Dear readers, I need your experiences once again.
I have some designs I'd like to work on, but I'm a crocheter and I don't believe many of the stitches I know will be adequate for the job. I'm curious about crochenit and wonder if any of you have tried it. Is the resulting fabric "lumpy" like crochet, or smooth like knit? How dense is it usually, and can you conceivably loosen the material up by changing needle size?
Also, I'm curious about the "crochet on a roll" technique. I can easily see doing this as a way to add embellishments to pieces I crochet and to pieces my mother knits. I can't find too much online about this technique and before I dump money into a book I'd like to know if there is a real difference between this and, say, tatting or regular crochet. I'm not going ot spend money getting set up only to discover that I'm making a glorified in-the-round potholder or something. :)
Advise me! I know I'm hopeless. I count on you to set me straight.
--Threnody