Knit 1, Purl 2 in Crochet

by Bendy Carter (Designer)

Explaining an innovative, new crochet technique from designer Bendy Carter, this manual shows how to use crochet materials to achieve knitted results. By combining knit and purl stitches in crochet, crafters can create wonderful, knit-like fabrics with textural patterns, ribbing, and cables. With full-color photographs for 12 unique projects, from crocheting a cabled sweater and a herringbone pillow to a basketweave bag and a two-tone scarf, crafters will be inspired to crochet in a whole new way. 

Genres: Crochet

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Peggy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this book I don't know when, but so long ago I forgot I had it! There are patterns in this book I would love to make and I know how to knit and crochet, so I thought it should be pretty easy to figure out. Not so much! Stitch instructions are written out and the only pictures of how to do anything are several for casting on and a few for making a chain stitch. After that is is only written instructions. I must be a visual learner because I tried a few rows and it looked nothing like the sample stitch photos! I felt like I was doing it wrong but I didn't know what I was doing wrong! I did a quick search online hoping for videos or more photos on a blog somewhere but no such luck.

So if you are the type of person who needs videos or photos to help you learn to do something new, this book is not for you!

[Magen - Inquiring Professional Dog Trainer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only skimmed this, reading through the techniques and skimming through some of the patterns. I did not specifically try the basic techniques, though I understood them well enough, I felt I could do them. I agree with other reviewers that this book does not provide enough guidance on HOW to do each technique. It is particularly deficient on how to cast on. The explanations of how to knit and purl with a crochet hook seem to require basic knowledge of how to knit and I wouldn't expect that anyone who could knit would use this book. There is no explanation for why one has to switch between knit in the back loop and front loop to get the basic garter stitch when that isn't necessary in knitting. It is obvious from the swatches that there is a difference between only crochet knitting in the back loops and alternating between the front and back loops. This failure to clarify means that it would be incredibly challenging to use this method to crochet knit a pattern not in this book. I also take issue with this book using the word loop as it means something different in crochet and would confuse many crocheters. This is where my basic understanding of knitting really helped.

Overall, the examples of crochet knitting produce something that looks like knitting, but is somehow a tad off. The stitches seem to lose some of their distinction. I suspect this is because each stitch is bound off in crochet knitting and is not in knitting. This is also probably why one can't crochet knit into the back loops only and get a true garter stitch. While I think this technique has some potential uses for people who know how to crochet and don't want to learn how to knit, I've personally found more success with beautiful looking crocheted knit crocheting into the backmost bar, either in the front or the back. I recommend this technique (backmost bars) of the technique described in the book because this book does not provide enough information to use these techniques on a standard knitting pattern. There are patterns out there for crocheting into the backmost bar and I find that method easier than what is described here. There simply are too many changes with each row to find this a relaxing and enjoyable way to crochet, especially since it's really very different from crochet.

Skimmed on 1/18/2019. This book was not added to my 2019 book total count.

[Yvonne Suessmuth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the concept of this way of crocheting. Have to try more of it. It is certainly a different way of crocheting unlike other books that only use normal crochet stitches to imitate the knit look