[Kaderin Triste]

I mean...when I make stuff up, I usually make note of stitches and row counts still so that I can replicate it again later or so if I'm making a pair, they're even.

[Potironette]

Ohhh. I don't take notes because of how uneven my crocheting is right now...even if I did take how many stitches I had, they'd look different because of my amateur tension control ^^;;

[Kaderin Triste]

That makes sense.

[Lee]

Using Tunisian style crocheting several rows at a time will help with your tension issues. Instead of going horizontally, I go vertically.

[Kaderin Triste]

Huh. That's interesting. If I ever seriously decide to learn crochet, I'll have to test that out...

[Potironette]

Tunisian.. -googles-

That's a bit like knitting :o

[Kaderin Triste]

Yeah. Tunisian crochet is almost a mux of knitting and crochet.

[Lee]

It is very much like knitting. I also know how to cable stitch with crochet, if anyone's interested.

[Kaderin Triste]

Really? I wasn't sure that cables were possible with crochet. But then, I don't really crochet.

[Potironette]

That's interesting :o. I know no stitches so I'm not sure what that means, but I'm guessing that cable stitch is a normally knitting thing?

I like crocheting for its intuitiveness and the fact I can use one hook. Knitting I don't "get" as much, and I don't understand how people do circles with three(?) needles.

[Lee]

Well as for the circle thing, the idea is that you transfer your stitches from one hook to the other back and forth and make rows. By introducing a third hook, it makes it one continuous row, ie, a spiral, that build up into a tube. Of course, most things you can just make one long rectangle and stitch the two long sides together, but you can do that with crochet, too.

With crochet cables, it's ridiculously simple. Once you have your desired row length (multiples of six), chain two (counts as your first double crochet) and double crochet into your next stitch (these will be your 'spacer' posts). Skip the next two stitches, then double crochet into the next two. Now here's where the magic happens: you go back to the second stitch you skipped, double crochet, then to the first stitch you skipped, and double crochet. Repeat this process all across your row. You should have a series of little 'x's. Now you turn your work, chain twice (first double crochet) and front post double crochet the next stitch, back post double crochet the next four (it can be a little bit tricky, these four make up your little 'x's, but you'll get the hang of it), and so on until the end of the row. Rinse and repeat, and you're cabling!

[Potironette]

Ohh, that makes sense. I can sort of envision it now. Granted, I probably won't try it for fear of all the stitches falling off.

..I need to try those instructions to understand then -goes to find hook-

[Kaderin Triste]

I will stick with my looms as they come in circle varieties for easy circular project making...
Those cable instructions sound ridiculously complex to me, but again, probably because O don't crochet.

[Potironette]

-makes loops with fingers because I can't hook them properly-

I want to try looming sometime! It sounds fast somehow.

[Kaderin Triste]

To an extent it can be fast. But from the sound of it, not actually much quicker than other crafts depending on skill.

[Lee]

Macrame is pretty fast. You make a hideously long row, then sew them together at whatever lengths you want.

I can make pictures if it would be easier to follow. I've been doing this since I was seven.