on the comic!
I’ve used clip on stitch markers before to help keep count.
I do suck at keeping count.
I knit, spin, needle felt. I think the only thing that stops me from trying new stuff is money and room.
Hey Rach… I gotta tell ya, these fingerless wonders are coming in handy! They go under the jacket, and if need be, under the gloves on those blustery days! And, I’ve (accidentally) found a new use for them! They feel wonderful as palm pads for extensive typing! Working on a blog entry whilst chatting with a friend… 3 hrs & ticking, and my hands aren’t near as tired! You may be on to something new here!
Anyway, thank you dear girl, these are truly wonderful… you did an excellent job~ the quality is amazing! (May I put in my order for next Christmas?! A black scarf for under my black jacket!) You need to get your store up and running! Quality workmanship within the USofA isn’t all that common!
Love ya!…
bobby