It really is! I need to get back to my latest crochet project, but I realised after doing 700+ single crochets that I, in fact, had miscounted. So have to redo the entire edge >.<

As you can imagine, I'm currently trying to get energy to Just Do It.

I *really* need to just Do It, because it's a fairly special one (the last shawl I'll ever be able to make in my favourite yarn >.<), but ...

The yarn is amazing, btw. It's lace weight alpaca/silk blend, so light as spiderweb while still warm and quite sturdy

It really is.

this is an old shawl in the same material, but different pattern and colours

They should think of the crafters!

I ended up getting somewhat lucky in finding a place that had a few least popular colours left, so I got 100g/800m turquoise and 150g/1200m "light camel" (rose beige is what I'd call it)

Not the best representation, but it shows off both the pattern and the colours (ish)

i should see about checking some out at some point, then. Since in particular, as i said: socks.

Or are socks really hard to knit too?

You've crocheted (or tried to) socks? In particular to figure out if it actually *is* easier with knitting or not <.<

And yay! I finished the starting row and am now *almost* done with the first row of the lace. 720 sc, and now every 4th of them gets a [dc, ch-3, dc] ....

Thinking about it, I just realised it's not so much difficulty, as the difference in fabrics.

Crochet is a bunch of holes, and very rarely does one want holey socks, y'know? =)

also you want really stretchy fabric.

The crocheted socks I’ve seen that look most successful are done with slip stitch crochet — the kind that looks like knitting. It’s also called Bosnian crochet or shepherd’s knitting.

I haven’t made any socks with the technique, but I’ve tried samples of the fabric, and it’s interesting stuff.

yeah, more or less. It does seem to depend on a variety of factors.

Unfortunately, I can’t get really into testing things out because I am physically unable to crochet anymore.