My Current Skill Levels

Crochet - Advanced (going on 16+ years) Tunisian - completely and totally clueless - never heard of it till today Knitting - beginner - just finished a self fringing shawl out of the softest stuff for my sister Now I need to make one for me. :-)

Jenn in CA - who is off to tackle her first ever pullover for her best friend - knitted of course

Tunisian is also called the afghan stitch. You use a crochet hook with a long handle. Some call it a blending of knitting and crochet. Here is a link giving more info:

Okay, I'll try.

Crochet - Intermediate-to-advanced. I learned when I was 10, and if I did more of it I'd be well past advanced. Tunisian - can do it but haven't in years. Knitting - Advanced, at the very least. Learned when I was 8, when my

3rd grade teacher decided to teach us girls to knit while the boys were out doing some woodworking thing. I love doing complicated textures, cables, lace, and other patterns. Don't like color work other than basic horizontal stripes. Intarsia and Fair Isle are out; I get tangled when using more than one color, but I'd love to make a real Fair Isle sweater if I could learn to knit continental style and carry one color on each hand.

I tend to

One of my favorite shops, The Yarn Lady in Laguna Beach, has an open-door policy when it comes to sitting and knitting. There's always someone in there willing to help with problems, and they have a nice area set up where you can just sit and knit to your heart's content, while being surrounded by all kinds of neat yarns and other goodies. I don't go there that often; it's just *too* tempting, and I end up spending more than I really should

The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

Knitter: Advanced Crochet: A little bit more than a beginner Cross stitch: Same as crochet Hooking: Intermediate I do other crafts as well, but would not be able to really rate myself at them.

Higs, Katherine

Crochet - Advanced. Self -taught 34yrs ago. Tunisian - Never tried it. Knitting - Wish I could, but not coordinated enough :) Debby (FL)

Hi Padishar! Cool thread. Here's me...

Crochet - beginner Knitting - intermediate Tunisian - I've at least heard about it but I haven't tried it.

I would love to f> I got to thinking about how am I doing at crocheting, tunisian, and

crochet-advanced -certified by Craft yarn council of America -still at it for 36 years now. Tunisian-intermediate-have made a few items Knitting- I think advanced- self tought.I can do just about any stitch/design just don't use my own skills .I read the patterns,and lessons in knitting books to do Fair Isle and cables and got it on my own. my friends say I live in a yarn storage not a house. about 40 boxes,bags of yarn, 50 some sets of knitting needles,50 ish crochet hooks,holders,over 500 craft/knitting/crochet books.bags full of bears,bunnies,and dolls waiting for clothes! Got Yarn? ohhh yeah!! Jenny :)

Padishar, good to hear from you.

I have been knitting, and weaving, and spinning etc for a long long time. However today I was pulled up short, while I was trying to sew (I have been sewing since I was a small child) with my serger. Thread magazine has this great looking scarf in their latest issue. It is done with the serger, and the use of soluble interfacing. I thought it would be a cinch to do. But was quickly shown that there was still lots to be learned....Ha, ha. so I would say that I was a beginner this afternoon. I do think that I got the drift of it now, but that was after many false starts. It is then that you rely on help from sewing buddies. Working within a group is geat, no matter if it is this group here,or our Guild or other groups Sounding boards, to test your questions on.

Els

Hello Padisher , good to see you post. I am bit cautious about grading my skills. As you know i use my knitting.crocheting, weaving, embroidering , sewing to make both craft and art items. I am alos reading a lot of background material [ history +techniques] . Sometimes i thinkm i do good work, and somebody comes and tells me i did it Wrongly .... sometimes i am not 100% satified and alomg comes somebody and floods me with compliments about my excellent work ???? I try to be good , i know a lot about my techniques and always learn more. I have crafts i don`t care much about and some i see as part of my life. I like teaching to people who want to learn and try to use my advices to go explore on their own , i lost patience for those who only want me to think for them ,,,, i enjoy all YOU RCTYesrs because i feel you all are like me laern some and explore some and share ,,,, mirjam

Checking in for this survey.

Crochet - Expert Tunisian - Intermediate Knitting - Advanced

While I still learn something new about crochet every once in a while, I've been doing it for most of my life, and everyone who sees my work tells me I'm an expert.

Tunisian, I say intermediate, since I'm not a beginner at it, but I'm unfamiliar with everything it can do.

Knitting, I'd say advanced because I can do fair isle and intarsia without problems, but I don't design as easily in knitting as I do in crochet, so think I'm far from expert at it.

Leah

Yes that is what I feel as well. It is a constand ongoing learning and sometimes relearning.

I am getting the hang of doing the serging, although it sure was a challenge.

Mirjam using the Serger with more than one thread in one looper or needles is very interesting. I am using different colours of rayon. It is also not very cheap either. Still I love the end product. Hope to show it to you all when it gets done.

Els

Hi Padishar,

I would have to say crocheting and knitting I'm advances. I loved knitting with more then one color, doing the Mary Maxim sweaters was the most fun. I have done a couple of afghans with the tunisian stitch, but haven't done it in years. I also do counted cross stitch when the mood hits which hasn't been often lately.

Oh, I didn't know you lived in my favorite city. If I get that way again, I will have to find some of those cafes and drag my SIL and niece with me.

Hugs,

Nora

Crochet: advanced to expert (but someone considers me a guru :-) Tunisian: never tried Knitting: slightly more than beginner, but I like to say that knitting doesn't like me.

There quite a lot knitting groups in cafes and shops here in Stockholm, but none for crocheting, even if my favorite shop welcomes crocheters in knitting evenings. Unfortunately crocheting is not a big thing here in Sweden, lots of prejudices against it :-(

Hugs,

Anna Maria

When I was an art student, one of my professors said that a good artist should spend 20% of their time learning new skills and making tools. This fellow was perhaps the best craftsman in the world in his media at the time. And, he still spent one day a week, not doing art, but just trying to improve his craftsmanship because he did not feel that he was as good as the best craftsmen working in the 18th century.

As a knitter, I am not real fast, but I turn out good quality compared to the modern hand knit items that I see around. I have a nice sweater, that I used as a standard of excellence for several years. However, the quality of my knitting has improved and now exceeds the quality in that sweater. So now, I think about the of the fine handknit items that I have seen in some of the older textile collections and again I am just a beginner. If I approach those levels of technical facility, then I will compare myself to some dream of perfection, and I will still be a beginner.

Art is about doing something new, and when I do something new, I am a beginner. Doing something new [and aesthetically pleasing] is different from simply learning a skill well developed by other craftsmen. When I often work on something new, then I am an artist. When I do the same thing over and over with technical competence, I am a craftsman. It is only in my role as a craftsman that I can call myself anything but a "beginner."

Is yarn your "art" or your "craft?"

Aaron

SNIP

I find the idea of ranking myself difficult. It seems the more I learn, the more I realise I don't know. Although that seems to be true about pretty much anything in life for me - lol. I'm more advanced in knitting and crocheting than pretty much everyone I know who does it, but there is still so much to learn. I've never tried Tunisian, but plan to one day.

I sometimes go to a fantastic Tea House with a few friends to work on projects and there is a LYS (really more of a bead store) that offers Girls Night Out for people to come and work on things. I assume there are other stores in the area that offer something similar as well.

BB

"Padishar Creel" that is certainly not the case here but then very few knit these days here and craft is not a big thing ( and, sadly, the shops reflect this) God bless gwen

Lucky you Elsje to have a serger ,,,, when i bought this sewing machine i toooooook my time learning the techniques as i was interested in them ,,, still haven`t mastered all , but am getting there ,,, just now am happy to regain my knitting `hours` , weaving time and all those Normal things ,, this curating shall be enough for now , now i have to end the reserch . Set myself a schedule and think seriously of noting Hours done each day .. mirjam