I used to be one. :& . All I knew of crocheting was what my mother did with christmas tree ornaments, and MIL who does doilies. Both of them would say "All I can do is crochet" when they saw me knitting. What they did was much more complex than anything I've done with yarn. Little did I know that you can crochet scarves, hats, shawls, socks, whatever! I like crocheting more, though I might pick up knitting again at some point. I bought some yarn at one of those now-popular knitting shops a while back and was looking for instructions for crochet mittens. The ignorant woman told me that she didn't know that you could crochet them. She tried to get me to come learn to knit socks. She sort of had that attitude I used to have. Do you ever get the impression that people think knitters are more skilled than crocheters?
i think the skilled people are the ones that can create beautiful and unique items out of yarn, no matter the method!
I don't so much notice snobism between knitters and crocheters, but rather people in either group whom are particular about what sort of yarn you use. There has been the odd occasion where I jumped into a knitting-themed chat room for help on a project, and was criticized for knitting with acrylic yarn, or not knitting with animal fibers, or (once upon a time) not being able to knit socks. People tended to be very snobby that way... it was more of a fiber-snob issue rather than a knit-or-crochet issue in my experience.
I know what you mean cerridwen. I have run into similar situations in a few places as well. Not everyone wants to knit with animal fibers all the time or can afford the designer yarns touted in some of the patterns. I love acrylic yarn (especially when making items for myself) because it's machine washable, readily available, and perfect for my budget.
I used to only crochet. Not out of crochet snobism, just because I didn't know how to knit. And I got the "Oh. Crochet. Pshaw. " from knitters a lot, actually. But obviously not everyone is like that...
I don't really run into much snobbery, unless the person I am taking to is 85. It drives me crazy that just because I am of a different generation these old bats think that I must be a total idoit when it comes to knitting/crochetting/tieing my shoes. Many times I will see some older ladies knitting at the park, at the senior center (where I take my son to visit some other "grandma"s of mine), or at the mall... and I will get all excited and run over for some quality "yarn talk" only to be greeted with a sneer. Drives me crazy! I just want to be friends!!
You have no idea what I suffered through in my own personal Knitting Lessons With Grandma. I switched to my aunt, after that. :H
yeah, yarn snobs, I guess I sorta see that on etsy with the hand dyed and handspun items pricing so much higher, but that is reasonable since there is more cost involved. My eye is just drawn to the knobby earthy look of handspun. I just started spinning and it's so addicting!
Honestly, I always thought crocheting was harder! Maybe because I could never figure it out. My mom knew how to knit so she taught me, and I taught myself to purl and that sort of thing. Crocheting is totally elusive to me.
Yes! There's this yarn store I go into bi-weekly (I am making a cal-king sized random stripped blanket and choose colors on my mood-none of them match) and the woman who owns the shop is constantly trying to get me to take a knitting class. When I wanted to sign up for the advanced crocheting class she tried to talk me into taking beginers knitting instead. I would love to learn how to knit someday, but I am not up for a new challenge anytime soon. I have to admit I am a fiber snob. I love merino wool, silk and cashmere yarn.
I learned crochet first and I was so surprised when knitting became popular at the attitudes people gave me. I had already been crocheting since before they were even interested, so like, whatever!:ack: Then I learned to knit. The only time that I think knitting is better is for ribbing. I recently learned to crochet socks, though, and even the ribbing on the cuffs is crocheted. So maybe I'll never knit again. One thing that just is better about crochet, it's just a fact, is that if your hook falls out, it's not a crisis. If your knitting needles fall out, grrrrrrrr. People are fiber snobs. The thing is, I am addicted to several crafts, and I can't splurge on all of them. Plus, if I'm doing a pattern for the first time, I'm not paying $40 a skein for wool from sheep that eat more organic food than I can afford. Duh. If I get super frustrated with the pattern, those socks may never see the light of day. Do you know how many beadds I could have bought with that $?
Hello! I have seen both. Mostly the yarn snobs though. It is funny you get the "oh you want 'dime store' yarn if you want to pay less than $4 a skein. And they say it like it is something nasty. I usually use yarn that was on sale or rescued from a thrift shop. One question I don't understand is the yarn snobs for the enviroment. I mean if I can't use acrylic 'cause it is a petroleum product and wool comes from some poor tortured sheep and I have trouble affording the hemp and soy yarn what do I knit/crochet with? I can both knit and crochet but I am a better crochetter than knitter. In some yarn craft books there are snotty comments about crochetters, which I totally don't get. I mean they are both yarn crafts! Agreed on the disaster of when the knitting jumps the needle. Oh, that is horrible. So I use bamboo needles. They are less slickery. bb Delfynasa
